My favorite part of this live recording is the dueling guitars. I was just transfixed the first time I saw this video recently. The musicianship is amazing! As for future live videos, I suggest checking out 'Analog Kid' live from the Clockwork Angels tour, where you get to see an awesome Alex guitar solo and watch Geddy multitask!
Neil’s drum kits were always custom made by the company he sponsored, at their expense, for every tour. He had sets with custom inlays on each tom that had emblems from each of their albums. For the Time Machine tour, every cymbals had gear teeth silk screened on them so it looked steam punk from the overhead camera. Every cymbal stand had a pressure gauge made into each boom block. It was a tiny detail that probably no one sees, but that’s just Rush. Every drum company competes for Neil to sponsor their sets. That is why they custom make his drum set to his specifications. The same is true with Alex and Geddy. Many of their newer guitars were gifted to them by the guitar companies. Once you reach such legendary status in music, you will never pay for equipment again. The poorer drummers pay for it many times over when they buy the drum set that Neil plays. Geddy and Alex both have signature basses and guitars made to their specifications. Alex also has amplifiers made for him. He owns his own brand called Lerxst, which is a nickname the bandmates gave him, something they all have. Neil is “Pratt” and Geddy is “Dirk”. Those are the names that they call each other. When you’re the best in the world at what you do, you have sponsors throwing money your way all the time.
I've been a fan since that album came out. (Yeah, I'm old. lol) These three just meshed so well together when Neil showed up for the second album. RIP to John and Neil. I don't think there will ever be another band like them. I've always enjoyed thier live shows, and you never felt they were just up there going through the motions. They always put the music first, and never just phoned it in.
Yeah, I know. After graduating college in 1982 and getting married in 1983, life kind of got in the way of things. I haven't had the money to afford concert tickets since. The closest I came was in 2013 when I almost won tickets to the Rush show at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX that was recorded for the Clockwork Angels Tour DVD. My last concert was Rush in 1980, and it was the most expensive ticket I ever bought - a whopping $15. And those were good seats!
