RUSH - 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. RUSH Performances, Finale and "Backstage" 

Who’s here in 2023 - 10 years after their induction - still enjoying the HELL out of this?? I know it just reignited my fandom….now to take a deep dive into my library of RUSH!! 🎶🎸🥁🎵🎧

"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!" - Alex Lifeson Never wiser words were ever spoken. Legends.

I love how Dave and Taylor were more excited than the guys from Rush.

R.I.P Neil Peart & Taylor Hawkins. 😢😭

Warning: this is absolutely the wrong thing to watch if you need to get to bed.

Lifeson delivers the greatest speech in the history of awards show speeches!

The fact that they played Tom Sawyer at EVERY SINGLE CONCERT from 1981 all the way up until their retirement in 2015 speaks volumes about how legendary it is.

Hard to believe two great contributors to drumming from this video are gone. Taylor Hawkins and Neil. Rest in peace. Two amazing bands have suffered these terrible losses.

How 3 people can be so brilliant still blows my mind after being a fan for 40 years.

Neil Peart’s acceptance speech is one for the ages. Bless you for being you.

"In my van, it's ALL RUSH, ALL THE TIME!"

The amount of talent onstage for that Crossroads number! 🤯

Feb 23rd, 2024 here. I love watching this....but, it makes me cry.......everytime. RIP Professor, IMO? YOU ARE THE BEST EVER!!!!! PERIOD!

I will never understand why Alex Lifeson doesn’t appear on more all-time greatest guitarists lists!

Alex's speech touched me in ways you can't imagine. Just tears....

About 25-30 years too late, after being fought by the music industry much of the way…at least they got this done before Neil passed. RIP. Neil, Geddy and Alex - you guys will remain in the hearts and souls of your fans forever! Great speech, Alex!! Probably the best ever at that ceremony!

Very profound speech from Alex, Glad this was done before Neil passed, great band of all our generation

Alex’s speech is one of the most emotional and inspiring things I’ve ever heard.

Im here in 2024. Who else it still here?

It is too bad so many commenters on the speech didn't get it. You had to be fans and understand the story the Alex explained. This was classic and funny.

That final jam: I couldn't wipe the grin off my face for half an hour after it ended. We've got to do this more often!

so happy Neil got to experience this with the fans while still here. I know they’ve said they dont care too much about the hall of fame, but im sure it was great to FINALLY get that recognition for the band, for us fans for RUSH as a whole.

Alex Lifeson - the greatest speech of all time.

Everytime I have seen Rush Live.The one thing is obvious..They are great friends..

Oh no! Tears fell from my eyes as I heard Mr Peart speak!

Best RRHF induction in history!!!!!!

Rush is the only band for me that means so much more than just the music on its own. They are/ were so easy to follow. Every year since 1974 they have given us an album ( remember those), no band fights that we heard of, no sign of drug abuse, maybe a little drug use. Each album they grew and it always took two or three listens before you get it. Then try you learn the lyrics, bass part and of course the drums. And no matter what they did you loved them, and you found certain songs you didn't like but you still listen. I love this band, if it matters or not I'm a 65 year old black man who grew up in a hood, thats how universal Rush is. I miss going to see them live. My first show was them opening for Kiss in Atlanta.

If there ever was a band who had raw, individual talent, it's these guys, truly great band!

Funny thing is Alex' speech is the only one i can recite word for word without thinking about it one bit.

That rare smile from Neil @ 25:22 warms my heart. It's been so much loss and heartache in the past 10 years, we lost both drummers who played in these performances, politics and war and disease have destroyed lives and hurt so many people. But yet we have their music to inspire us and bring us joy. Seeing him smile like that makes me so happy. I'm so sad for him that he was cheated of his time with his family after his career. I wish I could have seen Rush live and never will, but am so glad they were able to be honored here. They say you only really die the last time someone speaks your name. None of these people will ever, ever die in my opinion. Thank you for everything.

My neighbor turned me onto Rush in 1976 and let me listen to only one song. For a kid not previously much interested in music, this was revelatory. Not long after acquiring my own copy of 2112 I began comparing all other music and bands to Rush - 45 years later, a couple have come close, but none have surpassed them.

Neil Perth, Chris Cornell, Taylor Hawkins: Thank you for the music. The world rocks less without you.

That was the most heart felt blah blah i've ever heard 😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

And Geddy fit right in with Public Enemy hippin' 'n hoppin' along, WORD, and he was really enjoying it. I can see a hip hop influence appearing one year here. What a night that must have been, eventually going down to the crossroads in a rock classic performance to be remembered.

Still bringing tears to my eyes in 2024. I was lucky enough to see them 12 times and loved every one of them. I still get choked up about Neil being gone. Growing up with them he felt like a part of my life and I miss him tremendously. THE greater band to ever do it.

First Concert for me. 1977 Stockton, California memorial auditorium. Rush-A farewell to Kings tour with UFO-Lights Out How cool is / was that right? as a kid in 1977 14 years old in 8th grade discovering the Power of Rock n roll ( thanks Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush too).. What I remember most about that night was Xanadu, As Xanadu began With Geddy manipulating powerful sounds never heard such power beating against my chest from the keyboards & double neck bass & the fog machine mist filling the air.. Neil raking his sticks across chimes and Alex sending out this tone great anthem announcement sounds from his doubleneck guitar.. as if to say... WE ARE RUSH ! IT JUST TAKES ME BACK EVERYTIME I SEE THEIR ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION DAY CELEBRATION! to 1977 Here we are 2023. Saying what Rush has been saying & playing for over half a century now.. with gratitude in my heart We are all RUSH... today I feel like a 60 year old kid.....Saying what Alex said....... lol... Blah Blah...blah blah blah bluuhh! bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh extra credits.. I remember Michael Schenker. Ripping up guitar solos of Rock Bottom that felt like a good hour long song! BEST MEMORIES TO ALL!

This is what I loved about Rush. They made great music. They were polite, humble, beyond talented, yet always in on the joke. Most importantly they let people have dignity. Neil left us way too soon.

Watching this looking at Alex and knowing what he's going to say and do is priceless.

2024!!! Still awesome!!

How come i never see that ? Mix emotions, seeing Neil, Taylor and Chris on the stage ...my all time drums heros and vocalist gone, 😢

Rush being inducted is the greatest moment of all time

Jan 7th. 2020. I sat at my desk tears streaming. My beautiful wife of 20 years, walked into my office. I'd been blaring my spotify RUSH channel for about 8-9 hours straight. She saw a news blurb that Neil had passed. The third time I met the band she was with me. No words needed said she knew that that was a regrettable , yet poignant. day for me.. No other band shaped my perception of music, especially my drumming. The fact that it took until 2013 for this to happen is insane. Dave and Taylor were the perfect choices to induct RUSH, both being true drummers and also personal friends of the band. ~R.

Grohl and Hawkins with the best intro I've seen for a group in the rrhof

Alex's speech is just perfect for his kind of personality! Such legends 🙌

The delicious irony of singing "Glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity" to the very institution they were talking about when they wrote this song. I think Alex and Neil shared a smile about the biig F*CK YOU this song was to the hall that shit on them all those years.

If you look up the word integrity in the dictionary, it shows a picture of RUSH . 🇨🇦🇨🇦

OMG, my #1 rock band in the entire rock n roll history, in the world!!!!!!! The best band ever respectfully submitted your biggest fan, David Joseph Garcia xoxo forever and ever rock n roll lives forever!!!!!!!+

Three of the greatest musicians ever got together and created... RUSH. RIP to my influence... Neil Peart.

"Fan base only rivaled by the Grateful Dead." And in some cases, intertwined with the Dead's fan base. I'm a 57-year-old deadhead who's loved Rush since I first heard "Fly By Night" on the radio when I was all of 9 years old. First concert: 1/26/80 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY -- just a few months after my first Dead show the previous October. Good times both.

I'm here from Buffalo NY just a two minute ride across the peace bridge from their home country. I've seen the hip, b. N. L. Lover boy, and why I never saw rush live is just one regret I will live with.

Neil: eloquent and thoughtful, Geddy: appreciative and proud, Alex: …..🤣🤣🤣 wtf?! CLASSIC! Fly Alex Fly!!

I'm so happy they got in before Neil passed. He was modest about it and said he wanted it more for his fans, and he was genuine about it. I know it had to mean a lot to him, though. I still can't believe he's gone. My all-time favorite musician.

Geddy Lee singing the last verse on "Crossroad" it´s really a ribbon to such a present for blues and rock and roll

Neil Peart is an ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!! Yes, still is... Will always be.

RusH was composed of 3 compulsive perfectionist, and genuine good people that do not have any ego trips that have lead to the demise of many successful bands. Truly GREAT musicians that are also truly great friends.... Resulting in some of the cleanest, tightest most amazing music ever made.

In 1982, I was 11 years old, and one particular song from the album "Moving Pictures" had me hooked for a lifetime - "Red Barchetta." In that same year, I began to learn how to play the guitar. By 1983, I was able to play their songs for the first time, "The Trees" and It was the start of my musical journey until today. Geddy, Alex and Neil from the bottom of my heart...Thank You very much

First of all, RIP Neil :(. Secondly, the ONLY band I saw live 5 times!! And NEVER did they disappoint! Each and every one of them were so full of talent and truly truly true to themselves. AND love they truly loved each other!! I will forever love RUSH!!

No wonder they didn't let Alex write any of the songs 😁

Rush's synergy is on another level. RIP Neil Peart

Ladies and gentlemen from Toronto, Canada, RUSH!!!!!!!!!✌️👍🤘👍✌️🧑‍🏫🤘👍✌️✌️🤘🧑‍🏫🔈🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁blah,blah,blah,blah,blah. Thanks to Lerxst,Pratt, And Dirk. Thanks for the music 🎶🎶🔈🎶🎶. Canada's finest export.👑🍺🥃🍻🍺🥂.

I was so glad RUSH was FINALLY inducted into the RRHOF before Neil Peart's passing.

I feel the love in that hall.

I have never heard such a humble speech by any band. They gave praise to how much help they had along the way. They are amazing even though they aren't my type of music they may have the best acceptance speech of all time

Thank God they got in before Neil passed !!!!!!!!!!!!! They proved the critics & Rolling Stone wrong

Many of my heroes are already gone... It's such a pity. I wish a very long life to all of them. God bless them all.

I love the little skit at the end. They deserved the induction so much. RIP Neil Peart.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I always have to cry when Neil thanks the families gone and the families alive

I have heard every song. 40 years in my life pass. How can Rush still give me goosebumps?

Little moments like 25:19 are a big part of the reason why Rush endear themselves so much to their fans- Neil making a goofy face until Alex notices just to crack him up. You could always tell how much the 3 of them enjoyed playing together as friends RIP, Professor

My favorite band, by far. Probably been to 40 shows since I first saw them in '80. I took a week off work in 2015 to see 5 shows of the R40 tour. Sadly, their last. So much talent concentrated in three musical geniuses. I'm a grown man that cried watching their Hall of Fame induction. As I type this comment, 11 years later, I'm blasting side A of Moving Pictures on my home office stereo.

This was definitely a night to remember, was in the nosebleeds that night. absolutely will never forget it, coolest show I think I'll ever witness.

Everybody that was inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame rush,heart,just to name a few all legends of Rock and roll thank you for all the years of bringing us all the iconic sounds of rock. Long live rock and roll. RIP Neal Peart, Taylor Hawkins,Chris Cornell,. God Bless

Greatest R&R HOF acceptance speech EVER!!!!!

True friends make this world better

Such a heartwarming speech from Alex towards his lawyer Bob Loblaw

The emotion of Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl is contagious.

Rush was the first concert I ever went to when I was 13 in 1988! Favorite band of all time! Forever a fan!

This must be the 8th time I see this video, and it doesn't get old. So good to read these posts and realize that I wasn't alone in the emotions and thoughts this trio from Canada stirred in me. As time goes on, Rush becomes even a more precious and rare gem. That they lasted that long, still working, still playing and enjoying each others company, was and still is a blessing indeed. Thank you, Canada.

Neil and Taylor, older and younger but both lost and gone but not forgotten.

3 man band... amazing. RIP NP...

The best.☮️🇨🇦

Wow, how this has become a video thatll tug at your heart strings

i stumbled across rush in the bargain basement bin in the heavy metal shop in australia, they are unheard of here, i bought all there albums after that !!!

Never seen a band as in sync with each other. Truly three people gelling into one. VERY hard to do! And that’s only one thing that made them great!

Here's the deal you never seen a band where the members love each other like brothers this is why Rush has always survived and prospered because I love each other like brothers and they were always conscious of the other ones musical needs

RUSH for the people!

Only few did what Rush did, 40 years of friendship, integrity and damn GOOD MUSIC!! Greeting from Italy

I miss Neal so much it’s like the world is out of tilt since his passing.

Dave should be given the award just for his speech.

this is by far the greatest induction of any R&R Hall of Fame. this tops the led zep induction by miles! this is a concert! damn

The Iron Claw just reignited my love for Rush!

Taylor and Neil we miss you.😢

Anytime I'm feeling down and want a pick-me-up, I watch some aspect of Rush's induction into the RRHOF. A magnificient acknowledgement of a band that did it "the RIGHT way", no matter how long it took the squares to realize it.

2024...still effin great...not only the greatest ever rock band...the greatest ever Hall of fame induction too...not only RUSH were inducted...all we fans were too!!!!!

RIP Professor and Taylor, two of the greats sorely missed

God bless Neil. As a drummer for nearly 50 years now myself I always tried to play like him and learned so much from him. It breaks my Heart that he passed even to this day 🙏

Everyone I rewatch this clip, my favorite part is the one dude yelling “YEA!” after every album name lmao.

Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? They need their own museum.

They'll never be a band like this ever again you deserve this reward you're the soundscape of my youth

Neil Peart looks like Tom Hanks older, cooler brother.