Rush kick ass like no other band I can think of when you factor in all the shows..all the well-played shows…and their tendency to not give a fuck about what FM radio wanted to hear..they did it their way and have done so for over 30 years, album after album..tour after tour…Rush is like a really rare and fine wine that anybody can afford because they cost the same as maddog 20/20 or inglenook but those without taste can’t find the bargain…

As RS editors are very likely lazy and incompetent, I will do the honors of force feeding them some of the lyrics of Peart’s “Natural Science” - referenced by another commenter.
“Computerized clinics for superior cynics - who dance to a synthetic band. In their own image, their world is fashioned - no wonder they don’t understand….”

Sounds like Neil, Alex, and Geddy had the editors of Rolling Stone figured out way back when they wrote Natural Science in 1979. Maybe that’s where this “guilty pleasure” BS all started.

But then I suppose it’s only natural for purveyors of hyped up pop to belittle and deride true artists that overshadow them. Bands like Rush come along once in a lifetime if you’re lucky. While Yes and King Crimson have had flashes of brilliance, no one has come close to achieving the level of musical and lyrical expression that Rush has - NO ONE.

Isn’t guilt for Catholics?

*heh* I do so love reading these comments. It’s like someone stuck a big stick in the hornet’s nest of music snobs.

Enjoy what you enjoy.

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… is that Rush fans read it and expect that irrelevant pompous American crap to be relevant and taken seriously. Granted, Peart can drum, but that’s where any quality ends: pompous compositions with squeaky-toy vocals and imbecile lyrics, delivered with a fool’s conviction that its art, something only Americans, dumbed down by STYX and Boston and such can buy into. Rush is a pile of crap no one with serious musical and cultural background can stand. Get over it.

The problem is RS is not realy a music magizine but more like teen beat. When I was young everything was Kiss this and Rush that but RS never cared about that becasue they were to busy writting about Bob dylans latest comback. I mean these guys were sucking up to Extreame and had GNR on their cover about 80 times to even notice bands like Rush. Who the hell is Fall out Boy and why are they even mentioned in the same sentance as Rush, truly a sad state of arrairs over there at RS.

i find it odd that Cher is never mentioned anywhere on this thread. She epitomizes the term “guilty pleasure”. She’s someone of little musical substance but has a lot of fun songs to listen to.

Any one who calls Rush pretentious (usually are themselves) needs to look up the definition of the word and see that it pertains more to mediocre artists who dabble in music and think they look cool while striking a pose (head cocked to the side) donning sunglasses with an obligitory cigarette dangling from their lips. Sorry RS if Rush doesn’t fit this outdated and preconceived idea of what YOU think is cool(pretentious). This is post millenium 2008 and Rush has not only set the bar but they define the modern progressive sound. Obviously, by the looks of their audience a whole new generation is discovering their UNDISPUTED talent. Oh yeah it’s very unlikely that any of them will die of a heroin overdose either. That’s soooooooo UNCOOL!!!! Are you listening great scott! RUSH ROCKS, DEAL WITH IT!!!

As a “rock and Roll” magazine, to feel GUILTY about liking Rush, Kansas, E.L.O. - It’s like a straight guy feeling guilty about liking girls.

You evil bastards. How could the authors of such standards as “The Analog Kid”, “Between the Wheels” - which, incidentally, namechecks some important modernist fiction — and the immortal “Time Stand Still”, be cast amid such a dismal lot?? Peart is an untouchable lyricist, as are his counterparts unimpeachable players. You’re the same people who consider the Sex Pistols to be influential. Check the lyrics to “Natural Science”, you cynical swine. (By the way, you forgot Marillion.)

This list should actually be titled - “The Worst 25 Bands in the History of Rock and Roll”
And of course RUSH heading the list is apropos, they’re undisputedly the Worst Band Evvvvveeeeerrrrrr !!!!!!!
Their sound somehow attracts white trash american’s from all corners of the country, they’re Pied Pipers of bad taste.

If it sounds good to your ear, why do you need to feel guilty?

Bill Stella said:

Guiltless, but not-included choices which popular and critical opinion too often overlook and far under-value include , The Moody Blues.

Bill, I can’t agree more. The Moodies have had so many incredible songs- many of them hits, some not- in every decade from the 60’s and forward, that I can’t believe they’re not in the Hall of Fame. There is obviously an agenda with the people who run the thing…

BTW, I like some of the bands on the list and dislike others. But one thing I will *never* agree with is feeling guilty for loving a band. I used to get made fun of all the time for loving the Monkees… but to each their own! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and shouldn’t be belittled because of what music they listen to.

One last thing- someone here (can’t remember who now) mentioned Rick Springfield. Let me tell you- my band, the Wag, has opened for him twice. You wouldn’t believe the audience response he gets- he’s got very loyal fans, as well he should have. He’s a great musician & entertainer, and I’ll bet the people who wrote this list wish they were half as good as he is! To see a photo of us with Rick (as well as Bruce Springsteen, Peter Tork, John Cafferty & others) please go to our website at www.thewagband.com.
-Alicia
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Rush is the worst band in the history of rock and roll (though Styx is a close second). Geddy Lee sounds like (as an early RS review said) “a aguinea pig with an amphetamine addiction.” Their song lyrics are the definition of pretension. Lee and Lifeson may be slightly better than average when compared to fellow rock musicians, but fall far short of average when compared to the jazz/rock musicians Rush ripped off(predominately the Mahavishnu Orchestra). Even Neal Peart, who is a cut above Lee and Lifeson, would be fortunate to be Billy Cobham’s roadie if he were part of the jazz world. Rush has never been innovative (see previous comments) and to my ears has influenced no one of any significance. Before the hate comments start coming from tunnel-visioned, pseudo-intellectual, non-musician metal heads, I should note I’ve been a guitarist for 25 years.

I can completely understand why Rush made the top of the list. It’s Rolling Stone magazine, after all!

A legendary Canadian band that has had more impact on music than RS ever had must be put in it’s place by those that “know”. When I was a child, they performed free shows at Ontario Place, etc. Sucks to be me, I guess…

Kudos to the long-time subscriber mentioning Devo. I doubt that word crossed RS’s pages more than three times before 1985, if that (Replace “Devo” with 99 percent of any punk band names of reknown of that era in this statement as well). It is a small wonder that an RS reader even knew they existed, and to the great misfortune of the remaining readers who never heard or saw them. They truly were great entertainers, and innovated as much on stage as off.

RS IS GOOD FOR ONE THING WIPING YOUR ASS/DOES ANYONE STILL READ THIS RAG?

Is reading RS while pinching a loaf considered a guilty pleasure?

Wow, I’m disappointed that RS took my last comment down. I guess they can’t handle any negative comments about their magazine? Let’s try this one more time.
I won’t harp on the merits of the actual magazine this time, so maybe they’ll let this comment stay up. All I’m trying to say here is that Rush is one of the most influential bands in rock history. Countless musicians, including myself, have been influenced by them in some way. They have stirred the creative juices of so many talented artists. Calling them a guilty pleasure is like calling the wheel a frivolous invention. Now go listen to Staind and continue to pretend that they are awesome.

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Wow, I guess thousands of bands that were influenced by Rush and actually picked up an instrument and learned how to play because of Rush should all be embarrased. If loving Rush is a guilty pleasure, then I guess I’m serving a life sentence.

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How in the name of all that’s holy can you possibly compare Pete Wentz to Neal Peart!! Give me a break. This is someone who titles a song “I feel like I’m a lawyer, with the way I’m always trying to get you off” Yeah right, have a listen to “Animate” or “Red Barchetta” or “mystic Rythm” The man is a genius songwriter and their deliver is nothing short of Magic…

listening to Kelly Clarkson or Britney isn’t a guilty pleasure it’s a damn shame!

I must be soooo guilty Rush & ELO are the 2 bands I Have the most of in my CD collection. Add My Styx & Boston Plus not named Meatloaf & Pink Floyd & you havve 1/4 of my cd collection. AHH for the teenage years of the mid 70’s once again. There I go being guilty again !!!

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Rush Rules!!

The best part of the list is the grudging recognition that terms like “best” “good” and “classic” are more defined by the listeners than by the critics and pundits, no matter how often Rolling Stone tries to cover its characteristically trend-pandering editorial-self by spearheading the R&R Hall of Fame, etc. (I’m a long-term subscriber: I both have learned to live with the mag’s marketing to the shifting winds of popular “tastes” and to recognize and pay similar attention to the plethora of other valid editorial voices at other media.)

The worst part about the list is the word “Undisputed”. I dispute the list alot - as do a lot of other commenters, it seems. I take little or no pleasure, guilty or other wise, in 19 of the list’s 25. Of some of those, one has one exceptional song, two I literally like three of their songs. Foreigner, Chicago and Boston are the only three I sometimes feel something akin to guilt about because they are so overplayed / overexposured in relation to their talent. One, Rush, I generally like; The other three: E.L.O., The Monkees, Hall & Oates, I’m an unabashed fan of - I would not have been embarassed to be seen at a concert of theirs in support of albums I liked or loved of theirs.

But like Will said a little while ago, they seem destined to not be included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. And the only reason I can fathom why is that the voters just don’t like them, or perhaps they are seen as not having had the same proportion of impact on Rock Music versus amount of albums of mediocre or worse quality. Then I think of Bob Seger’s career of about 10 noteworthy songs out of more than that many albums, and whatsisname’s only noteworthy song, When A Man Loves A Woman. And I can’t understand why any of the bands I’ve named aren’t worthy.

So there’s plenty to dispute.

For me, a *real* guilty pleasure is The Four Seasons or Melanie.

Guiltless, but not-included choices which popular and critical opinion too often overlook and far under-value include Joe Jackson, The Turtles/Flo & Eddie, Yes, Meatloaf, Johnny Rivers, Devo, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Leon Russell, Steeleye Span, Gladys Knight, Laura Nyro, Phil Ochs, Blood Sweat & Tears, Tito Puente, Holly Near, David Bromberg, Living Colour and The Moody Blues.

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re: Will’s 4/17/2007, 10:11 am comment:

After scanning the list, I’d like to rename it: Bands people actually like but will never be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame because Jann Wenner and the rest of the “committee” that “votes” doesn’t like them.

Anyone who feels guilty about liking rush needs to come out of the rush closet. Rush kicks ass, and never let anyone tell you otherwise. ps ill be seeing them in 2 months

After scanning the list, I’d like to rename it: Bands people actually like but will never be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame because Jann Wenner and the rest of the “committee” that “votes” doesn’t like them.

Chicago is among the top 10 most successful American Pop/Rock bands of all-time, so if they are a guilty pleasure then there must be an awful lot of guilty people in the world.

elo are simply brilliant. jeff lynne is a complete genius check the fan club, face the music. jeff we need a new cd and tour, show them now how its done.

Also, in another attempt to call bullshit on this list, I have heard many, many people who despise Rush grudgingly admit that they are still amazingly talented musicians. Even though I love most of the bands on this list, I can see why many of them are on there, but Rush honestly does not belong. And I’m not even a rabid fan. I just like rockng out in my car to them occasionally and I think they will put on a kick ass live show. This list is just lame.

Well, my concert line-up for the summer consists of The Police, Head East, Three Dog Night, Toto, RUSH, and The Steve Miller Band. From the looks of this list I should be absolutely SICK from guilt. But no, I will only be sick from puking up the vast amounts of alcohol after I ROCKED OUT and HAD FUN at all these classic shows. Fuck Rolling Stone! This has got to be a joke! RUSH THE NUMBER ONE GUILTY PLEASURE? There is no fun in rock anymore, just everyone trying to out-cool each other. Fuck that, give me some Tom Sawyer and Africa any day over these eyeliner smeared, anorexic, whiny fucks that are supposed to pass for music nowadays. I’ll take the beer-gutted, balding old dinasours of my parents’ youth and I will have a fabulous summer because of it!

I have 20 of these bands in my collection………born in 61……16 in 1977…this is classic stuff…minus britney, new edition and air supply….

long live Rush…the best concerts of my youth….Rush with opening act Max WEbster and the Toronton exibition stadium….

I am more proud now than ever to be a RUSH fan that they are considered the guiltiest pleasure band! Not only have I loved their music since I was a kid but its great to know that they are considered so “uncool” by trendy posuers.

PS I like Rush, and I should feel guilty because…

hmmmmmmm……guilty pleasure. Doesn’t that usually refer to foods that taste great but make you fat, you know, like chocolate? So Rush is like chocolate and Panic At The Disco and FOB are what? Spinach (good for you but puts a bad taste in your mouth)? Personally, comparing bands to food is a bad idea….nice job RS, you have managed to dis these artists while liking them at the same time. How do you do that??????
Im confused….

i’d suggest the beatles, but then we’d have to change it to the “can’t figure out why they sold any records at all” list. but britney made it, so i guess they would be in the company of they’re peers. u2 and coldplay, too.

One more, the Eagles!

Def Leppard. Guilty in all the ways imaginable. Also, I agree with the Bon Jovi listing. Britney Spears must have something with someone from RS. The Who should have been up there along with Van Halen and AC-DC.

I went to High School with David Gate’s sister from “Bread”. A lot of young people have never even heard of them and you never even hear their old stuff on the radio!

Being a connoisseur of all things 90’s-00’s/Nickelodeon/Disney Channel, I was surprised that there wasn’t more teen pop on the list. For instance, there was the spunky ABBA tribute group, the A*Teens, who are much more of a guilty pleasure than ABBA themselves.

Oh well. At least Britney made it.

Rush is a must listen. I am forever amazed at their talent. Coheed and Cambria is a prime example of today’s comtemporaries that are influenced by Rush.

I am surprised that Cheap Trick did not make the list. They are pure pop genius.

Jeff Lynne of ELO is amazing, too. His Beatles influence shines through and his work with the Traveling Wilburys was classic. He meshed with George Harrison flawlessly.

And yes, I also love classic punk bands like Husker Du and Bad Religion.

What does all of these have in common? Excellent musicianship!

Aw come ON! The BEE GEES! How could tthey forget the undisputed kings of guilty pleasure?

i won’t argue with these. opinions differ. but poison should definitely be number one.

No one should feel guilty for
liking Rush.

klaus nomi anyone?

I will create a new list and feel no guilt.
Been a metal girl since 1979, been a Maiden, Priest, and Blk Sab fan for 20 years but I LOVE, LOVE My Chemical Romance and P.O.D. Seen My Chem twice. Really the only two somewhat “new” rock bands I believe, truly, that I can rock out to.

Road-trip of guilty pleasure - A Summary:
Once, Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Ritchie and Britney Spears went on a Journey across America with a Motley Crew of Monkees. They loaded up in their R.E.O. Speedwagon, which was crimson or Simply Red, and hit the road. All they had were Bread Styx and a New Edition of the American Bed and Breakfast Associations (ABBA) guidebook. They had forgotten the Meatloaf.
They traveled from Boston to Chicago and on to Kansas. Then to Los Angeles where the Air Supply was so noxious it was like Poison. The smog was so thick and they were in such a Rush, they didn’t see the truck that was Hall’n Oates (cut me some slack!) suddenly pull out in front of them… then “Wham!” they smashed right into it. A Foreigner leapt from the truck and, while thrusting his middle finger into the air, shouted “Bon Jovi”, which, roughly translated means “Eddie Money lives in my garage” (thanks Deuce). Just then a minivan carrying the East Lothian Orienteers (ELO) pulled up and wrestled him to the ground.

Will finally get around to seeing Rush this year!!! Yeah, gotta include Kiss

Gotta agree with all the folks who say MEAT LOAF belongs on this list. I would go so far to say any artist who performs songs by Jim Steinman belongs here. Rocking out to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” as performed by Bonnie Tyler has to be one of the guiltiest pleasures EVAH!

Rush SUCKS!!! Their only song I like is a cover. They aren’t even a guilty pleasure cuz they suck so much.

Most of the bands on the list do suck and are guilty pleasures. The crew suck!!!

It was nice to see the list not only include hair metal bands.

What’s there to feel guilty about? Thats the problem with kids today,so worried about looking cool. None of them can just sit back and enjoy pure awesomeness like Rush, ELO, Hall and Oates, and Boston without being “ironic”. Pull your head out of your ass and realize that the big sounds of people like Arcade Fire wouldn’t exist without Jeff Lynne. And how do you reconcile the fact that 90% of those bands are some of the biggest bands ever. I doubt most of the cool bands today could fill a stadium. So clearly they were doing something right.

While I do agree with most of the 25, may I suggest expanding that list to 26 and adding Rick Springfield? Trust me, He is the ULTIMATE guilty pleasure…go to one of his concerts and find out! The man is a master at engaging an audience..and at nearly 58 he is still rockin’ even after detractors declared him dead and buried in the 70s! He’s still an excellent guitarist and an amazing songwriter to boot…with probably one of the most dedicated and loyal fanbases that a star could ask for.

Jeff Lynne was ELO, and admiring his genius is certainly nothing to feel guilty about. “He stole from the Beatles!” Who cares! What musician hasn’t stolen from some legend before them? You mimic what you love, add your own spin, and make it your own. He certainly did that, and did it amazingly well. And who else has worked with a list of legends that includes Orbison, Dylan, Cocker, Harrison, Petty, McCartney and the Beatles? Amazing. He is long overdue for the R&R Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame should feel guilty - not me.

Why the hell isn’t Manilow on this list? BRITNEY FREAKIN’ SPEARS? Give me a break. She’s not worthy.

Oh, and thanks for the ABBA nod. Sweet.

Absolutely N O T H I N G beats listening to Meatloaf at full volume in your car. I double dare you to not sing along!

I am sure there were more to add, but how could you put The Monkees before Three Dog Night. Just a thought!

It’s not a point of Rush fans trying to convert everyone. It’s a point of RS naming the poll and then getting the very defintion of it wrong! Or rather the readers, which goes to prove my point….RS and it’s readers are totally out of touch with music, period.

I’ve been taking some flak for buying tickets to see Toto next month, but I refuse to be ashamed of any band I like.

Also: Rush rules!

It’s official!!! My country is changing it’s name to Brazyyl!!!!

If you didn’t laught, put on a paper bag on your head (so you won’t be recognized)and go to a Rush concert once in your life… this summer!!!

ps. the Who rocks but Rush rocks too…

IMO, If you don’t “get” Rush, you are likely irrelevant. My guess would be that the only “musical instrument” you can play is a radio.
This list has helped me understand why I’ve never spent a dime on a RS rag. It’s like the National Inquirer of the music biz, eh? Hey, just more cash for Rush CD’s. Ah… I savor the guilt!

Eddie Money lives in my garage.

The author responsible for this obviously has no taste in music. Rush, Kansas, the Crew….c’mon! Who’s next for your list; Metallica, AC-DC, The Who, Led Zeppelin …..

Chicago and ELO fans have nothing to feel guilty about…… Well, at least not for the first dozen years or so.

MY guilty pleasure is reading RS on the can…….you never have to worry about running out of Tp.

All I have to say is where are all of rs great bands. rem, new kids on the block, depeche mode, blink 182…you take your pic of the flavor of the month band. If a couple of them are still around they don’t make any relevant music….play summer tours…ALONE. So take your guilty pleasure crap, your blaring rush music in the car comment and see me when your fav band has been around for 30+ years and still has a fervant fan base like RUSH does. Obviously the guilty pleasure is working.

long live RUSH….

I have no guilt in the pleasure I derive from listening to Bon Jovi. I listen to them loud and proud! To quote my favorite rockers, “100 million fans can’t be wrong.” Keep on rocking boys! I, along with millions of others, will be at the store bright and early on June 19 to pick up the newest release from Bon Jovi. OH YEAH!!

You know, amongst people with ears, (and brains, and an IQ of over 120) Rush aren’t a guilty pleasure, they’re required listening. Geddy’s voice may grate sometimes, I can see where some would say that… BUT has far as musicians go, name three people in the same band for 30+ years that still continue to tour, sell out arena’s -by themselves- sell millions of cd’s, dvd’s and have ALL at one time or another been voted best at thier instrument…. Multiple times… OH, that’s right! THERE ISN’T ANYONE THAT FITS INTO THE ABOVE CATAGORIES EXCEPT RUSH. I can hardly wait to see the RS review on Snakes and Arrows… RUSH RULES!

TAKE A Breath said,
“I love Rush, but I have to agree, I HATE RUSH FANS. SHUT THE F UP AND JUST ENJOY THEIR MUSIC. STOP TRYING TO CONVERT PEOPLE.”

Yes, our apologies. Evangelism is most certainly annoying in any form; however, it is difficult to resist the temptation to enlighten the unenlightened. The guilty pleasures that await your musical cravings in Rush heaven are a small price to pay for being proselytized by those with genuine musical taste and appreciation. May the Lord of Music bless your soul.

harvard’s band of the millenium. let’s start with some good ‘ol fashion spite: why did the list not include vivaldi’s four seasons? the ultimate guilty pleasure for centuries. apparently the author of the list does not quite possess the open mind about music that they may think they have. enough useless spite, i’m just a rush fan trying prop up the old guys who have never cared about rs. it’s a shame that so many rush fans actually care what rs thinks. rs smells of corporate open sores. i would just assume stay as far away as possible to prevent infection.

Hey, Leahey - tell Randy to go eat a cheeseburger if he doesn’t like Rush. Rush rules!

Hey Rolling Stone! If you can’t stand criticism get out of the music business. Stop deleting legit posts, you look like a bunch of amateurs.

This is the best quote on the site. A person that would deny themselves possible pleasure to spite a group of people he/she knows nothing about.

“I’ve never listened to Rush, but eventually planned on it. Now I refuse to listen to them. Rush fans have bothered me to the point that even if they turn out to be a good band it’ll just be too late. Stop complaining and just let it be. They don’t seem that great anyway. “

I love Rush, but I have to agree, I HATE RUSH FANS. SHUT THE F UP AND JUST ENJOY THEIR MUSIC. STOP TRYING TO CONVERT PEOPLE.

RS has never has never had anything good to say about Chicago, and this only continues the trend. JW has kept them out of the RRHOF and this inclusion only proves what a smarmy worm he is.

i said this earlier but they deleted it.

RS is so out of touch with music. they are nothing put a pop magazine for 14 boys and girls. anytime there is a flavor of the month, RS jumps on in hopes of selling magazines by riding on the crap artists curtails.

Rush is by far one of the greatest bands of all time. a real guilty pleasure would be listening to what RS has to say.

as someone stated earlier:
“People who hate Rush simply don’t understand their music… They’ve been around for decades, sold 50 million albums and still sell out huge venues without almost ZERO support from mainstream media.”

rush get so little media coverage and still manages to topple over the bands who would sell out in a heartbeat even if it meant killing their own family.

in conclusion the writers and editors at RS are completely out of touch with good music and need to be removed ASAP.

Another list for everyone to get worked up about…surely these polls are RS’ guilty pleasure.

Mike & the Mechanics

Better change your name to “LIES”, Truth.

Rolling Stone should offer Rush a cover story with the heading: Greatest Band in the Galaxy! I wonder if Rush would accept.

Rush is the worst band in the history of time.

Dallas……”XYZ”?? (Xamine Your Zipper?). You mean YYZ my friend. Freakin’ incredible, yes.

I see no point on discussing about music with “american idol” eaters. I don’t blame you, all you know about music is what you have been exposed to.

For me, the really annoying thing is that a so-called musical magazine can do such a poor research, if they did any.. shame on you boys.. Were the music critics on vacations when you did this and you let your 12 year-old daughters do it?

that makes sense…

again, let’s vote for the most popular and yet amateur and overrated magazine ever… RS will kick asses on it!

haha i listen to 9 of those on the list, my worst (most guilty) ones being journey bon jovi and foreigner(haha, most addicted to foreigner)

What the heck man?!!
Rush are rock gods…
Have you NEVER seen the XYZ solo?
freaking art
geddy is Amazing at bass
and Neil is underscriable.
im going to see them in June on the 20 in raleigh
so SCREW this list

Indeed, there has been a lot happening lately worth listening to. Like Britney, Ashley, Justin? Give us a break. Rush still matters and is an example of what true talent sounds like.

As a big time metalhead (pantera, slayer) my guilty pleasures are… gulp… Limp Bizkit, Creed, P.O.D., and Nickleback.

PS, I have never met anyone who is ashamed to be a Crue fan, hell most them including me are proud of the fact, so how are they a guilty pleasure

Well…..where is Starland Vocal Band??

Eggleston, what thread do you belong to??

Rolling Stone mags attempt to rip on Rush has exposed the rag for what I’ve always thought it was. A total joke. I haven’t looked at the puplication in over 20 years because I knew their staff was a joke and this just confirms it. A rock radio station in Cleveland is currently ripping Rolling Stone and it’s readers for this attempt to rip a band that has more class and talent than anyone associated with the magazine and it’s readers will ever have. I only went on this web site because the station told me to. The joke is on you Rolling Stone. Your attempt to once again rip on Rush has blown up in your face. You are finally exposed as a journalistic fraud

People can always fall back on the word “snapshot.” It has no meaning. I am at war with the obvious.

Footnote?? More like the Title Page in Bold letters. Most Rush fans ARE parents now with kids living in the basement grooving on your Rush-inspired music.

Typical Rush fan profile: aged 28-50, working professional, children, houses, and two cars in the garage. We even take our kids to the concerts so they can see “REAL” talent.

Sorry….we haven’t lived in our parents’ basements since 1980, and thereis no reason to stop listening to a band that has more energy and more originality than most bands around today.

Rush What, there is a lot happening in the world. And Rush has been a constant in that world for over 30 years. Unlike whatever flash in the pan you’re a fan of. Nice job on calling us geeks. Real original.

Rush is such a footnote in rock history that I can’t believe there’s this much disgussion on it. What a joke. All you Rushers please get out of your parents basement into the sunlight, there’s been lots happening in the world recently…

Starman, the line from Far Cry says it all about this “honor” by RS magz, “Pariah dogs and Wandering Madmen, Barking at Strangers and Speaking in Tongues.”

“i still pee the bed”

So your guilty pleasure is “Wham”?!
:o

You know, this all doesn’t matter anyways…I have a friend that swears Def Leppard is the greatest band of all time. Who cares! In my world Rush is the greatest band and thats all the matters.

No…they are either too dead or too tired to tour.

i still pee the bed

Um, Jame, I saw both bands you mentioned and the shows were ok, not as good as a Rush show. Next time you go see a Who or Dead show stay off the dope and you will then see how both bands aren’t that good live. That’s if they are still touring.

Nori Lumpia, u-r-nuts! Please come over to the Secular Web so we can have fun with your posts!

Jame, I apologize if I was being “annoying” to you. My posts to you were not “Closer to the Heart”.

If you really want to see what they are about, pick up the DVD “Rush in Rio”, watch Disc 2 first, a 45 minute documentary of their tour in Brazil, then wacth the concert on Disc 1. If yo don’t “get it” about Rush by then, I’m afraid you are a lost “rock” cause.

I agree with all the Rush fans–Geddy, Alex and Neal are incredible. I’m also a huge Journey fan. Steve Perry IS the greatest vocalist in Rock history,an unparalleled talent. Neal Schon is a fantastic guitarist, for sure. Just because Journey songs have a melody doesn’t mean the songs have no substance. Besides, true Journey fans love the band more for the deep cuts than the Top 40 songs anyway.

Jame..I never said they were the best live show, so I don’t have to defend that statement. But I’ve been to enough concerts since 1974 to say that, IMHO, they are one of the best live shows going, period. YOU claimed that others were better than they were without even listening to their MUSIC!! That is called a “Gratuitous Assertion”. It is backed by nothing!

And, no, I don’t have to defend the band against the opinions of people like yourself who simply don’t want to accept that others love this band and their music and their legendary status among rock performers. This is an accepted fact, you can’t take it away from them any more than you can take their 19 albums away from them.

The “fact”, not opinion, that they are already icons in the industry, albeit often disrespected by know-nothing lemmings like Rolling Stone magazine, does not need myself or any other fan to defend against. If you don’t like them, go back to Britney Spears and K-Fed!! But please don’t pontificate about how annoying Rush fans, or any other fans are, for that matter. It serves no purpose other than to demonstrate your whiny nature.

Bubbles tells me that Alex is the greatest of all time, but can you trust someone who hangs out with Julian and Ricky?

My mother was in the Rolling Stones; does that count?

RS, try talking to some musicians and see what they think of this list. Prepare to be laughed at. You guys are clueless.

Yes Yes Yes! Geography bands are the best! Kansas! New England! Boston! Grand Coulee Dam! Oregon! French Lick! Mormon Penis Utah! Fuck You! (I believe this is in New Zealand?)

1- I want you to go far away, Peter Frampton.

2- The Fray, the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ band with one of the mumbliest singers ever.

3- I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna see you put the Spice Girls on this list

4- ‘Geogrpahy bands,’ groups whose names also happen to be locations on maps {Boston, Kansas, Europe-’The Final Countdown’ is absolutely Godawful}

I know this girl, i used to know her anyway, she drove an ambulance and she slept (e.g., had “sex”) with Geddy Lee! Talk about guilty pleasure! Then she had a two headed baby but it wasn’t Geddy’s it was Roky Erickson’s. I wonder whatever happened to her?

Well Secular, have you seen every band live. I doubt it. So it’s pretty hard to declare one band the best live performance. I’m sure you heard some magazine or website declare that so you’ve formed your opinion around it. And if Rush is so great why must you all defend them to the point that it gets annoying. If they’re that great just let it be. I’ll find out if they’re good soon enough but if they are good I’m not gonna cry about them being a guilty pleasure.

I know this girl, i used to know here anyway, she drove an ambulance and she slept (e.g., had “sex”" with Geddy Lee! Talk about guilty pleasure! Then she had a two headed baby but it wasn’t Geddy’s it was Roky Erickson’s. I wonder whatever happened to her?

Jame, Never heard Rush, eh? That’s quite incredible. Do this: Buy a “radio” and turn it to a “rock n roll” station. It won’t be long before you’ll be treated to the magic of their music.

There are a few mistakes in your list to say the least! Motley Crue should be #14 and Eddie Money should be in a tie (tie!) for #8 with Bread! And you shouldn’t put Lionel Ritchie so close to Poison because he might drink it ha ha ah!Also America should be next to Bread because everyone likes a good American Bread sandwich!Chicago Boston and Kansas all need to be under America, at least in terms of Nations and then states! (and by this accounting who should be last! I’ll tell you! Foreigner! ha ha ha!!How come there’s never been a band called Texas!And why the fuck - oops bad word - are ABBA and STYX all capitals! and you forgot the exclamation mark (!!!!!!) off of the end of Wham!!!!! And ELO Speedwagon isn’t a band! and the Monkees are the only non-human band in the list, what about the Animals! or the Byrds! And Dave Alvin has or had a band called the Guilty Men so come on!

Ditto NEcro! A tireless 3 hour concert by guys who are in their mid-50’s! I didn’t have that energy 18 years ago when I was 30!

Explaining Rush to these Timberlke and FoB fans is like trying to explain evolution to creationists. All you do is bang your head against a wall……..

Er….Ja-ame…how would you know???? You said this earlier, “I’ve never listened to Rush, but eventually planned on it. Now I refuse to listen to them. Rush fans have bothered me to the point that even if they turn out to be a good band it’ll just be too late. Stop complaining and just let it be. They don’t seem that great anyway.”

How can you compare something else to something you’ve “never listened to”??

I think your “opinion” is slightly biased and very misplaced. You admitted that you won’t even “want” to like their music even if you secretly did! Sheeesh!!

Dont know where they get this list from…
Rush have been respected forever it is not enough to whine about “geekyness” (about half of modern indie-rocks fan base AND bands are geeks) or his vocals (old, so old, havent we moved beyond that by now? arent we now living in 2007 where there is enough space for all interests / tastes in the music scene?)this list screams “conformist pop lemming looking for back-up”.

In responce to Starman, The Who had a better live show. As did the Grateful Dead, and many more.

How the hell do you link a URL here??????

Say it loud and say it proud: Color Me Badd!!

Preach the truth NEcromancer. Brood in that tower and gaze into your prizm. They bow defeated!

In an undeserved defense of Rolling Stone magazine, this list can be blamed on the readers of the mag - not the mag themselves.

Reading any article printed in the Rolling Stone about Rush, their shows, or their albums proves that no one there no a damn thing about the band.

Don’t blame the ignorant, blame the people who read them…

For you Rush bashers, your comments are laughable. Call them geeks, whatever. Those are three guys who’ve made their livings doing what they love to do. How many of us can say that? How many of those flash-in-the-pan musicians are now, computer programmers, babysitters, sous chefs, etc? (take no offense to the occupations I chose) Rush have always made music their way, never acquiescing to anyone. They’ve never made any bones about not really caring how anyone has perceived them; even their fans, to a certain extent. They’ve never sold out (other than arenas) and they make music we fans enjoy and blare out the car or house windows. There are musicians out there who would give a left nut to work with any one of the band members. Look at Nick Raskulinecz. Did he lower his street credibility by working with Rush? Doubt it. Are the Foo Fighters now lowered in status because Nick R. produced their album too? Doubt it.
Let’s now look to the new “talent”. FoB, for example, is just another band getting by with their whining vocals and three-chord thrashing. Currently, if bands aren’t whining into the mic, they’re screaming instead. Wow, that’s some serious talent. Also, look at all the other bands going on tour together. What, FoB is touring with something like 5 bands? They will all be one incarnation of the other. You know, it’s really nice to go to a show that starts on time and then get to listen to your favorite band for three-plus hours. I don’t think anyone else is doing that. That’s called staying power and a huge music catalog. Rush fans aren’t the haters, the rest of you are. For those of you who don’t get it, no one really cares anymore than you care why we do get it.

fall out boy are not good enough to be roadies for rush!

Once again your magazine and website disrespects the best band of that, this, and the next generation. Guilty Pleasure?? I think not. Always a pleasure. Put them in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now…it’s way past due.

What I was saying was that Pete Wentz’s songs speak to people much more than songs by Rush. Have any of you actually taken the time to listen to Fall Out Boy? If you did you would hear how much emotion and conviction Pete Wentz has, and that’s what really matters. Like I said before, it’s easy for people to hate such a young talent.

TOM SAWYER BITCH!!! Rush rules, I have never felt the least bit guilty for sayin it.

where oh where are the Spin Doctors? Come on everybody! OOOH ONE TWO PRINCES KNEEL BEFORE YOU, thats’a what I said NOW

Name one band that has a better live show than RUSH?

Never heard of Rush but Randy and I like Britany.

Look at those old b*startds! and they still rock! Too bad I can’t think of any band today that will be around for thirty years, or be as infuential as Rush….

Where is DMB?

Geddy, Neil and Alex have influenced just about every rockster in the business today, and are 3 of the best rock musicians in the world today, period!

Yes…this IS a joke. RS knows better. Jame, go back to your Justin Timberlake CD’s and get a real opinion.

Once again, the industry just doesn’t get it. No rush fan has ever felt guilty for worshiping them. They’ve felt pride. Pride to the point of egotism, like me. Because they ARE cool, and DO produce quality music. Not the opposite like the article suggests. There is none higher. They are the holy trinity of rock.

This is a joke. Rush?

Rush is one of the best bands ever.. I’m chilean and I guess RS magazine is one of the reasons why people around the world think american people are morons.

Why don’t you create a survey about the most popular but horrible and overrated magazine ever?

My vote is yours.

(Please, avoid this embarrasment… next time, prepare yourself before talking about things you don’t know, like music)

To even put Rush on the same list as these other bands is absolutley pathetic. Are you kidding me? These guys are some of the best musicians that ever played. Lack of talent sums up 90% of this list. Oh, but wait, being a good musician isn’t important when judging ones talent as a band any more. Bring on American Idol! That will get us what we need. Good God.

Rolling Stone are you crazy? Definitive?? Rush is a excellent band! Who made this list? Is he/her 16 years old? There’s a difference between Classic Rock and guilty pleasures(granted there are a few that deserve to be on the list)….

The Rolling Stones should be on this list. Most overrated band of all time. I do not believe they even play all of the music on their studio albums. Did the recent RS article on the making of Exile on Main Street not state that they had to bring outside musicians into that project? I do not get people’s infatuation with this group. They should have quit in the early 80’s. Keep lowering your reputation boys. You suck.

Rush a guilty pleasure?!?! Good god Rolling Stone, stop trying so hard to be hip a la’ TRL.
If you were serious at all about music, you would recognize, well…music.
There is a whole world of expression outside of shit-talking hip hop and eye make-up wearing poppy-”punk” bands.

Probably the only way Rush is gonna get a mention in RS these days. Hands down one of the greatest bands on the planet…”different eyes see different things, different hearts beat on different strings”. Nuff said.

Hey B-man checked in! Yo B! Been a Rush fan since 81 - never even dawned on me to feel guilty for even a second. If Rush wasn’t on this list there would be 80% fewer comments. Snakes and Arrows - May 1 - get off your ass and jump around! Jump around!

www.rushisaband.com
www.rush.com
www.rushguy.ne t

Guilty pleasures are for narrow minded people and “Magazines” who can’t seem to look and listen beyond the current flavor of the month. Look ahead 25 years from now and I’ll bet you’ll find FOB & PATD on this list.

Naming Rush the #1 Guilty Pleasure just shows how out of touch RS with music, musicians and fans overall. Christ, look how long it took Pink Floyd to get a cover.

RUSH = Best band in the universe

F**kin Slayer!!!

Never heard of Pete Wentz. I highly doubt The Fall Out Boys will last 30 plus years…..

So, listening to quality music is a guilty pleasure now?

I think the list is pretty accurate… although there are quite a few acts missing from the list…

Attention all planets of the solar federation…Attention all planets of the solar federation….Attention all planets of the solar federation….We have assumed control….we have assumed control….we have assumed control…

Neil Diamond hehe

How do you not include Iron Maiden on this list?

I honestly think all of Canada has come to complain about this list. Avril Lavigne, Nickleback, and SUm 41 are all Canadian. Rush is not in good company, and I don’t blame Canada for defending the only creditable band they’ve produced. But please stop.

I’ve never listened to Rush, but eventually planned on it. Now I refuse to listen to them. Rush fans have bothered me to the point that even if they turn out to be a good band it’ll just be too late. Stop complaining and just let it be. They don’t seem that great anyway.

There is only one band -

THE CLASH

enuf said………..

i post the best comments…dickweeds.

Considering that the majority of the bands you selcected had their hayday in the eighties then what about Mr.Big & Extreme?

ELO was my very first “best band ever” back when all the other kids were listening to KISS, (who are a disgusting joke) - and i still feel no guilt jamming to J. Lynne and the boys.
RUSH were my second “best band ever” and have stayed there. although i do have issues with a couple of their albums from the nineties.
hell, those three goofy canadians have influenced everybody from Metallica, (who give thanks to them in the liner notes of one of their albums), to Sinead O’Connor, who admitted in the late eighties that she was a Rush fan…but she seemed to feel a little guilty about it.
i can see them fitting in this list - i can see them laughing their old asses off about it - all the way to the $$$$ bank!
nice work, R.S.!

the who!!

I’m with crazy runner. RS’s taste in music, and their reviews are consistantly way off base.

My guilty pleasure is running across articles like this one and after reading them confirming once again that they are as consistant as ever.

I’m curious. Do the writers at RS even bother to listen to the music before writing a review or crap articles like this?

JB

I think most of the bands on this list do not qualify as guilty pleasures. If, for example, one had a secret affinity for Barry Manilow, the Village People, or Menudo - a group that it would be really embarassing to like - this would be a guilty pleasure. I would say few of the bands on the list fall under that criteria.

Wham? you have Wham on the list? Thats not a pleasure I want to be guilty of.

Oh, and where’s Dan Fogelberg? I’m pretty sure that, for me, he’s got the largest differential between how much I love him and how much the general public hates him. Maybe there aren’t enough people who actually do like him to count it.

Honestly, the fact that everyone is so angry about this list makes it’s point. Not a single band on here is recognized for artistic credibility, whether they posess it or not, and as someone who owns albums from 11 artists on this list, I know that you may get funny looks when those songs come up on shuffle. Being a real music fan means acknowledging that most people don’t like them but loving them anyway. I could never fault someone for saying Lionel Richie was too cheesy for them to appreciate, but I love him nonetheless.

And I’ve seen Rush. Fantastic live band. I own their catalog. But some songs are cheesy, especially lyrically (i.e. “The Trees”). I can admit it, and it doesn’t make me love them any less.

And I’m pretty sure I’m the only person here who has seen both Rush and Fall Out Boy live on more than one occasion. Broaden your horizons everybody, nobody will hate you for liking more than one genre…

The Cowsils

panic at the disco will also never be as influential as rush…because pnic is a hideously awful excuse for a band

Amit, rushjerzee and Geoff know what they are talking about. The comment about pete wentz was hilarious. He should just go marry ashley simpson and then they can both retire from making crappy music and just be lame together.

Being a Rush fan since 1980, and attending every tour since that time, and being a musician … I can say they aren’t a guilty pleasure, they are a guiltless pleaure.

Their new single is #4 on Radio and Records and #3 on Mainstream Media, with a listing on R&R as most increased listenership.

Watch for this new album it looks to be something akin to Moving Pictures. Though Rush getting recognition is kind of scary, I like it better when the masses hated them.

Rush is a guilty pleasure? So people should be embarassed that they listen to music that is intelligent and features members who can actually play their instruments properly? The fact that this list classifies Kelly Clarkson and Britney Spears as rock is further proof that Rolling Stone is in no position to try to come across as being an authority on the subject of music. I guess Rolling Stone can continue sucking up to Bob Dylan and Michael Moore. Of course, this is the same magazine that gave St. Anger a good review. This list is almost as bad as Guitar World’s top 100 guitarists. It’s official, Rolling Stone knows absolutely nothing about music.

Then why are you looking at the website? .. Forever Eddie Money!

RUSH is equil to greatness with Led Zeppelin. and they’re still at it! name even one band who, after 30+ years still has the same 3 origional guys and have never broken up, still make great albums, try new things (unlike the stones, skynyrd, ac/dc, etc who make crap albums or the same album over and over) and not only can play as well as “back in the day,” but are constantly pushing themselves!! RUSH rules, rolling stone magazine is garbage

RS again proves it is a complete joke. Haven’t looked back since I cancelled my subscription 22 years ago.

Thank God I found this. All this time, I was wondering: Where can I find a blog that will enlighten me as to what music is good and what sucks? And to think, I thought Rush was such an awesome band. Boy, was I wrong. Shame on them for being such crappy musicians and having absolutely no integrity whatsoever! And those over the top arrangements. Man those guys must have such an ego and be so pretentious. I mean, that’s the only way they could have stayed together all this time: Be full of themselves and feel much more important than everyone else.

Thankfully, all the musical experts congregated here, so my search for good taste in music is finally over! Wohoo!!!!

This list is just more evidence that RS has no clue about music. RS is a fashion mag, not a music mag. Putting RUSH at the top of this list is a backhanded compliment.

ABBA is responsible for some of the finest craftest pop songs of all time. Sure most people smirk when I mention that I like them, but, I feel in no way guilty about it.

Supertramp is the most underrated band of all time.
Motley Crue and Bon Jovi are the most overrated.

Rust {no mistke} is the worst band of all time. If youre looking for guilty pleasures what about Kiss?

For the record, I’m female and I LOVE Rush! Their musicianship is AMAZING! If you’ve never truly listened to one of Geddy’s intricate bass lines or dropped your jaw in amazement upon hearing Neil’s solos, or heard Alex’s virtuoso playing, then you can’t really voice an opinion on Rush’s music.
Sure, some of the songs need to be heard more than once to be truly appreciated, but that also means you can get something out of them each time you hear them. I know some people don’t appreciate Geddy’s voice, and that’s ok, but dang, folks–Bob Dylan’s voice makes me want to bang my head against a wall to make it stop and look at all the accolades he’s been given!

Rush is an amazing band, and my family (hubby and kids too!) will enjoying seeing them at the Hollywood Bowl this summer!

I heart Tom Sawyer.

Funny to see people writing that Rush songs “often include science fiction” and complaing about 20 minute long songs and excessive time changes. Are you people stuck in the 1970’s?

Rush has not been that band since the late 1970’s. Rush themselves will admit that being technical players was important to them early on, but since the early to mid 1980’s they’ve focused much more on being songwriters.

I only find it hilarious that mainstream media ignores Rush. It only makes the band more fascinating. A “cult band” that has sold out humongous arenas for decades and sold almost 50 million albums worldwide.

They have never played the “media game”. Rush was offered to headline the Donnington in the eighties, but Peart refused. His answer was “We don’t want to treat our fans like cattle.”

Today’s pop stars would sell their own mother to get some cheap publicity in the mainstream media. Rush has never cared. Only their fans do (apparently).

I can’t think of a band that deserves people’s respect more than Rush.

Are you kidding me? Rush should by no means be on a guilty pleasure list let alone the number one choice. These guys are amazing and still kicking it. Have a listen to their new album.

Today’s Tom Sawyer, he gets high on you and the space he invades, he gets by on you.

I think it’s undisputed that this list is not “undisputed.”

Rush, Chicago, ELO, and America -even Abba- have made an amount of quality music at one time. It’s a shame they get lumped in with these other artists.

why isn’t guns and roses a guilty pleasure, sleaze bag rock and axl can’t sing any more than geddy lee

rush is more than a guilty pleasure and way more talented than any of those listed guilty pleasure bands.

I agree with you completely Roy…Chicagos older stuff is truly great…

I listen to Kelly Clarkson and Britney Spears. They rock!

Rush is touring for Snakes & Arrows starting June 13th in Atlanta. It’s going to be great.

Go to rush.com
or
rushisaband.com

I heard that if you play Rush’s classic “2112″ along with the “Wizard of Oz”, nothing significant happens, unless you are really stoned.REALLY STONED,really.

Ice T! and Insane CLOWN POSSE! ——
i notice that all almost all the bands here are, for the most part, disparaged and hated on by rock critics. once again, the elites in NYC and LA club scene seem to dictate what is good and what is trash, with very few exceptions (the re-evaluation of black sabbath, for instance).
thing is, i don’t like most of these bands listed (most of them have a handful of mediocre radio friendly hits that sound like each other), so i’m agreeing with these critics. suddenly guilty pleasure is defined as something that ‘hip’ people hate, as if liking these bands should make you feel bad. so am i a slave to the critics’ advice, or am i ‘in touch’ and ‘with it’ for agreeing with them? is there some platonic form equivalent of good music that everyone can reach and should attain to? are we to worship david fricke and anthony decurtis and read their reviews like scripture?
what if the rock critics are always right?

Chicago and Hall & Oates do not belong on this list!!!!!!!!1

OH! I AM OFFENDED! What exactly is wrong with Rush, ELO, Journey, Boston, Foreigner, Motley Crue, Poison that would make people be embarrassed to tell their friends? I agree that Kiss should be on the list and STYX should be higher.

I don’t feel guilty about anything! It’s great that so many people hate Rush. It allows me to get great seats to see them on the upcoming (probably close to sold out)tour. It’s like finding a great vacation spot that few know about. Why share it with idiots?

Tatu

and

Hinder

i am an older musician and i think panic! at the disco will be far more influential than Rush, but all of you are jealous of their skills

What is Simply Red doing on this list? I thought there were two criteria: 1) bad bands, 2) crank at full volume. When I picture someone doing 80 with the top down the phrase “Holding Back The Years” doesn’t leap to mind at all. And — sorry people — Rush and The Grateful Dead are the two most horrible bands ever.

Olivia Newton John and Kylie Minogue

Hoobastank. My brother-in-law used to play base in that band, so I guess it’s a guilty pleasure.

where’s Fall Out Boy and all the other crappy bands RS has covered lately. I don’t know who made this list, but man Rush is in no way worthy of being anywhere on this list as they can actually play their instruments with a high level of musicianship.

This list is retarded.

I have a list: It’s called stupid lists. And this guilty pleasure list is number one.

RUSH one of the best bands of all time? You could say best drummer and I would not challenge. You could say worst singer and I would say fo shore! Those who protest too much…..take a look at the list. RUSH is number 1! What about Kiss?

Mullets are for lesbians and pick-up driving hicks with 1/2 their teeth and a 30-pack of Stroh’s in a trashbag full of ice.

You may classify Rush as a guilty pleasure, especially since this is a corporate mag, but if they are a guilty pleasure then so be it, the list of people Rush influenced is staggering from Detroit Techno, to Math Rock to New Wave etc.
Rush has done fine without the support of Rolling Stone - from Wiki - “Rush has influenced various modern artists such as Metallica,[3] The Smashing Pumpkins[4] and Primus,[4] as well as many notable progressive metal bands such as Dream Theater[3] and Symphony X.[5]” AND “As a whole, Rush boasts 23 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records, making them one of the best-selling rock bands in history. These statistics place Rush fifth behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, KISS and Aerosmith for the most consecutive gold and platinum albums by a rock band.”
That being said you can call them whatever you want, they don’t need no Rock Hall they don’t need no ass kissing corporate rag.

“It’s Really Just a Question of Your Honesty”

For the people on the board who say that Rush is not influential or belongs in the R&R hall of fame, READ the board. Do you see all the people influenced by RUSH? Rush fans are loyal and know good music when they hear it. By the way, how influential is Bob Seger? He’s in the hall of fame and I don’t hear musicians naming him as an influence (aside from Kid Rock).

The only band I’d listen to on the list is The Monkees. And their only a guilty pleasure because most people don’t know how many truely excellent songs they have.

If you eliminate every Davy Jones song (except “Daydream Believer”) from their oeuvre, it’s right up there with other 60’s greats like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Beach Boys, if not quite up to the Beatles/Stones level.

They’ve got more good songs then just about every other band on that list put together.

my name is Brian B and I love RUSH man!!!!!!

..i was gonna say ‘haircut 100′(remember that one song thay had,”love + 1″)…..but as i’m writing this
’separate ways’ from journey came on the radio, and i’m enjoying it,
so i’ll have to say journey is definately a the guilty pleasure.

BTW: ‘Red sector A’ from Rush is the only guilty pleasure from them,
not the band in itself or there other songs (well I guess most of ‘em)

Pretty good list here RS…..RE:Rush…..I am a big fan of their musicianship and many of their songs, I have seen them in concert & it was one of the best I’ve ever seen…Geddy Lee is an amazing Bass player &a