Note: This covers EP was also issued in the United States on vinyl (83728-1).
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In addition to citations from the author’s own interviews with Geddy, Alex, and Neil, the following sources have been quoted:
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Contributor Biographies
Richard Bienstock is a senior editor with Guitar World magazine and the executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, as well as the author of Aerosmith: The Ultimate Illustrated History (Voyageur Press). He is also a musician and journalist whose writings have appeared in numerous U.S. and international publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Daniel Bukszpan is the author of The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. He has been a freelance writer since 1994, and he has written for such publications as the New York Post, Pop Smear, Guitar World, the Pit Report, and Hails and Horns. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Asia, and his son, Roman.
Bruce Cole became an in-demand music industry photographer in 1970, receiving requests to shoot album covers, studio sessions, and live concert performances. In the process, he compiled a unique collection of thousands of photos of famous rock and pop acts, including famous Canadian musicians like Gordon Lightfoot, BTO, Rush, Bryan Adams, and others. One of the first official JUNO photographers, Bruce shot the awards from their first year in 1970 until 1990.
Fin Costello (www.fincostello.com) grew up in Cork by St. Lukes, Ireland, and emigrated to London when he was 19 years old, where he took up a trade as a sailmaker. In 1966 he began photography and soon moved on to working with bands. He got his big break in 1971 when a friend asked him to photograph some bands at the famed Roundhouse. Within a month he was taking photos for the likes of Uriah Heep, Humble Pie, and Deep Purple. In 40-plus years since, he has worked with some of the most influential names in the music business, including Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, the Police, Thin Lizzy, Kiss, the Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix.
Neil Daniels (www.neildaniels.com) has written about classic rock and heavy metal for a wide range of magazines, newspapers, fanzines, and websites. He is also the author of Iron Maiden: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of the Beast (Voyageur Press) and more than ten other books about artists, including Judas Priest, Robert Plant, Bon Jovi, Linkin Park, and Journey. He lives in Merseyside, England.
Andrew Earles (www.andrewearles.com) has written for Vice, Spin, Magnet, The Onion A/V Club, Paste, and Decibel, among other outlets since beginning his freelance career in 1999. The author of Hüsker Dü: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Invented Modern Rock (Voyageur Press), Earles has contributed essays, reviews, and general creative content to nine other books. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife and cat.
Gary Graff is co-author of Neil Young: Long May You Run — The
Illustrated History and Rock ’n’ Roll Myths: The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Legends. He has also published books about Bruce Springsteen and Bob Seger and is the founding editor of the MusicHound Essential Album Guide series. In addition, he writes regularly for Billboard, the New York Times Features Syndicate, Revolver, and Guitar Aficionado, and he provides music coverage for WCSX in Detroit and WHQG in Milwaukee. Graff is based in Detroit, Rock City.
Jeffrey Morgan (www.jeffreymorgan.info) is the authorized biographer of both Alice Cooper and The Stooges. Isn’t that enough?
Rock ’n’ Roll Comics was launched in 1989 by Todd Loren to spin illustrated (and unlicensed) biographies of rock stars. Some of these artists were supportive, while others sued. Loren was convinced the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protected his “illustrated articles,” and the California Supreme Court agreed. In June 1992, Loren was found murdered in his San Diego condo. The comics continued for two more years, with Jay Allen Sanford serving as managing editor. Loren’s murder remains unsolved.
Jeff Wagner is a longtime musicologist, record collector, and heavy metal geek currently residing in Greensboro, North Carolina. Wagner has worked at Relapse Records, The End Records, and currently at Century Media Records. He has written for print and online magazines such as Decibel, Terrorizer, and Noisecreep and was co-editor of Metal Maniacs magazine from 1997 to 2001. He is also the author of acclaimed book Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal (Bazillion Points). His favorite album of all time is Rush’s Moving Pictures.
Ray Wawrzyniak has been a Rush fan since 1982. He first saw the band perform live in Buffalo, New York, on April 5, 1983, and has since seen the band live well over 100 times. Ray contributed as well to the Beyond the Lighted Stage documentary and has a collection of Rush memorabilia that is detailed in a document covering nearly 90 pages. He lives in Buffalo with his wife, Lisa, and their three kids.
Frank White began his photography career on February 12, 1975, shooting Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden. He began selling his images in 1982, first to Relix and then to other music publications, including Guitar World, Circus, CREEM, Kerrang!, Hit Parader, Rock Scene, and others. His images have also been licensed to record companies, MTV, and VH1. In 1986, he began the Frank White Photo Agency. He continues to photograph music and other subjects.
INDEX
AC/DC, 6, 149
Ackerman, Diane, 172
An Alchemy of Mind, 172
Aerosmith, 6, 17
“Afterimage”, 87, 88
Alice Cooper, 127
“Alien Shore”, 126
“All Over Town”, 54
All the World’s a Stage, 31, 33, 34–35, 74
“The Analog Kid”, 80, 81
“The Anarchist”, 170
Anderson, Kevin J., 172
“Animate”, 126, 127, 129
“Anthem”, 22, 23, 26
April Wine, 54
ATI Records, 17
Atlantic Records, 102, 107
Azzoli, Val, 107
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 17, 34
Banger Films, 162
Barth, John, 172
Barton, Jim “Jimbo”, 128
Bashe, Philip, 94
“Bastille Day”, 24, 29, 170
the Beatles, 170
Beck, 13
“Beneath, Between & Behind”, 22, 23
“Best I Can”, 23
“Between Sun & Moon”, 126
“Between the Wheels”, 87
Beyond the Lighted Stage, 6, 162
“The Big Money”, 96
Big O, 142
“The Big Wheel”, 117
Billboard Magazine, 17, 146
Black Sabbath, 21
Blacker, Ira, 17
Blue Öyster Cult, 17
On Your Feet or on Your Knees, 31
“The Body Electric”, 87
Bonham, John, 20
Bossi, Mitch, 12
“Bravado”, 117
“The Bravest Face”, 153
Brown, Terry, 17, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 51, 77, 80, 85, 87, 109
“BU2B”, 165, 170, 172
Buffalo Springfield, 11
Burgess, Mick, 172
Burning for Buddy, 129
Burnstein, Cliff, 17, 60, 107
Burt, Liam, 15
“By-Tor & the Snow Dog”, 22, 23, 54
“The Camera Eye”, 69, 71
Campbell, David, 172
Canadian Composer, 94
Canadian Musician, 29
Capra, Frank, 43
“Caravan”, 165, 170, 172
Caress of Steel, 24, 26, 27, 32, 59, 103
“Carnies”, 170
“Ceiling Unlimited”, 144
“Chain Lightning”, 111
“Chemistry”, 80
“Child Reborn”, 13
Chronicles, 117
“Cinderella Man”, 42, 43
“Circumstances”, 49, 50, 51
Circus, 7, 23, 31, 38, 42
Citizen Kane, 43
Classic Rock Revisited, 171
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 166
“Clockwork Angels”, 171
Clockwork Angels, 6, 153, 165–66, 168, 171–72, 174–76
“Closer to the Heart”, 43, 45–46, 54, 142
Cochrane, Tom
Ragged Ass Road, 130
Cohen, Scott, 42
The Colbert Report, 158–59
“Cold Fire”, 126, 127
Collins, Peter, 94, 96, 100, 102, 104, 109, 126, 127, 128, 131
Cooper, ‘Doc’, 11
“Countdown”, 80, 81
Counterparts, 6, 125, 126, 127–28, 129
Cream, 11
“Cut to the Chase”, 126, 127
“Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage”, 42, 43, 45
“Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres”, 49, 50
Dalziel Equipment, 20
Danniels, Ray, 12, 13–14, 15, 31, 38, 141, 145
Deep Purple, 21, 36
the Dexters, 129
“Didacts and Narpets”, 26
Different Stages, 142, 145
“Different Strings”, 55
“Digital Man”, 80
“Distant Early Warning”, 86, 87
DJ Z-Trip, 141
“Dog Years”, 136
Dos Passos, John, 71
“Double Agent”, 126
“Dreamline”, 117, 120
“Driven”, 131, 136
Dubois, Pye, 71, 126
du Maurier, Daphne, 172
Dunn, Sam, 162
“Earthshine”, 144, 157
Edwin, 130
Emerson Lake & Palmer, 21, 172
“Emotion Detector”, 96
“The Enemy Within”, 87
“Entre Nous”, 55
Ertegun, Ahmet, 107
Euphoria, 142
“Everyday Glory”, 126
Exit … Stage Left, 74, 77
“Face Up”, 117
“Faithless”, 153
“Fancy Dancer”, 13
Far and Away: A Prize Every Time (Peart), 159
“Far Cry”, 153
“A Farewell to Kings”, 42, 45–46
A Farewell to Kings, 42, 43, 45–46
“Fear” series, 69, 87
Feedback, 151
“Feel So Good”, 13
Fender, 127, 172
Fielding, Jerry, 18
“Finding My Way”, 16, 19
Fitzgerald, Bill, 11
the Fixx, 109
“Fly by Night”, 24
Fly By Night, 21, 22, 23, 59
FM radio, 74
Foo Fighters, 152
“Force Ten”, 103
Foster, Richard S., 64
“A Nice Morning Drive”, 64
“The Fountain of Lamneth”, 24, 26
Frampton, Peter, 31
Frampton Comes Alive!, 31, 71
“Freewill”, 54, 55
“Freeze”, 87, 144
Frost, Deb, 38<
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“The Garden”, 170, 172
“Garden Road”, 13
Genesis, 21
Georgia Straight, 45
Geranios, Tony, 64
“Ghost Rider”, 144
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road (Peart), 141
Gilmour, David, 155
Girlschool, 74
Global Metal, 162
Goddo, 74
Golden Earring, 54
Grace Under Pressure, 85–86, 87, 88, 90, 93, 96
“Grand Designs”, 96
Grandy, Al, 11
Grandy, Ian, 11, 15, 18
the Grateful Dead, 11
Gruber, Freddie, 129, 131, 171
“Half the World”, 131
Halper, Donna, 17
“Hand Over Fist”, 112
Harrigan, Brian, 77
Harrison, Tom, 45
Hawkins, Ronnie, 64
“Headlong Flight”, 170
Heart, 176
“Hemispheres”, 49, 51
Hemispheres, 49, 50, 51–52, 55
Henderson, Peter, 85, 87, 96
“Here Again”, 16
“Heresy”, 117
Hine, Rupert, 104, 107, 109, 115, 128
Hold Your Fire, 96, 100–102, 103, 104
Hollett, Michael, 145
“Hope”, 153
“How It Is”, 144
Humble Pie, 31
Performance: Rockin’ the Fillmore, 31
Hunter, Ian, 74
I Love You, Man, 159
I Mother Earth, 130, 142
“In the End”, 22
INXS, 109
Iron Maiden, 6, 36
Iron Maiden: Flight 666, 162
“I Think I’m Going Bald”, 24, 26, 29
J. R. Flood, 20
Jack Secret, 64
“Jacob’s Ladder”, 54, 55
the Joe Perry Project, 74
Johnson, Eric, 120
Jones, Jeff, 11–12
Kamen, Michael, 129
Kansas, 54
“Keep in Line”, 13
“Kid Gloves”, 96
King, Albert, 176
King Crimson, 21, 32, 87
Red, 32
Kiss, 17, 31
Alive, 31
Kmetzko, Mark, 17–18
Krewen, Nick, 98
Krupa, Gene, 18
“Lakeside Park”, 24, 26, 29
“Leave That Thing Alone”, 126, 129
Led Zeppelin, 6, 11, 12–13, 17, 21, 22, 26
Lee, Geddy
Alex Lifeson and, 128–29
on Caress of Steel, 29
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