If the stage collapses the Nerd rock is over!

In my 15 years of Rush fandom I never could have imagined the recent and very rock n'roll, incidents that seem to be happening with the band. First Alex Lifeson gets arrested. Ok lemme talk about that for a second. So apparently Alex was out partying with his son (naturally) and his son's wife at some club in Florida about a year and a half ago I think. I guess they got pretty loaded cuz Alex exercised his "Freewill" a little too much and got into it with some security or cop type people at the place when they started hasseling his drunk son. Before you know it a mugshot is circulating the internet and the band is getting a smidgin of the press they've been deserving of all this time! The best part of this is that someone who I guess is an approved member of his entourage was holding up a "Free Alex" sign in the background when a TV crew was interviewing him at the badly behaved prog rock guitar god holding facility down there. Even better...a somewhat overweight female fan approached Alex as his was being escorted through the place and asked for a hug. "This isn't a good time" or something like that was his reply. I was dying! I mean the guy is in downtown booking and besides his hands were probably cuffed.

My question is why couldn't he have done this shit back in the 70's or 80's when people seemed to sell another million records for every TV they through out of a hotel window? On to Geddy Lee....For some time now there's been an MP3 available of Geddy telling a bunch of apprently oblivious concert goers to back the fuck off the stage or it's gonna collapse. Never in my life...could I imagine people "rushing" the stage at a Rush concert. I mean we're talking about a crowd which is 98% male (when I'm there) wearing glasses, a pony tail, a t-shirt with a dragon on it and a pair of acid washed jean shorts. These are the same people who wait on line for three days to get Star Wars tickets for opening night. I know because I've done that too. I don't know if Rush accidently started playing at the Linkin Park concert or what but if anyone knows where this took place I'd love to find out. Also Geddy was such a prick too...he's like if you don't stop pushing the show's gonna end and it's gonna be a real bummer. " Apparently people were still pushing because he adds "do you understand English?" You gotta love it...maybe if they changed the set list every 20 years or so people wouldn't be so fucking hostile! I am sure this concert took place during a show they were recording for the 10th version of the same live album they've been releasing since 1978. That's probably why Ged was so pissed...I wouldn't want to have to play "The Trees" again either!! Still I must end by saying Rush is still "relevant" (as snotty music critics like to say when they just mean "good") and I love them dearly...especially Alex.

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