For years, Rush had an uneasy relationship with an oft-skeptical rock press. So fans got to know the band members’ diverse personalities largely from live shows, tour books, videos and drummer Neil Peart’s own prose. But as the band proved this month in their first-ever Rolling Stone cover story, they’re great profile subjects in a classic rock & roll mode, more than willing to get candid and irreverent. Here’s some things you’ll learn in the cover story: Peart says all three members of Rush had moments of partying too hard in the Seventies. Peart had trouble revisiting his Seventies playing on the band’s latest tour – because he’s a better drummer now. Rush sometimes make up songs about crew members in their soundchecks.
