After Caress of Steel met with mixed critical review and mediocre fan reaction, the record label begged the rocking trio from Toronto to abandon the idea of another musical concept album. Undaunted, our heroes plunged on and released an album that other concept albums are now measured by... 2112.
I decided to do this album as a separate article from the next one, 2112, for one simple reason: They both deserve their own review. These two were concept albums that shaped the future of Rush as a band, and how their fans would expect future albums to be. As far as their recording label is
Perhaps it's destiny, but Rush debuted their first album the same month and year I was born. Being a fan, for me, was in the stars. So let's dig in to this debut album. The entire thing is good, and even though drummers would change after this recording, it still sounds enough like the modern Rush
Immediately following a gig in 1973, three bandmates went straight to the cheapest studio they could find in Toronto and cut their first album. At this time, the band was Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey, and they called themselves Rush. “The first stab at the album was done in eight hours
Well, it's over. The Skywalker Saga has ended. Episodes 7, 8, and 9 are finally over. You've seen them all. You're now watching The Mandalorian and anxiously awaiting the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series, and maybe filling time with some Battlefront II or Fallen Order. A new feature film trilogy is being
Over eleven films, Star Warsis a global phenomenon with a massive fandom. That fandom is some of the most rabid and opinionated to ever exist, and that includes those of us who write about it. With Episode IX on the immediate horizon, I've gone back and watched the entire saga in timeline order to
Will the real head bangin' Storm Trooper please stand up?
In 2017, George Lucas told a story to the crowd at Star Wars Celebration that Star Wars was always meant to be "enjoyed by 12-year-olds". He also doubled down by bashing the "mean" critics, and told us what Star Wars was meant to be in his mind: “Friendships, honestly, trust, doing the right
Daemons of the Shadow Realm has Yuru and his Daemons turn the table on his pursuers in Ep. 4 "Jin and Yuru". It's pretty clearly a case of the hunters becoming the hunted here, and in a very action-packed way to boot. Now we wait and see if this is a good thing for Yuru, or if he has bitten off
I'm not completely sold on the Bob Odenkirk action star rebrand. That's not a knock on him, either. I actually think he fits the role quite well, given the right circumstances - those being the break out Nobody which remains the best use of his new look. But something about it feels off and
It's been quite a long time since we've had a Star Wars movie in theaters. In the time between Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and now, we've had a revolution in entertainment in streaming and Star Wars moved from controlling the theater to a fixture in our living rooms with shows like The
