Rush News: Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)

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It would seem that 2112 took the managability right out of Rush. Any hope of gleaming-eyed record executives to mold a talented group of musicians into a pure product of the times could be, to the thoughtful listener, seen as an act of futility in direct opposition to the wills of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart. This mentality seems to still hurt their standing in the higher media; continuous slights by Rolling Stone and Jann Wenner in particular may account for Rush not being mentioned more commonly alongside the longest-lasting and most successful rock bands of the past...

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