RUSH To Begin Recording New Album In November

[fonzbear2000]

Canadian rock legends RUSH will be co-producing their new studio album for Anthem Records with Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, SHADOWS FALL). The American producer will be flying up to Toronto next week to meet with the band, which is in the demo phase right now.

"It's early stages. We have nine songs written so far," says guitarist Alex Lifeson. "We're going to continue until we have about 12 songs and finish up preproduction at the end of October, so we'll be really well prepared and then go in the studio in November and start recording."

That way of working is a little different for Lifeson, singer/bassist/keyboardist Geddy Lee and drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, who usually write in the studio and record at the same time.

"This time around, we wanted to write, we wanted to rehearse the material, we wanted to get really inside it before we actually recorded it," explains Lifeson. "We're not spending a lot of time on sound or getting too involved in the recording."

Lifeson and Lee started working "very casually" together through the early part of this year, and Peart sent some lyrics to them. In May, they spent a month in a downtown studio "building things, doing some more writing, doing some pre-production, getting Neil involved, drumming, and then we just went back in about a week and a half ago."

source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... emID=59450

[maverick218]

That's really great news! It's hard to believe that it's been 4 years since Vapor Trails.

[Cooper420]

And....

We should have an album in the spring, and a tour in late summer.

I know I read during the 30th Anniv tour that they put out feedback because they wanted to record something before going out.

Rush can't start a tour unless they have new material aparently, which typically means when there's new material, theres a new tour!

Can't wait!