A weekly listen through all 166 original studio tracks in the band R U S H's catalog, one track at a time. Chaz Charles and Alan "Schatz" Schatzberg take listeners through each track with their unique blend of uninformed opinion, musicianship and misguided attempts at humor along the way. Listeners are invited to fact check and play along at home, because who doesn't like getting fact checked on R U S H?! Hot Damn, Eh!!
I tougt I taw a puddy cat - or was it the infused seltzer? We spin Shut Up Shuttin Up off 1996's Victor, by Lerxst.
If you haven't heard Al play lead in a while, check this one out - and bring some wine!
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A random choice wheel of Alex's post-Rush sthuph, with Geddy's solo record thrown in for good measure. We hoist a shot in memory of The Professor, and proceed to listen to whatever we spin.
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Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is one of two podcasts dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that implies.
Blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
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This week we’ve got a special edition straight from the Haggis Shack—no wheel spins, no usual Monday routine. We’re joined by Steve “Broonzy” Brown of RUSHFest Scotland to celebrate the release of Songs for Neil, Volume 6. Together we walk through standout tracks, from Nina DiGregorio and Brody Dolyniuk’s fiery take on “Limelight,” to Jonathan Dinklage’s heart-stopping rendition of “The Garden,” to new contributions from bands across the globe. Along the way, we dive into Hugh Syme’s stunning artwork, the legacy of Rushfest Scotland and Rushfest Canada, and how nearly $300,000 has been raised for charity in Neil’s honor. Plus, The Rash makes its world premiere with “I Think I’m Going Bald.” Yeah, you heard that right.
It’s an album drop party, a tribute, and a full-on celebration of Rush, their community, and the music that never stops inspiring.
COME TO THE ONLINE ALBUM LISTENING PARTY 9/9: Join us at 7 pm UK time / 2 PM EST to celebrate the official release - and Paul Beaulieau's brithday!
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RushRash911 Episode 30. Once Around The Sun WIth You
Season 1 · Episode 30
Monday, July 14, 2025 • Duration 19:11
Once Around The Sun With You (Featuring Alex Lifeson) by Trifecta off 2024's The New Normal.
The Scratch List - go see these bands and scratch that itch to hear Rush music live!!
It's a helluva week at RushRash HQ, with one of the worst cases we've ever taken in - Ffej Herb, drummer of the legendary Solar Federation. Not only is he and his band known to be note-for-note recreationists, but fuck if we don't spin one of the only tunes in the entire catalog wit no effin drums! No shit - we spin the Toilkin inspired Rivendell off Fly By Night and just proceed to shit ourselves in a very decisive vote at the end...but that's not what it's ALL about is it?!
Of course not, cuddlecakes. We learn everything about Ffej's journey to creating one of the Northeast's premiere Rush full-on-Kevin's-mom musical and audio-visual celebrations. This guy has seen Rush twenty-fukin-seven times, can play nearly half the entire catalog (just hasn't gotten to the rest yet!!) and knows whuts-whut with good music, from Rush and beyond. Ffej is a good sport as we slog through one of Rush's most...interesting in a Hobbit kinda way...tracks. So grab your rock and roll Rainstick and your enchanted Shillelagh and jam with us on a fairy-tastic edition of Rush Rash.
How did the boys vote - do you really need to ask?
They talked so much they blew right past the news, and so what you get is a very blah, blah, blah, with invitations extended to have Ffej back because we talk so effin much we didn't get to anywhere near everything we could with him. Get yer ointment and prepare for a serious scratch...then get yourself over to our sponsor, Danforth & Pape, for some holiday inspired-Rush attire!!
Holy effin shitebraide is this an EPIC episode for someone of such wee case of the Rush Rash!! But for what he lacks in rash he makes up for in slabberdash, it's the one and only Kevin "Thief of Joy" Brown. Rock and effin Roll Content Creator extraordinaire, he's the creator and or cohost of his own fiefdom in the Deep Dive Podcast Network - The Tom Petty Project, Seaside Pod Review and Ultimate Catalog Clash ~ with Avatar Corey Effin Morrissette of And The Podcast Will Rock fame ~ oh...did we mention Kevin is a known commodity there too?? In addition to being sometimes cohost and frequent contributor on all things Van...Hagar, he does T-Shirt designs up the wazoo for the Van Halen Podcast. There ain't nuttin' dis guy ain't got his mitts in...and with that accent...we found out...it ain't Canadian...
After lots and lots of talk about more shite than you can break wind at, we get to Rollin' The Bones and spinning up a doozy - Red Tide, from 1989's Presto. Rock and Roll Rainsticks are a thing and we're gonna put it on a T-Shirt!
How did the boys vote - your guess is as good as Geddy's! The news this week was too much to ignore - Geddy & Alex on CBS Sunday, Geddy's show debut tonight, Alex's Lerxt Amplifier deal, Geddy's last North American Effin Tour stop in Toronto...and who will the interviewer be?? Holy effin shitebraide, and so much effin more!!
We name check all the usual suspects and cook up a cure that makes Walter White look like Willy fekin Wanka. Join us for a very, very wordy Rush Rash...
It's a regular Schatz-Show this week as Chaz takes a back seat to Schatz and his bandmates from Second Contact - vocalist Janine "The Owl" Schwarz and guitarist and synth-master Doctor Matt Halper! A story as endearing as Rush's itself, three friends who've been playing music together for over 40 years! SC40 - it's a thing!! Three crazy kids from Jersey who found their love of Rush together starting with Xanadu and never looking back - these geeks and freaks still rehearse in the same damn basement they started in 40 years ago!
This was the first time we had two occupants in The Containment Unit, each with a Rash as bad as the others! Our first co-ed treatment! Insane love of all things Rush. The conversation goes deep on friendship, the meaning of life, the reason for the season and the smootchie for your bootchie - it's a Cheetos-print Snuggie of a Rush Rash!
We check in with the best damn laundry instructions ever from our sponsor Danforth & Pape, we recap Schatz's Effin evening with Geddy Effin Lee, and spend a lot of time appreciating the musical prowess of our favorite Canadians.
The wheel gives us Rush's goofiest song ever - Double Agent off 1993's Counterparts. Grab your smack, a copy of The Naked Lunch, and get ready to get freaky, paranoid and your ya-ya's out as we dive into song facts from RushVault.com, name drop Rush Is A Band Blog and re-discover a hidden gem in the Rush catalog. How will the voting go? When you're with hardcore musicians and Rush fans...you never know!
Yep - we blah, blah, blah'ed and had a more epic than our last epic music-nerd fest of another epic on top of epic, fekn awesome episode of Rush Rash.
Chaz N Schatz end up tripping over their amps and drumsticks with guest phenom, Freddy Mercury Award Winner and Yamaha and PRS endorsed Recording Artist Leoni Jane Kennedy, whose in-fact got the Rush Rash case we weren't prepared to handle - so severe, Steve Brown of Tena Men's Rushfest Scotland caught a new variant from her! Her Rush Rash stretches back deep in her creative genesis, and she shares some pretty deep shit with us. The Containment Unit couldn't contain her talent or inspiration and dedication to all things Rush. She is a true force of nature and maybe the coolest kid to show up to your AV Club. We dive deep on her academic achievements, her new album New World Woman - an acoustic collection of songs penned by the world's greatest drummer - but there isn't a drum beat on it! Her musical roots, her road mates, tales of inspiration, dedication, study, and a voice of pure, haunting starlight. Join us as Leoni takes control of the Solar Federation for a spin of the cosmic wheel. You will not fucking believe that we ended up with 2112, particularly given where we start...
DISCLAIMER: WE DID NOT RIG, FIX, PUT A DOOKIE UNDER THE SCALE OR OTHERWISE TAMPER WITH THE WHEEL SPIN - WE GOT FUCKING INTEGRITY - LIKE LEONI SAID, "IT IS WHAT IT FEKN IS".
So the place might have reeked of Macallan and beat cigarettes, Steve Brown's Moving Pictures Scotland' Brand Veggie Haggis, and discarded Tena Men's pants (the UK meaning of "pants" ya wankers!!)...but Leoni handled it better than that tough French-Canadian dude Matt we had in there last week! The talent in the Rush Family knows no bounds!
Leoni knows Danforth & Pape, and while we *eh* may not have discussed it on the air...it was discussed that there is such great merch at Danforth & Pape's Facebook page, you're nuts not to get there and buy some pre-show party apparel before going to see Leoni play at the Hard Rock Cafe Glasgow prior to Geddy's Effin Book Tour appearance!
Episode 12. Chemistry
Season 1 · Episode 12
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 • Duration 01:27:04
Chaz N Schatz find themselves with another severe case of Rush Rash - this one seemingly as bad if not worse than anything we've seen so far. Drummer and Singer Matt Grou of Quebec's New World Men! The Containment Unit might have still been a little on the rank side after Steve Brown from Moving Pictures UK's last treatment, but Matt put up with the Vegi-Haggis and Poopourri afterglow like the tough French-Canadian he is!
Matt is 1/3 of a powerhouse Rush full-frontal, multi-media experience. Full Monty ain't got nothin' on the big swinging these guys bring off every show. Light, cameras, big production and red jumpsuits - these guys are beyond legit in their ability to pull off every era of Rush with masterful precision. Schatz needed to change his shorts twice during the recording, and he refused to use those unnamed male sanitary products, so it made us all Evan a little more uncomfortable...but again, Matt was a trooper.
After a truly fascinating discussion of what it takes to play with Peart-ian precision and sing all of Geddy's parts, the wheel doses us with Chemistry from 1982's Signals!
We introduce Matt to our sponsor, Danforth & Pape, dive into song facts and insights from RushVault.com, get a little Rush news from Rush Is A Band Blog, and hear some new music from Dirk himself. That, and Chaz actually pronounces Ashwaubenon!
There's also a strange update regarding the fate of the "For Eyes Only" incident that's come to be known as The Episode 10. Cygnus X-1, Book 1, The Voyage, Incident.
So put on your favorite French accent and try and keep up on an epic music-nerd fest of an episode of Rush Rash.
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Episode 11. Show Don't Tell
Season 1 · Episode 11
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 • Duration 01:38:12
Chaz N Schatz find themselves in the presence of the master of the CMPU (Corey Morrissette Podcast Universe) himself, Mr. Corey Morrissette on this Mean Street episode of Rush Rash!! Corey is host of 30 or 40 podcasts on the Deep Dive Podcast Network, and he's a card-carrying Canadian. That said - he's not your typical Canuck, especially when it comes to Rush. He breaks the mold yet again (a fancy way of saying he disproved our well-formed bias that ALL Canadian know and love Rush...) Did he know the song or not...let's put it this way, he was in the walk in clinic looking for add-on services, not the Containment Unit - so you figure it out!
In an episode that has us talking everything from Aerosmith to Genesis to Van Fekn Halen to Randy Macho Man punching people in the d#@k...this is a no holds barred episode of Rush Rash.
Corey takes us through his entire podcast dynasty: And the Podcast Will Rock, Back Tracks: Theme Music, Back Tracks: Aerosmith Revisited, and The Ultimate Catalog Clash and by the end of the list, there isn't an ounce of sanity left in anyone of us...we do discover his secret as to how he does it, and all we can say is that it's illegal in the U.S.
The wheel blesses us with a chart topper - 1989's Show Don't Tell, off Presto!
Danforth & Pape dispatches from the home office include the new Ghost Rider shirts - check them out on Steve Brown and at Danforth & Pape's Facebook page; we share some Top Secret, Classified and Eyes Only information about what's come to be called the Cygnus X-1, Book 1, The Voyage...Incident.
As always we go to our song facts and insights from RushVault.com, and pitch a visit to our sponsor, , for all you holiday wardrobe upgrade needs.
Episode 9. Emotion Detector
Season 1 · Episode 9
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 • Duration 01:46:06
Chaz N Schatz walk into a hairy shite-show of a ruckus and call an all-hands-on deck EmergeAFeknC on this panicked and crazy episode of Rush Rash!! In a case of the absolute worst Rush Rash we've documented to date - Rush fan since he was a wee-laddie of the highlands, our special guest this week is none other than Steve Brown of Moving Pictures Scotland, RushFest Scotland, Tena Men's Ambassador and all around dude-bomber on the six-string. A Rush Rasher since the age of 8, he's got a guitar collection to rival Alex's and he's humble enough to admit he improvises when Al does too...and believe it or not can make grown, kilt-wearin', whisky (NO 'E') drinkin' men cry and bring warrin' clans back together - all in a fekn' sing along to raise your spirit and prove beyond a shadow the ability of Rush music to unite people across the entire astral plane...or at least over a pint or two!!
Steve is all things Rush in Scotland and dare-say the UK and his story will keep you handlin' your haggis the entire time!!
We let Steve do the name dropping this episode as we sit back in amazement that the veg-haggis controversy isn't a bigger issue than it is...so you have that revelation and other heresy and blasphemy to have the short hairs up under yer kilt needing a stiff breeze to get dry if you know what we're sayin'...which would be great - since we don't!! We end up spinning Emotion Detector off 1985's Power Windows, a song Chaz' had been itching to hear for several episodes...is someone messing with us?!?!
Danforth & Pape gets significant attention; we get the full story of the sensational Leoni Jane Kennedy, as well hear lot's of samples from Moving Pictures Scotland and friends, and hear all about all the great charitable work Steve and Co. are coordinating with their wide network of Rush family all over the world, having raised over $125,000 US and counting!
As always we go to our song facts and insights from , and find out that our sponsor, , does all the merch for all these charitable events and doesn't ask a dime in return! Please support - because...why wouldn't you?!?! The holidays are coming - upgrade your wardrobe today!!
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
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Join us - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
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Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
Certified boneless in the state of Ohio by the Boneless Podcasting Network. Go Boneless. Boneless Makes a Better Podcast.
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
Certified boneless in the state of Ohio by the Boneless Podcasting Network. Go Boneless. Boneless Makes a Better Podcast.
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
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We do take 2112 and dive into song facts, numerology, the maths, the memories and even song insights from RushVault.com, but there was no Rush news from Rush Is A Band Blog on our agenda this week...we were having too much fun geeking out with Leoni on her degrees, music, math, her mum, her music teachers and more. What would Leoni decree if she was placed in charge of said Solar Federation for a day? Tune in to find out, but don't pull a finger in her direction on the next cross-country flight...and we thought we'd need cross-gender training for her treatment! The Rush Rash Treatment is universal!
Yep - we blah, blah, blah'ed for over an hour before the wheel spun 2112 - all 20:33 glorious seconds of it. Guess how we voted this one...and you know our format - so grab a rocket ship, kick back and take a ride with us and Leoni, for a more epic than our last epic music-nerd fest of an epic, fekn awesome episode of Rush Rash.
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
Certified boneless in the state of Ohio by the Boneless Podcasting Network. Go Boneless. Boneless Makes a Better Podcast.
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
Certified boneless in the state of Ohio by the Boneless Podcasting Network. Go Boneless. Boneless Makes a Better Podcast.
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
Certified boneless in the state of Ohio by the Boneless Podcasting Network. Go Boneless. Boneless Makes a Better Podcast.
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast that is dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world! Yeah!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
GO BONELESS
Certified boneless in the state of Ohio by the Boneless Podcasting Network. Go Boneless. Boneless Makes a Better Podcast.
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