The ambitious 20-minute sci-fi epic helped save the band’s career and launch them toward rock stardom.

"The tail wags the dog," says Hugh Syme, reflecting on his "marquee" cover for Rush's 1976 LP 2112. That's a reliable refrain from the band's longtime art director. As he notes, it's a fool's errand ...

The epic title track of Rush's 2112 was 20:33 in length and occupied the entire first side of the album. Because of that, the triple-platinum project – released on April 1, 1976 – is often mistakenly ...

Rush will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their landmark 1976 album 2112 with a deluxe reissue featuring rare live and previously unreleased material alongside 2112 tracks covered by Foo Fighters‘ ...

Forty years ago this week, the three white-tunic-clad prophets of Rush foretold an intergalactic war on their prog-rock magnum opus, 2112. They predicted that in less than half a century, in the year ...

Just about every musical artist we’ve heard of in recent decades has had a breakthrough recording. After all, what else would have brought them to so many people’s attention? A hit song often gets the ...