Wake Up Astronauts With Rock Music

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

NASA is calling out to all of you to decide what music should wake up astronauts in space. I say we lead the charge with some rock and roll!
The space agency has released a list of their top 40 songs. Of those songs, you can vote on which one you would like to have played to wake up the astronauts of mission STS-133. Songs on the list include Metallica's "Enter Sandman," Foo Fighters' "Learn To Fly" and Rush's "Countdown" among many others.
All you… Read More

Rush bring “2112″ to Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock is the newest, and most involved, game in the Guitar Hero franchise. It features something called Quest Mode where you play through all of Rush's epic song "2112."
The final part of the Guitar Hero story follows the narrative of "2112" and is even narrated by Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. Lee said to Rolling Stone that "In our… Read More

RiO!B episode – July 13, 2010

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Pearl Jam not going on hiatus
U2 reschedule… Read More

Listen: Rush – “BU2B” and “Caravan”

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neal Peart are three names you should know if you're into the whole rock music thing that I cover. These three Canadians are collectively known as Rush and they just released some brand new music they'd like for you to hear.
The new songs, called "BU2B" and "Caravan", are both from their upcoming album called Clockwork Angels which won't be in record stores until 2011 (via Classic… Read More

RiO!B episode – May 27, 2010

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

New music from the Arcade Fire
Rush announces title of new album
New… Read More

Rush release new album title

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Arcade Fire aren't the only Canadians making a splash in the music world this week. Classic rockers Rush recently announced the title of their new album and are releasing two new singles.
The album, Clockwork Angels, is expected to come out in 2011 but to whet your pallet the band is releasing two singles called "Caravan" and "BU2B" on June 1st. The songs will be sold together through digital music providers and will air on radio stations all over the… Read More

RiO!B episode – April 8, 2010

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

The Taliban hates Metallica
Aerosmith… Read More

Rush working on new material

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Canadian rockers Rush have begun working on new material according to drummer Neal Peart.
QMI Agency managed to talk to the legendary drummer and asked him about whether Rush was planning on hitting the studio anytime soon.
"Well, in fact, we've just started working on new material," said Peart. "So we plan to get some writing and recording done. And we're considering… Read More