43 Years of Permanent Waves
On January 14, 1980, Rush released their seventh studio album, Permanent Waves . Following a six-week break after the conclusion of their eight month tour in support of Hemispheres , Rush began to write material for Permanent Waves in July 1979 at Lakewoods Farm in Flesherton, Ontario. The band followed a pretty solid routine, starting with Alex Lifeson cooking the three breakfast every morning, followed by Neil Peart walking down to a nearby cottage to write lyrics while Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson stayed behind and worked out musical ideas they had. Within days, "The Spirit of Radio" , "Jacob's Ladder" , and "Freewill" were put down and ready to be recorded. Image courtesy of Wikipedia In September of the same year, they traveled to Morin-Heights, Quebec to record the album at Le Studio. Many of their following albums, which include Moving Pictures (1981), Signals (1982), Grace Under Pressure (1984), Show of Hands ( 1988), Presto (1989), Roll the...