rushgoober Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 What musicians/celebrities have gone on record saying they are Rush fans? I'm curious...
GeddyRulz Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Something tells me Lester Bangs would've hated Rush. Some other celebrity Rush fans: Mike Myers Randy Johnson (the major league pitcher; HUGE fan) Primus Dream Theater Sepultura Living Colour Sebastian Bach Some other guesses: Matthew McConaghey (wore starman shirt in "Ed TV") Ben Folds (wore starman shirt in one of his videos) Tragically Hip (drummer had a Rush logo on his bass drum)
Digital Man Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Jack Black... Ask anyone who was at the Hollywood Bowl(??) show last tour. (it may have been the Irvine show)
Test4VitalSigns Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Jack Black Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Of South Park fame) Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) Bare Naked Ladies I'm sure there many many more
circumstantial tree Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 I would guess Jerry Stiller given his appearance in R30. Perhaps Ben as well? George Clooney? U2.
Test4VitalSigns Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 QUOTE (Digital Man @ Feb 21 2006, 03:53 PM) Jack Black... Ask anyone who was at the Hollywood Bowl(??) show last tour. (it may have been the Irvine show) It was the Irvine, Ca. show....he went on stage, stripped down to his undies and posed as the Star Man...I'm pretty sure I posted pics of it in the Killler Rush Images thread..I'll look for them...
giantsv Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Believe it or not Metallica are Rush fans. I read something somewhere that they actually used some of thier lyrics in a song.
PuppetKing2112 Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Listen to 4 minutes or so into Sanitarium, and it's the same riff as Tom Sawyer....plus, Cliff Burton was in a Rush cover band called Syrinx before he was in Metallica. People who have not been mentioned: Billy Corgan The drummer for the Pixies (name escapes me) I read somewhere that Trent Reznor was on good terms with Alex, don't know if he's into Rush... Marilyn Manson said in his autobiography that he used to have sex to Moving Pictures in his teens.
Margana Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Matt Groening - the creator of the Simpsons and Futurama There are numerous references in the shows
GeddyRulz Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 QUOTE Marilyn Manson said in his autobiography that he used to have sex to Moving Pictures in his teens. He also said that "2112" was the "scariest album" he'd ever heard, growing up.
Grandpa Grizz Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 Brian Williams--NBC Nightly News Anchor
GeddyRulz Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 QUOTE (Grandpa Grizz @ Feb 21 2006, 06:43 PM) Brian Williams--NBC Nightly News Anchor Really? Interesting. How do you know?
PuppetKing2112 Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Feb 21 2006, 03:05 PM) QUOTE Marilyn Manson said in his autobiography that he used to have sex to Moving Pictures in his teens. He also said that "2112" was the "scariest album" he'd ever heard, growing up. The other album he mentioned in the Moving Pictures section was David Bowie's "Scary Monsters." Manson is an arrogant t**t IMO, but his book is very well written and entertaining.
MiriyaB Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Feb 21 2006, 04:36 PM) The drummer for the Pixies (name escapes me) David Lovering? Also, I'm guessing Bowling for Soup are fans, since they have a track called "2113" on their first album (Rock On Honorable Ones)...
NinjaRider Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 Mark Bryan (guitar-Hootie & the Blowfish)
By-Tor & the Jazz Bass Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 QUOTE (giantsv @ Feb 21 2006, 04:27 PM) Believe it or not Metallica are Rush fans. I read something somewhere that they actually used some of thier lyrics in a song. On their album Master Of Puppets in the credits, Metallica gives thanks to Geddy, Alex & Neil.
Noisy Bastard Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 I can't remember where I read it, but (hard to believe) Billy Joel is a fan. And pitcher Randy Johnson and some other past and present baseball players as well. And I just remembered seeing Jamie Foxx on "Inside the Actors Studio" with James Lipton and he told Lipton he became a fan of Rush and some other rock groups through a college room mate of his. That's all I have for now...
steelcaressed Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 QUOTE (By-Tor & the Jazz Bass @ Feb 21 2006, 08:54 PM) QUOTE (giantsv @ Feb 21 2006, 04:27 PM) Believe it or not Metallica are Rush fans. I read something somewhere that they actually used some of thier lyrics in a song. On their album Master Of Puppets in the credits, Metallica gives thanks to Geddy, Alex & Neil. That is very cool. I didn't know that one. Charlie Watts-Stones Mickey Hart-Grateful Dead
thestand Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 Mike Dirnt of Greenday, as he played the opening riff to Spirit of Radio on a video shoot, which was cool. And The White Stripes briefly mentioned they've listened to Rush in the past to warm up for gigs.
PuppetKing2112 Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 QUOTE (thestand @ Feb 21 2006, 06:14 PM) And The White Stripes briefly mentioned they've listened to Rush in the past to warm up for gigs. Source? That really surprises me.
rushgoober Posted February 22, 2006 Author Posted February 22, 2006 QUOTE (steelcaressed @ Feb 21 2006, 06:12 PM) Mickey Hart-Grateful Dead Really??? What's the source for that? That is so cool!
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