Rush Rash with Chaz N Schatz

It wasn’t long ago that we were getting our first listen to Today Was Yesterday, a new band that this guy Alex Lifeson was working with. Listeners of RushRash911 have heard Chaz and Schatz discovering more about the band every week, and now, it’s mastclass time as they visit with Ty Dennis, drummer of Today Was Yesterday. The guys have a blast getting to know Ty, learning about his very diverse mu...

Episode 10 - I Am...You Are, the other lost track off My Favorite Headache that Geddy just released at the end of last year to coincide with the release of My Effin Life. We try to follow along and get lost along the way, but we still manage to keep it to 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush mu...

Well, hello and welcome back for Part 2 of our interview with Steve Brown and Eóin de Paor of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Moving Pictures Scotland⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠RUSHfest Scotland⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠RUSHfest Canada, ⁠ ,and OG Original RushCon'er and RushRasher since way, way back, ⁠⁠⁠Paul Beaulieu of Canadian Music Scene⁠⁠⁠ . At this point, we've already met and had a quick chat with Terry Brown, who's making coffee for Paul, and had...

Episode 9 - Grace By Grace, a Geddy. Lee & Ben Mink composition off 2000's My Favorite Headache. Is it that anything Geddy sings is going to sound like Rush, no matter what? Another fine example of Geddy's growth as a lyricyst in another tight episode keeping it to 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to he...

Chaz N Schatz walk into a hairy shite-show of a ruckus and call an all-hands-on deck EmergeAFeknC on this, another panicked and crazy episode of Rush Rash!! Not only have we had his kind before, the Haggis Shack is thus christened in his honor, and our guests horror! It's none other than Steve Brown of ⁠⁠Moving Pictures Scotland⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠RUSHfest Scotland⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠RUSHfest Canada, and still serving as h...

Episode 8 - Western Sunset, an Alex Lifeson composition off 2022's Envy of None. A song written by Alex as he spent time with Neil during his last days. A bittersweet moment in time, and our first spin off EON. We've add all the EON tracks to the wheel starting this episode. More Lerxst for your listening pleasure. We got through this emotional banger all the while keeping it to 20 minutes of Rush...

Chaz N Schatz visit with multiple Eisner award winning author Mike Baron! The man who brought you the imaginative world of Nexus and Badger, the Punisher, the Flash, the first KISS comic (the one inked with The Demon’s blood) Mike's got some one-of-a-kind stories! He’s a prolific writer and creator, having been a part of Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Kitchen Sink, the list goes on. Suffice to say, from...

Episode 7 - On My Own, one of the Alex tracks off Today Was Yesterday. We're starting to dig deeper with this new material and appreciate how un-Rush-like it is, all while keeping it to 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by Ged and Al with your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Chaz N Schatz host a cavalcade of Rush Tribute All-Stars from ⁠YYNOT⁠ , ⁠Solar Federation⁠ , ⁠A Farewell To Kings⁠ , and ⁠Second Contact⁠ . Join the guys and their special guests as they ponder all things Xanadu, the seminal work off 1977's A Farewell To Kings. An elemental song in the Rush catalog, it marks a tipping point toward a more synth-influenced sound. Where does our panel land when it co...

Episode 6 - The Present Tense, one of the most Rush-like tracks off My Favorite Headache, Geddy's 2000 side project. We have a lot of fun discussing what could have been a Rush song for all intents and purposes, and still keep it to 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by...

Chaz N Schatz visit with long-time Rush fan and local Long Island, NY Music Journalist Dave Criblez. Much to Schatz' schagrin, Dave is also one half of the podcasting duo of Dave and Dave Unchained , the Van Halen Podcast. Dave's got seriously incredible stories! Join us as we learn: The full origin story we've wanted to dig deeper into: what happened between Van Halen and Rush in that hotel bar s...

Episode 5 - Gone, one of the new tracks released with My Effin Life by Geddy Lee. This one is about Neil, so appropriate that we talk about Bubba Bash 25 as well, and still keep it to 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by Ged and Al with your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ clinicians...

Episode 3 - The Angels' Share off Geddy Lee's My Favorite Headache. Quickly becomes a discussion of the band, but still on point with 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by Ged and Al with your ⁠⁠⁠RushRash ⁠⁠⁠ clinicians, Chaz N Schatz. A new random choice spinning 18 song whee...

Episode 4 - My Dog Is My God off Today Was Yesterday. The boys dive a little deeper on the background of Ty Dennis and Angelo Barbera and still stay on point with 20 minutes of Rush-related blah-blah. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by Ged and Al with your ⁠⁠⁠⁠RushRash ⁠⁠⁠⁠ clinicians, Chaz N Schatz. A new ra...

Chaz N Schatz visit with Heath McCoy, best-selling author , award winning journalist, and sports writer from the Great White North. You may know Heath from his spots on And The Podcast Will Rock , where he’s forever defending David Lee Roth’s version of Van Halen, and we get to know Heath even better, deep diving on his journalism career, having been the entertainment beat reporter for the Calgary...

We're back with a Disney style 2-fer-1 episode launch-day event - with Episode 2 - Window To The World off Geddy Lee's My Favorite Headache. Have you heard it before? Check it out with Chaz N Schatz. The show...it's a quick fix to help soothe your ⁠⁠RushRash⁠⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by Ged and Al with your ⁠⁠RushRash ⁠⁠ clinicians, Chaz N Schatz. A new random choi...

A quick fix to help soothe your ⁠RushRash⁠ - your itch to hear Rush music - get a dose of new tunes by Ged and Al with your ⁠RushRash ⁠ clinicians, Chaz N Schatz. A new random choice spinning 18 song wheel made up of Alex Lifson's contributions to Today Was Yesterday and Geddy's 2 new tracks, released with the Memoir My Effin Life, but written and recorded at the time of My Favorite Headache in 19...

Welcome to Season 2! Ummm...uh...yeah...it's the 4:20 episode with Malcolm MacKinnon , Photographer and Editor for High Times Magazine in it's glory days. It's a cue the 500mg gummie-puck and THC infused seltzer episode...and all that that implies. From a time when it was an outlaw thing to do, to photograph the country's best pot for the centerfold in High Times Magazine! Malcolm...

In another neposode, Chaz and Schatz welcome Gary “G-Mann” Baumann of Steel Revenge , the band he’s in with Chaz. Gary has a long history playing bass and guitar in bands in and around Northern Colorado for most of his life, and has the stories to go with it. Join us for a great journey back through the glory days of the Colorado rock scene from the inside out. Gary waxes nostalgic dropping some p...

In another RushRash exclusive, Chaz n' Schatz corral that 'ol One-Wheelin' Rush Rat - The OG RatFather Himself, Lance "TheShred" Kasten of Overtime Angels . Overtime Angels is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2014 inspired by the generosity, humanity and philanthropy shown by the members of RUSH . They are committed to helping individuals, families an...

In a RushRash exclusive, Chaz n' Schatz land an exclusive with vocalist Rocky Kuner and guitarist Ben King of Southern California's Mood Lifters Tribute to Rush just ahead of their disembarking for a full-on "half-a-smily-face" tour of the land Down Under, 5 cities in 5 days! We talk what it's been like since Rocky joined the band and how they continue their journey from loca...

In our time-honored tradition of having Rushian authors fill our emotional airwaves here on RushRash, Chaz and Shatz welcome author, podcaster, and all out Rock and Heavy Metal Historian, best-selling author Martin Popoff for a super-charged Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Name-Dropping episode that leaves our co-hosts slack-jawed. Join the guys as they get the Martin's stories on... Work...

In another weird convergence of events and a crossing of the ethereal streams, Chaz and Shatz welcome Greg “Wolfie” Wolfe and Scotzo Monroe, Chaz’ co-hosts on the Regarding…Series of podcasts, where the hosts listen to albums so the listener doesn’t have to. The show has featured Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica, and Roger Waters’ Dark Side of the Moon Redux. And since Chaz is technically a guest on...

No effin way, Chaz n Schatz score an exclusive RushRash interview with Definitely The Real Alex Lifeson! Seriously, you read that right, only here on RushRash. Who on earth would go around impersonating the likeness of a definitely real Rush celebrity, and not expect a visit from the men in their little white suits...well, this other guy Tony Binns is the guy. Meet Canadian writer, comedian, dunge...

Welcome to RushRash, where we like our background music LOUD - It's RUSH! Riddle me this...what do you get when you have 3 of the members of A Farewell to Kings and two RushRashers in the same room? You get a whole lotta New Joisey accents talkin' up our favorite band! Join Chaz N Schatz as they have a memorable evening with Johnny Vines, Adam Cyran and Aaron Leone of New Jersey's own...