Growing up, one of the first bands that got my interested in music was RUSH. All throughout my teens and well into my 20's,30's and beyond, I bought every one of their albums the day it was released. Still have all my original RUSH LP's going back to 1976. I knew the reason Neil had to retire was due to his cancer and I had hoped he was on the mend, but brain cancer is one of the worse forms of it and few who get it there survive. When I was creating Cassie and her band, RUSH was never far from my mind. I always liked to think that the Rock Vixen took some inspiration from them as well as the band's drummers Alex & Anja did from Neil. I will miss "The Professor" since his lyrics and drumming were the core that RUSH was built on. It feels in a way that a part of my youth has now closed. I was lucky to see RUSH in concert during the "Signals" tour back in 1982, but the "dope smoke" was so foggy in the nosebleed seats that I had, you couldn't see much. But, Boy could I hear them! If you know any of RUSH's albums, play the song "Afterimage" off "Grace Under Pressure" as tribute to a great musician. I know I will.