We published individual pieces on every Rush studio album cover (along with their 1981 live LP, 1981's Exit … Stage Left , and the band's two pre-Syme sleeves). Here's a summary of what we learned.

"The tail wags the dog," says Hugh Syme, reflecting on his "marquee" cover for Rush's 1976 LP 2112. That's a reliable refrain from the band's longtime art director. As he notes, it's a fool's ...

Rush Art Director Hugh Syme on the Stories Behind the Band’s Iconic Album Covers and His New Book ‘Art of Rush’: Exclusive. Forty years ago, Hugh Syme designed his first album package for ...

Led by radio-conquering singles "Freewill" and "The Spirit of Radio," Rush's 1980 album Permanent Waves helped launch the Canadian trio into rock's top tier of arena-fillers. How much the cover ...

Back in 1973, Rush were still an old-fashioned, no-frills power trio. Having attracted zero interest from major record companies, the band’s manager Ray Danniels formed independent label Moon ...

"The Spirit of Radio" was the lead single from Rush's 1980 album Permanent Waves. It became their first Top 30 single in Canada and hit No. 51 on the U.S. Hot 100.

Hugh Syme, who designed album covers for Rush while living in New Castle, has work on display at an Indianapolis gallery. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper ...

In 2013 Rush released The Studio Albums 1989–2007, a seven-CD set comprised of the four albums contained in the new set, plus the three albums recorded after their return from hiatus: Vapor ...

Not surprisingly, my ever-defensive fellow Rush fans were among the most aggrieved, taking offense to the inclusion of the 1985 Rush album "Power Windows." The cover – designed, like most Rush ...

Rush Released a Cover Song as Single in Advance of Its Debut Album. During the sessions for Rush’s first album, the trio recorded a cover of the Buddy Holly tune “Not Fade Away,” which they ...

Forty years ago, Hugh Syme designed his first album package for Rush, 1975's Caress of Steel. That began what he happily calls "a life sentence," designing every Rush release -- studio, live ...