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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Canada’s greatest power trio was assembled slowly, one piece at a time. Toronto guitarist Alex Lifeson co-founded Rush as a teenager in 1968, and a few months later, invited a childhood friend ...

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 ...