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Informationen zum Autor Chris McDonald is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in popular music studies. He teaches at Cape Breton University. Klappentext McDonald's wide-ranging musical and cultural analysis sheds light on one of the most successful and enduring rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. Zusammenfassung Canadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middle class. This book assesses the band's impact on popular music and its legacy for legions of fans. It explores the ways in which Rush's critique of suburban life - and its strategies for escape - reflected middle-class aspirations and anxieties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Anywhere But Here": Rush and Suburban Desires for Escape 2. "Swimming Against the Stream": Individualism and Middle-Class Subjectivity in Rush 3. "The Work of Gifted Hands": Professionalism and Virtuosity in Rush's Style 4. "Experience to Extremes": Discipline, Detachment, and Excess in Rush 5. "Reflected in Another Pair of Eyes": Representations of Rush Fandom 6. "Scoffing at the Wise?": Rush, Rock Criticism, and the Middlebrow Notes Works Cited Selected Discography Index
