Rash, A Modern Moron Review

Some world views are spacious and some are merely spaced...Rash reunited my mind with the wisdom of Neil Peart, the iconic late drummer and lyricist for Rush. 

On a whim from Steve, I went to the Mystic Theater on Saturday night, December 7 expecting only songs from "Permanent Waves." Rash immediately empressed when they started off the show with a powerful rendition of the "R30 Overture." 

Extreme Rush fans might point out some musical flaws, but I love how Rash immortalized Peart's words with a Geddy Lee look and sound alike.   

So much style without substance, so much stuff without style, it's hard to recognize the real thing, it comes along once in a while. Yes, Rash played 1985s "Grand Designs" A lyrical favorite of mine. 

Rash marvelously married the acid rock sounds of obscure songs from "Caress of Steel," to their radio hits like "Subdivisions" and "Spirit of Radio."

The bass and guitar player Brian and Jay more then held their own with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson while the drummer was constantly in the pocket. 

Rash nailed "Jacob's Ladder" and "Natural Science" to say the least. Rash isn't just for Rush fans. Avid rock 'n' rollers who crave hard live music should be very impressed with Rash. Four and a half stars for Saturday night's music fest at the Mystic Theater.

Late into the show, I laughed, and I'm still laughing at the bass player making fun of people on their cell phones taking video and stills of the show, and I was one of those geeks snapping away. 

It turns out I was way off in what Brian, the bass player was doing with the phone. Michelle, the official / unofficial PR representative for Rash informed me that Michael, the singer and keyboardist used an audience members phone to play the sound into the microphone, or joking do so, the philosophy and joke being, if you want to recapture the Rush sound, play their records. 

Mark Izzy Schurr