Rush- Permanent Waves 45th Anniversary- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson 1-6-25

We may not have realized it as The Eighties dawned in January 1980, but the Permanent Waves that were emanating from Rush’s latest then were indeed indelible. For the first time, the majority of America’s rock radio stations relented in their resistance to the Toronto trio’s brand of brainy hard rock and tattooed the airwaves with “The Spirit of Radio”, “Free Will”, and tasty predecessors “Closer to the Heart”and “The Trees”. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and archival comments from the late Neil Peart are all part of the Permanent Waves forty-fifth anniversary the week of January 6th. –Redbeard.