Episode 53: Rush - Roll the Bones

The ALBUMREVIEW.net podcast

Rush, the trio who got their start in Ontario, Canada in the late 1960s, were coming off a successful world tour for their 1989 album, Presto. The band enjoyed the Presto tour so much that when it was completed in mid-1990, they cut their vacation time short to start writing and recording their next album, their 14th studio album, 1991's Roll the Bones.
Bassist and lead singer, Geddy Lee wanted to implement stronger vocal melodies in each song and base the instruments and writing around those. If you are familiar with early Rush, from the 1970s, most of the albums consist of Lee’s screeching vocal range partnered with lengthy instrumentals. Throughout the 1980s, their music was more representative of the genre happening at the time; music consisting of synthesizers, electric drums lousy hair, and terrible outfits.