Episode 42. Different Strings
- Author
- Chaz Charles
- Published
- Mon 30 Sep 2024
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rushrash/episodes/Episode-42--Different-Strings-e2p13di
Chaz N Schatz visit with Heath McCoy, best-selling author, award winning journalist, and sports writer from the Great White North. You may know Heath from his spots on And The Podcast Will Rock, where he’s forever defending David Lee Roth’s version of Van Halen, and we get to know Heath even better, deep diving on his journalism career, having been the entertainment beat reporter for the Calgary Herald.
Not only a Rush fan, Heath has been fortunate enough to interview both Geddy and Alex, and we get to hear some of his best moments speaking to some of his all-time heroes. Join us as Heath shares:
- What it was like speaking with Ged in 2000 just before the band made their comeback with Vapor Trails.
- Having fun with Lerxt when the band did come back.
- The story of a stand-off between Bad News Alan (Schatz's new nickname) and Andre The Giant - and hearing Schatz scold Andre as a result!
- Getting the run around from James Brown, and being present while he was getting blown backstage, with a big, toothy smile!
- Pushing David Lee Roth to the point where he drops the “Mr. Showbiz” persona.
- Getting on stage with Randy Bachman as a drunken fan and being brought back up for an encore!
Heath’s fandom of Rush goes deep. He name drops some deep cuts and shares that his earliest aspiration was “to be Neil Peart” as a rock star, drummer, and writer of lyrics.
The wheel gives us the lighter side of Rush, sharing Different Strings off 1980’s Permanent Waves. The guys can’t help but make at least two Ozzy Osbourne references from this song, leading them to wonder: was The Ozz-Man a fan of this song and Rush??
We name-drop usual suspects like rushvault.com, and we thought fondly of Ed from rushisaband.com. We forget to give a shout-out to our sponsors Danforth & Pape, and podcastle.ai but we meant to (must be the gummie hangover). More games, merriment, and pointing you all to this list of current links, it's...
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Scotland
Moving Pictures Scotland
RushFest Scotland
England
Leoni Jane Kennedy
North America
USA
YYNOT
Second Contact
Solar Federation
Accidental Breakdown
Rush Archives
Mood Lifters
Lotus Land
Dumb Love
Vapor Trail
Rash
The Discs
A Farewell To Kings
Canada
New World Men
2112
YYC
South America
Brazil
RushFest Brazil
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Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
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