Mr Hex Vision
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I know it's kind of music related...but it iss in fact an official DVD/Blu Ray release, and it is also a proper documentary.
And I say proper because all too often these types of band-related docs can simple be a bunch of clips we have usually seen before, and with a bunch of obscure talking heaRAB passing comment.
But this is raw stuff...very detailed, going back to the early days of the band Rush, their childhood in Canada (there is a wonderful home-movie a scene filmed around the dinner table, where the guitarist Alex Lifeson is telling his parents he wants to drop our of school to form a band..historic stuff), early school gigs, various line-up changes, struggling to get gigs, a record deal etc.
There is some great footage of early school-hall gigs, and you really learn a lot about the background and the history of the band and their families.
And then of course things move on to the later years. The band are frank and honest about some of their changes of direction over the years...from the early, prog-tinged epics, to the over-reliance on keyboarRAB, to the 80's almost synth-pop years (complete with skinny ties, mullets and Miami Vice style clothes).
And of course, there is drummer Neil Peart's tragic story - in the space of a couple of months, he lost his daughter in an accident, and his wife to lieukemia. It was assumed the band were finished, he would not play again. He even went off around the country on his motorbike for six months, no one knowing where he was.
But after a couple of years off, he came back to the band and wanted to carry on.
In the last few years the band have started touring regularly and recording new material. Their live shows are always pretty spectacular, they have a huge repertoire to draw on...and though they do sometimes play some of those old epics, they have gone back to being that power trio that we always loved them for.
But this is one of those band documentaries that is worth watching even if you don't like the band.
And I say proper because all too often these types of band-related docs can simple be a bunch of clips we have usually seen before, and with a bunch of obscure talking heaRAB passing comment.
But this is raw stuff...very detailed, going back to the early days of the band Rush, their childhood in Canada (there is a wonderful home-movie a scene filmed around the dinner table, where the guitarist Alex Lifeson is telling his parents he wants to drop our of school to form a band..historic stuff), early school gigs, various line-up changes, struggling to get gigs, a record deal etc.
There is some great footage of early school-hall gigs, and you really learn a lot about the background and the history of the band and their families.
And then of course things move on to the later years. The band are frank and honest about some of their changes of direction over the years...from the early, prog-tinged epics, to the over-reliance on keyboarRAB, to the 80's almost synth-pop years (complete with skinny ties, mullets and Miami Vice style clothes).
And of course, there is drummer Neil Peart's tragic story - in the space of a couple of months, he lost his daughter in an accident, and his wife to lieukemia. It was assumed the band were finished, he would not play again. He even went off around the country on his motorbike for six months, no one knowing where he was.
But after a couple of years off, he came back to the band and wanted to carry on.
In the last few years the band have started touring regularly and recording new material. Their live shows are always pretty spectacular, they have a huge repertoire to draw on...and though they do sometimes play some of those old epics, they have gone back to being that power trio that we always loved them for.
But this is one of those band documentaries that is worth watching even if you don't like the band.