The first seeds of Rush were sewn in 1963. Hockey buddies Rutsey and Alex Lifeson met while attending the St. Paschal's School and eventually formed a band dubbed the Projection. Then in 1968, in ...

John Rutsey, a co-founding member of Canadian rock band Rush, died last week in Toronto from complications from a lifelong battle with diabetes. He was 55. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

John Rutsey, a founding member of the seminal Canadian rock band Rush, has died, his family announced. He was 55. Rutsey played drums with Rush from 1968 to 1974, as well as on the band’s ...

Alex: I had a friend named John Rutsey who played drums, and we had a little basement band called The Projection. The guy that lived next door to me, Gary Cooper, was the bass player. Gary didn ...

Original Rush Drummer John Rutsey Dies. John Rutsey, a founding member of the seminal Canadian rock band Rush, has died, his family announced. He was 55. Rutsey played drums with Rush from 1968 to ...

Rutsey left the band not longer after 'Rush' appeared in 1974, in part over issues with diabetes, and the disease is believed to have contributed to his early demise at just 55 in 2008.

John Rutsey, one of the founding members of the Canadian rock band Rush, died 11 May.He was 55. Rutsey formed Rush with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in 1968, and played with them until 1974, appearing ...

TORONTO – John Rutsey, founding member of seminal Canadian prog-rock band Rush, has died, his family announced. He was 55. Rutsey played drums with Rush from 1968 to 1974, as well as on the b… ...

By the time they made Fly by Night, Lifeson and singer-bassist Geddy Lee were joined by Neil Peart, who came onboard in July ...

Rush ReDISCovered boxed set pays overdue tribute to John Rutsey. by Steve Newton on April 29th, 2014 at 2:59 PM. 1 of 2 2 of 2. ... As well as a vinyl version of the 1974 Rush album, ...

Alex Lifeson has come a long way from the early days of Rush when the band was working with an initial maximum eight tracks for recording and eventually, 16 tracks and beyond. But even as the ...