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The'a míe in 2112 that resonateswith people

and hainuedto resonate with people.

Thatwhat hagiven it its longevity.

I think2112wathefirst record thatwe made

whewesounded like Ruh.

2112wathe beginning ofeverythingforu,

andwithoutwhich, nothing.

Theaudienceweattractedto Ruh 'cautheywe heavy.

Progressive heavy rock One. Peńod. End ofstory.

Sometimesyou hitoneoutofthe park

with anceptthat resonates with everybody,

andthatwhattheydid - itwaoutthe.

2112waaseedthatpread out and grewand attracted,

but Moving pictures arrived in afortilefield and...

You put Moving pictureson and it' hit, hit, hit, hit, hit.

InthecaofMoving pictures itwathe mainstream uccess

andthefactthateverytrack onthat record ia killertrack

Ourfan, they keepwaing uto play mosongfrom Moving Pictures

than anyotheralbum.

So, to me, ittell me that it'justadeep, deep record,

andthatgiven it its lasting power.

Weformedthe band in 1968, whenwewe 15yearsold

with ourońginal dmmmer, John Rutsey.

Wewe playing a lotofCream, Bih blues.

We likedtheAmeńcan bluessong

that had been re-ierpreted bythe Bih rockers.

Thefactthatwewewriting muiceañy, wavery, very importa.

Withthe influenceofLedZeppolin, westartedtoget heavierand heavier.

Alexand Geddy, in particular, wesogoodforkidthatageand...

totally, totallyabsorbed withwaingto be muician.

Thatfirstalbumwe recorded in abouta48-hourpace.

We hadtwofull nights and recorded everything,

andthenthewaoneday to mixthealbum, beyondthat.

Theońginal mixofthealbum

wa...waing, tosaythe least.

SoTerry Brown stepped in.

Thedidn't really havea handleon whattheywedoing atthat poi.

Theyweveryyoung.

And it needed somebodyto, sortof,

pull alltheelementstogether.

Hewaourhero, becau...

he made usound thewaywewaedtosound.

Weońginally leasedthe record on ourown label,

'cau noonewould lea it in Canada.

Ańesofevents happoned thatwewonderful.

We had a radiostation and a muicdirectorin Cleveland,

that lovedthe record and startedto play it.

The program directorthe, Donna Halpor, intum,

called afriend ofhers, CIBumstein, in Chicago,

whowaat Mercury Record,

talkedto him about it,

talked aboutthe respon that itwagetting.

Hegotapy.

Ijust putthealbum on

and l wa blown awayfromthestart.

I madesome inquińes,

and bytheend oftheday we had ignedthe band.

Inthepaceofaupleofmoh,

wewefrom beingthi local barband,

to having ahotattouńngwith Uńah Heep, atthetime,

and RoryGallagher, and allthesegreat band

thatwe looked upto and had so much respectfor.

Alexand l had startedwriting mateńal thatwa mo progressive,

a little momplicated,

and John Rutsey reallywan't io that kind ofmuic.

Hewa moofa rock'n'roll puńst.

So, changewa intheair.

Johnwadiabetic, he hadjuvenilediabetes.

Wewegettingveryńou abouttryingtonquerthe US.

Whentheyweoutonthe road,

heuldn'tpowith being onthat kind ofńgorouschedule.

Theothertwoguyswould havedonethi fora long atheyuld,

uiltheyweuccessful,

and l'm notuJohn waquiteammitted atheywe.

We'd poixyears playing inthi bandtogether

and building up thefoundation ofthe band,

so itwa... itwaasad parting.

Sowestarted auditioning dmmmers

intheummerof'74.

Admmmerfriend ofmine, from mytown ofStCathańnes,

recommended me aa possiblyuitabledmmmer

and uggestedtheaudition,

but l had no knowedge ofthe band ortheirmuic.

He pulled out hidmm.

He had double badmm, buttheyweverymall,

themallestdouble badmm levern.

Hethem up, and becau he'quiteatall guy,

he behindthidmm and hejust looked huge behind it.

And hestarted doingthesedmm roll with hi,

and itjust blmeaway.

Aerwe'd met, l reallywaed it.

I lovedtheothertwoguys ńgaway,

l loved ourion about muic,

and ourha ie and nofhumour.

Magic.

Magic. uld it havegen any e

They notonlygetthe benofaguywho, in m people'opinion,

mesthe rockdmmmer, inthewoñd,

but ia hell ofa lyńcist, awell.

We madeourfirstalbumtogether, Fly By Nig,

intheerof75.

Sowetou madlyallthatfall,

andthenwewe writing songalongtheway.

Rigfromthegetgo, withthatfirstalbum ofthethofu n,

we looked atsome longerpi,

some plaweuld stretch outa little thatwa ljammy.

Thatwaourfirstńme

atwriting a piecothatwa made up ofdion

thatweall kind ofgluedtogether, andtold astory.

Andthat kind ofhourle.

Through hi lyńand ourdesi tomplicatethe muic mo.

Ifyou liked Yes, and you liked Genesi fortheirmpl,

yetyou liked Blackbcath fortheirpower,

then Ruh wathe po bandforyou.

Thatummerof'75, acertain gelling cametogether.

CaressSteel l , in retpect, waweird a hell,

butwe loved itso much.

Itwaadarkrecord,

and ming Fly By Nig,

itwajusta littletoo much, toon.

We agreatdisappoime

whenthe ofthewoñd didn'tha ourionforthat record.

Weweoutontourerthat, iothefall of'75,

andthingwe notgoingwell.

Wewe havingtroublegetting dates

and a lotofthemwe illended,

and ourroad crewstarted calling it thedownhutour.

Thewaagreatdeal ofpressu onthe band,

fromthe record mpany, from manageme,

totakeaupleste backand "thinkaboutwheyou'going, guys."

I thinkthata lotofpeopleatthe label

wencemedthatthe progress wan'tfastenough.

Youwaaquickpay.

And l thinkthatthewa, probably,

some pressuon Ruh

to me mommercial.

AerCaressSteel cameout,

andwan't mouccessful,

Terry Brown and l actuallyfitoChicago

and metwith Mercury Record,

whowedecating whethertodropthe band ornot.

We baicallycreatedtheaumption

thatthe n record would be mommercial,

andwould be lncept, ofu.

AndwegotoutofChicago

withthedeal ictforone mo record,

breathed aigh ofli,

then itwa uptoTerryandthe band whattheywegonnadeliver.

Thewa reallyoneoftwodirection thatweuld goatthat poi,

erwetou CaressSteel.

Thatwaeithertogive in tothe pressuresortojustsay,

"You kn, screwit."

Wegot mad, wegotangry andthoug,

"lfthi iourlasthot, we'gonnagive iteverything.

'E'gonnado itourway."

Sowewe iothestudiototry

to pothatwholeidelongthing one motime,

andthatwhenthe2112 idea came up.

The it i, the unmistableoponing of2112.

Andthiwa Hugh me...

playingńouyh paforu,

andthen itwaall puttogether in allage,

andwefinalisedthi iro forthe pieco.

Andthenwemeoutofthat iothertu.

Hewaa hugefan ofAyn Rand'writing,

and he iu herwritingto u.

Notluivelythat, he'avery, very broad reader.

I had read, certainly, a lotofsciencefiction

and muel R. Dolany waa big influenceon me.

Aroundthesametime, l found apyofThe Fouinhead,

and said, "Allthemart kidatschool usedtocarrythataround."

Weall likedthe kAhem,

which ithething that kind ofinpi 2112.

Ahemwaa nlette thatAyn Rande

l would say, roughly 1, 1,

when hewa inthe middleofwriting The Fouinhead.

And soAhem i baically thestoryofai

taken rbya pńesthood

oftotalitańan diors

who u micimtotryand uboue allthe peopleofi.

Which isollstic and sototalitańan

thatthencept'l' ha been eliminated from people' mind.

Theydon'teven havethencept'l',

which meantheycan'tnceive ofthema inddual.

Thatwhole ideaofthe inddual and its libertańanlues

played a big role inthewaythatalbum haped up.

I dreamed upthistory

ofmuic being ied againstadopian, totalitańan i.

I foitthigreatnofinjustice

thatthi mawaming down on u andtelling utompromi.

Mpromiwatheword that l uldn'tdealwith.

I grewupachild ofthe', and l waastrong inddualist,

and belioved inthesanctof, "You hould beabletodowhatyouwa."

Without hurting anyone.

When l realisedthatthestory wa parallelingAhem,

l hadtosaysomething aboutAyn Rand

andtheaiationwith 2112,

so l put, 'ith acknowedgeme tothegeniuofAyn Rand."

Hthatcame backonto u, erdl

Wegot introublewiththe NME in Bin.

Wedid an ieandthijoumalist...

...e it up likewewe Ni, uitra ńgng mania.

Gng upaason ofHolocausturs,

l foundthatjust...

you kn, justsonive.

ThennionwithAyn Rand dnitelywaa mediatum.

Thewacertainlya... kind ofan aiation

withthe'nm,

the Mrthyyears.

Allthist probably madethe mediathin

'ell, thi ijust not my kind ofband."

And eventhough Randwa, and still itothiday

arsialfigu,

itdn't meanthat Neil believerything hesays.

You don't haveto believe everything hesays

to undend thatthea points inth

thataworth ńounideion.

Iaboutcreativeom.

Iabout beli, belioving in you.

Iagreat ln

inwhatJph Campbell termed a"Follyourbli."

You erlistentoyourown heart,

you erdo whatyouthinki.

I did notthinkofpoliti and global oppression,

l wa... "These peoplea mingwith me."

You can saywhatyouwa aboutAyn Rand

and alltheotherimplication ofherwo

but herartistic mano, forlackofa erterm,

watheonethatstmckhome withthethofu.

And incethiwa the 1S12 rtuforu,

weuldn't resist butto pay homagetoTchai.

We recorded atTorooSound Studi, whichwa mystudioatthetime.

We'd doneallthe recordthe, itwajusta natural placetowork

ltwa hi home and it becameourhome.

Small, , yrol rocm,

and a mode live rocm.

We had a h upwhe Neil had hidmm inidethe h.

Itwaalm likea littlee withinthestudiothat hewa up in.

They baicallycame in and said,

"He'the record, hcanwe make itg'

We had kind ofches ofa lotofthat mateńal,

butoncewegot inthestudiowith Terry,

we put ittogether aa kind ofa unit.

We recorded meverything thefiooraathpieco,

and did anyrdu, l, and maybeguitarsol, erthefact.

2112, the pieco , iso and sodirect,

it'guitar, baand dmm, it' loud, angryguitars.

I knthat...Templesofń..

Forme, aa listener,

wa likethe heaviestthing l'd everheard in my l.

Rtainlytheanger thattheguyscame inwith

i inthitune, foru.

The playing iveryaggressive and Ged'laveryaggressive,

so l thinkweachiovedthat.

Anger, thi determination, all ofthat i implicit inthe muic.

Itwa buiit in, you kn.

Anything uld be least likely to makeyou popularinthewoñd,

but, someh, thatangerreached people.

Unmistably Neil.

And uplethatwith Ged' ba playing.

The' nothing loppy aboutthe om end ofthi band.

Andthat maa big dnce,

becaueverything ontop its in a nice place,

'cauthe om isowell dned and aue.

Andthen, ofu, Alex

Then, alltogether.

Theuon 2112 waaboutthe lofinddual.

And, kind of...state mle

andtheoppression ofression.

And, and...

Tothee oftheinction ofmuic, baically.

And sothat record

iaboutaguydińng aguitar,

thi lartctfrom aformerage.

Sotheguitaridi inthe,

withtheermnning inthe bacround.

And it'ooulyoutoftune,

it' beentheforhundofyears,

andthestńngaold.

Alexpic it upandwestarted with itoutoftune

and hestatuning it and ping it iotune.

And once he'got it intune,

hesta playingthe irotothi pieco.

So itwaall done in onetake.

They hadtostep upa melodywriters

and a... almaarchit.

They hadtofiguoutaway to makethat piecostand on itsown

and yet have pi inideofit.

Weays beenverydemic inthe band.

We liketohathe responibilities,

Geddyand l writeallthe muic and Neilwritesthe lyń.

Sothe'an ual n tothe partnership.

A lotoftimes, the piecoofpapor withthewordon it maagreat map.

I would beubmitting random lyńtothem atthattimeeañyon and later.

He' reallymeto lyon myopinion a hieditor, in away,

and he hagreatnideion ofthejobthat l havetodo

aawriterofthe melodies and alist.

The'stthatGeddy in'trtableinging,

orhedn'tthe muic in it, that l do,

ormaybeonlyfourlinesofit kto him.

He hatolth lyń

and he' notrtableinging something that he' notling.

And l thinkNeil undendthat verycleañy.

In 2112, whenthe main character

igoing upagainstthe pń,

you'goingto havean uphill le

and you'goingto bedealingwithfo thata biggerthan you,

whothinkthe erthan you,

and agoingtodoeverything theycanto keepyou in yourplace.

Andthat, in an, alsothestoryofRuh.

Sowe' heading iothe presoion n,

wheourherota hi philphy, hi idea

tothe pń...

andthel i...

very humble, l would say.

Andthen, hortly, wegetthe plyfromthe pń,

which iatotallyd, aggressiveapproach

tothel delivery.

Geddicewaonthe high ide, atthetime,

and quite uniqueand d, and not particulañy radiendly.

Rtofthe problem l had aa promotion man

wa peoplesayingto me,

"ThatGeddy Lee, you kn, l can'tstand hiice.

'Howantsto hearth'

Thefanweming out in d tothe band,

butthe pressstill didn't reallyget it.

I can memberreading st

and itwahkingwhattheywould say.

Geddice haays been astnh ofthe band, to me.

Very high, very loud, veryfol.

Itwan'tany mohkingto me

than Robert plaoropora.

Itwa, infact, some in-nthetwo.

I foundthatquite ińguing.

Wetooksomefaiñy harsh cicim,

butweweyoung and undaued.

Wejust ploughed ahead.

O we' heading iotheGrand Finale.

Whegoodtńumphrovil.

Andwe' mnning a numberofguitars he,

butwe baicallygotAl ignatuguitarsound,

which iadoubletrack

through Marshall am.

I hadtwoguitars inthestudiowith me atthattime.

An E, theGibson miustic hollbody,

oneofmyfirstgood guitars,

and a bo Stocaster.

Uldn'trd it.

Inthe2112 retelling ofthestory,

it'adar, modopianion.

He'a pdarkcharacter, i Neil.

The' notellingwhatwagoing on in hi mind atthetime.

I certainlydon'tthink hewouldwatojust rocreate...

theAyn Rand story,

lng happilyevererinthe mouin.

Itwould have madea much ldramatic endingforuon a record.

Theend ofthatstory ia littleambiguou,

andthe'oouly somesortofwargoing on.

Thatthegood guys, thatthelry,

ming in attheend.

So itactually, to me, had a happyending, a itwe,

thattheSolarFedeion wagonna behutdown

bytheionthatourhero ha ofthiotherwayoflng.

Thethe peopleming attheend. That h l iended it.

Whentheymetotheend

andtheice igoing, 'e haveaumed rol,"

peoplewejustdelińou.

I gu l wadelińoutoo.

Itwaaboutthewholeepic, mothan anything.

We haveaumed rol. We haveaumed rol.

For2112, theyusedtheirambition,

and in doingthat,

they madea reallyfastic firstideofthe record.

I thinkidetwoofthatalbum waaveryclearstateme

thatwecanwritesong

andwecanwritesong that peoplell ing alongto.

Itwa kind ofa li fromthi20 minutesofien

tofiipthechannel andtońme withtheotheridesofthe pan.

Thewathi pressu- foit pressuany-

fromtheotherguys to be ligerintone,

andwritesomefunnysong.

Yougot eTo ngk

andthi i like, yeah, you kn, dmg.

OThi iwhatwe liketodo. We liketoget high.

We knwhatthatsong'about, don'twe, Neil?

Itwathtimes, a lotofthing can only beapprociated inthe mome,

but inthe mid-'7thewe thing likeThai sticming around.

Sowethougwe hadto put in agood, strongtoke, atsome poi.

Sothi lead iothesolo. l'll play itforyou.

Wewejusttlling aroundthe US, and heańng abouttheseicthing.

We'd neverbeen toanyofthese pla.

Itwa reallyjustthinoftheic, thenofthe unknown.

Itwa romaic, in away.

And it i ieing h, whenwe played itonthe lasttour,

hnotibletheatmphe became.

We haveoneofthefinest, maromaticaudien

you'll everfind in rock'n'roll.

WefoittheligZone

wa reallyoneofthe mcreative TVprogramilable.

Andweweayshked that iteven gotontheair.

Thewritingwacular,

theual mpone ofeveryingleepie

waso uniqueand sod.

Rod Soñingwatmlyagreatartist.

Hewouldtell theseminglyimplestońes

buttheywould have uch a moralstand irony,

based on human natu.

Having Rod meout atthe beginning andtheend,

doing hi littlethingwiththecigae, wajustsouporl.

You heard oftrying tofind a needle in a hac

well, staywith u n, and you'll be partofan iigatingteam

who' miion i nottofind that pial needle.

No, theirtakieven harder.

Thegottofind a Martian in adiner.

Injusta mome, you'll rchwiththem,

becauyoujust landed intheligZone.

Andwewaedto pay respect

bywriting asong.

Wedidwatotrytocaptu theatmpheoftheha little.

Ifyouch enough oftheh, sometimesthe pl...

He ua kind ofdemeed nofhumour

in someofthestońes andthenthe'aysthatlst.

Thatsong haa particularlto it andtonal,

thata little bit meńou and a littleñyand maround.

Nd oflike moftheepies thatweched.

U, Neil ma meion of a numberoftheepies inthe lyń.

Thetwo na we probablyjustd enough

and bńenough, that l uld getthem ioaingbleve.

Theveaquite...quitejau.

Ingthene.

Thenwhenwegettothechom...

wego iothiwhole,

you kn, d mode, tonally.

D kind ofkeystmctu.

G ita bit moatmphe, a bit mo...mood.

And itwafuntoththatwhiportrackin todoublethechoml.

Theyays hadthedarkide mwiththe ligeride.

That reallywhatwedone he.

Ray nnielactually broug a record io Mercury.

Weall inthence rocm and listenedto it.

Thegeneralling inthecewa...

'e' introuble."

Thi ictlywhatwedon't need.

Theywea bit pled,

butthewesome people atthe record mpany

thatactually kind ofgotachaeoutofit.

I knthat... l uld dosomethingwiththi record,

becau itwan'tactuallyall ncept,

oneideofitwancept, theotheridewea bunch ofsong.

U, 2112waavery, veryuccessful record

and it boug uourom.

Fromthatdayon, nobodyevergave uany kind oftrouble.

Thatwathe recordthat really movedthe band ioad level.

Thewa likeatńbal dmm being en

throughoutthe NorthAmeńcan ine

and itwadng peopletrd Ruh.

Thewaalistic breakihrough on 2112

that keptng.

Itwaatimewhenthing like ba pedal yhesirsweming out,

wejumped onthat, Geddy had a Minim.

Andthey h started playing 12ńng elńand austi.

I started getting keyrd, porcuion, and Temple bl,

and chimesand allthi kind ofst thatwould give u mosound.

From 2112throughA Fall To ng and Hemipheres,

thewadnitelyadevelopme, melodicallyand stmcturally,

theywestill doingthe longerpi,

buttheywealsostill ńmeing withthehorterones.

But PermaneW, ith whatgreat listenerstheywe,

becauyou uld hear thattheywetaking punk

and lled n rock veryńouly.

The punkmme kicked the n mme,

which grewioso manything,

and broug in roggae muic and elronicdance muic.

Soweweveryoponto it, wewe young enoughto be influen by it,

andtochange.

Thednce n 2112 and Moving Pictures

istartling.

2112 iaveryda hard rockalbum.

You getto Moving pictures and you have roggae influen,

and you can hearThe liceonthe.

Hesirsa ple.

And songastandlonestońes.

Neil made Red rch ioathńlling littlehortfilm.

Inufilm that have probably had le

than i inthatsong.

Thestory , calledA Nice Moming D,

had been publihed in Rd &Track magineral years ,

andjuststuckin my mind.

Thecar l loved atthetime, and still do really,

ithe Feń 1 Mille Miglia rch.

Rch, propoñy.

Hejust hadthifayaboutatime when carswe notall.

Wetellthi littlestory, thicautionarytale,

about ingthecarpolice.

Ialm likethe banned guitarfrom 2112,

but it'a banned carand hefind it and ńdes itonthe higy.

He'talking about, "Let havefun,

"let putthe pedaltothe motal and whatthithing can do."

The ofRed rch i... it'totallyacarsong.

Igotalltheihim and romaicim

ofmuscularmachines, but it'a Ruh song.

To me, it'aboutom,

it'about hcan l getaway fromwhat happoning?

When didwe lallthefun? When didwe lthepi

Red rch, to me, wa like afigtogetthepi back

Nwe'gettingverycl tothesolo.

Which staoutwith schingtiresand...

leing guitarsound he.

I being through averyhortdelay,

so it ha averytunnel-likesoundto it.

Neilwouldwritethe lyń in uchway that it"'uagainstthem"

butthitime in afanpocar.

Ithe muic thatcaes Red rch.

Thestory ijustavehicleforit and GeddyandAlexrespondedtothat

inthatn, to muically naethestory,

and decoethestory, muically.

Thatwhe itwauccessful.

I don't knthatyou can reallyapprociatethi band

you haven'tnthem live.

Theseathguysthat make all ofthiraordinary muic,

and you haveto beatuch a highthnical level...

to pullthat.

I hard enough inthestudio,

but live, to pullthat, sayseverything aboutthem.

Wa reallyiting forToroonian,

becau it'ourairte,

and itwa maybe Ruh' nod toming home.

Wewe in an airplane, fiying ioToroo,

listeningtothe Moe, which i, theairt,

and ljust... The ythm stuckin my head.

Thatsong really began aa baand dmm a.

Infact, l memberinthe heal hall,

Neil and l pingthattracktogether,

almwithoutguitar.

I thinkAlexwaoutfiying hi motrolled airplanes.

Neil and l we itchingtojustjam.

We knit, we had put...

jammed allthese momentstogether

that kind ofkicked the beginning ofthatsong.

Itgthem achancetostretch out

and playanythingtheywould liketo.

Wedidn't havetotake ionideion

itwaa melodyrthetop,

becauthe melodywaallen iothe paofthe instmmel.

That pu, forthem.

The' nothingtoully it orget intheway.

I pu Ruh a muician.

Waaysachallengeto play,

andforthat reason alone, it iaueofours,

becauyou ayswatol challenged wheneveryou' playing.

Hestarted adding hi pato it and reallytookittoanotherlevel

espeoiallywith someofthesolowork he putonthat, it'just magic.

Theic natuoftl toAlguitarsolo,

foru, he in that kind ofstem mode,

which ganoftheic.

Mingtotheend ofthesolo n,

and iothe bńdge with alltheyh.

AndwegotObeeim, ba pedal,

O

and somestńng.

G ita nicefull sound forthe bńdge part.

Allthegreat powertń,

everygugotto hold up hi log ofthetń

orthewholething lla.

And each oneoftheseguys itecat holding up hiend.

AlexLn i...

he'dnitelythe rock'n'roll ofRuh.

Gedd playingthesec ba lines,

and Neil' likethe mad scieist inthe back

The handofGod.

Strong. Sostrong.

He neverl up.

Hidmm solaaming.

But l'm biased becau l ltheguy.

But l listento hidmm solo every nig,

and l nevergetti ofit.

Weweaway intheummertime

andwo onthe muic inthatummerof'79.

And stayed ata hou intheury and itwajoyou.

Wejust lovedthitotal immersion ofworkngtogether,

having no responibilities, allwewe uptodowawritesong.

Rything medtome lativelyquickiy

and itwaveryiting.

You can labourrsomething forhoursand hoursand hours,

butwith Moving pictures, thewaa reallygood, itiveeney

and a lotofit reallycametogether quitertably,

andwith agreatdeal offun.

The'asoundtothealbum which standout, awell.

And l thinkit' meaignatusound.

The'certainly the uofthe ba pedal

atthe beginning ofTom er.

Intermofyhesirs,

thione iaignatusound

that kind ofme to be ideedwiththe band

andthi particularsong.

Ithi big gy, lnd ba pedal sound

whichwecreated on an Obeeim.

The keyrd "'thing playsuch a big, importa part

andthe ythm ofthedmm andtheway Neil i playingfromthe hip

ivery, very importa.

The mainthmstofthi poi

watogetthedmmtrack ctlythewaywewaed it.

Alexand Gedwould play inthestudio

and a moral upportand aguidesforNeil.

Give him alltheupport he needed.

That ńg. And he'someupport n.

Let putsomeguitarin.

Alńg.

Pthem all in. l l it.

He' putathousand guitars in it.

Whydon'twestńpthat backa little?

Yeah, sothewaadles ofl onthisong.

That kind ofmeinging in mykingice,

whichwa raformeatthattime.

Intheeañydays thewaa lotofsching

and a lotofhigh-pitched, high eney.

Atthie in ourcar, wewewriting mo melodies,

and mo ieing melodies, and itenabled metoing lr

andtoadd a little harmony heandthe

andtrytofiesh out the eial ofmyice.

That likeaquiial stonerahem,

afara l'm ncemed.

And it' partofthe... you kn,

"Thewoñd i, thewoñd i Land ladeep."

I like, "Oh, , man. Thataming."

AndthattookRuhtoawholeotherlevel.

The'awhole bunch ofpeople whojustsaid,

"Yeah, man. That i my l."

Justthtwo lines:

"No, hi mind i notfor Toanygod orgmme."

Thatsayslumesabout...

whatwea rock'n'rollersaabout.

Westood upagainstthegmme inthe',

westood upagainstoanised ligion

whilewewedropping acid totrytofind God.

Tom er, fora hitsong, waoddlyeeńeand dark

Thesong Tom er

ia hugestapleon rockradio.

We'll be playing Tom er a long athe i rockradio.

OoulyTom er'their...

...Hotel Calmia, ortheirhemian Rhay.

Thattheirignatusong.

Westillthinkit'awonderfulthing

thatuch a bsong uld beso popular.

Thatalone ia miracleto u.

Andthefactthat it itheonethat ha endu in people' memońes

ince 1, it'asong they memberfromtheirummer.

Tom erbecametheahemictrack..

That Ruh needed

to me mothan the biggestcuit band...inAmeńca,

meactuallya band ofma popularance.

That pońod, inthe late'7, going io Moving Pictures,

weweuddenly ming much mo popular,

andthewegreaterdemand pla upon u.

We had kind ofme toa nlevel offandom

andwe had nkind of enuerswithfan.

Thiwavery unrtableforNeil.

Hetńedto makenofit in lyń,

andtńedtolain hi poiof.

He'saying, whatctlydthi mean?

And hdo l make somesortoftmcewith it,

sothat l'm approciating thegoodthingthatmewith it,

and l powiththething thata kind ofannoying?

I usedtogoTheWho,

but l would neverhavedreamed ofhanging around bace

orchaingthemtotheirhotel, nevermind goingtotheirhomes.

I wahkedtothat kind ofbehaviour, peoplechaing uaround,

and peoplemingto my hou.

I likethefactthatsomeofoursong discuthesethingoponly

and giveyou pau, you kn.

"Lng inthe limelig The univel dream."

You mso many people thatdream ofnothing el,

but beingfamou.

But lng itand dreaming ofit atwodthing.

Thatwhatthesong says, thatthelidofthesong,

from a univel poiof,

notjust Neil' ponal lingwithfame.

I wouldn'twato befamou, l waedto begood.

Thatawholeotherthing.

Iquite ieingthat hee it thi record cameout.

Hee itforthealbum which actually made itmetme.

And l thin muically...

thatsong hasome utl uand down.

Iverycinematic inthat it' lig intheve

which, l thin ,

sortof, thejoyofwhatwewedoing,

andthenthe bńdgesand chom

we much mo lonme.

Andthenthesolo, ofu, ioneofmyues

and it hathat kind ofcharacterto it

ofit' hauing andvery lonely,

and it' kind ofingular.

Wewaedtome up with something d,

herthanjust ping astkguitarsolo rthifabuloutrack

Sowepoa lotoftime andAlexcame upwith somegreat idea

andwestmngthem alltogetheriothesolo thatyou hearonthe record.

We putallthe pitogether onthetunesfor Moving Pictures,

it becameveryoou, l thin

thatthewasomething happoning he thatwaoutofourrol

andwacertainlythe we'd done.

Thesound ofitandthe poption oftheeneyonthat record

edthat pońod oftime.

Itmedto bethe ńg place, the ńgtime

with somesong thatnnedwith people.

Wejust madea recordthatwe liked, thatwhatwedid everytime.

But, uddenly, justall ofthestarswealigned.

I certainly knthatwhateverhapponed fromthat momeon,

wewould neverbegoing back towhewecamefrom.

Unlike m band who kind ofget it ńgonce,

which iagreatthing - you get it ńgonceyou'doingfabulou.

Theygot it ńgce.

Thathe benchma, and l thinkthat2112 and Moving Pictures

athealbumthatdnedthem.

The in'ta prog rockband

thatdn't live inthe hall Ruh buiit.

Theydid allthe , allthetimeignatures,

and all ofu just lookatthe manual.

When you msomebodythatyou haveemhywith and you canworkwith,

it maallthednce intheworkthatyou putout.

Theyjustworkreally, reallywelltogether, and ays have.

Itwaagreatńence to bea partofthalbum,

andforthe markthatthe l.

Ruh all along ha beentrying to makethe muicthatwe l.

That itheimplestression.

Thenwe hopothatotherpeople mig like ittoo.

Oneofthething l really l about being in Ruh,

thatwe' notidtodoanything on a record,

and even it' sometimesateble mistake,

the'stillthellingn tońme.

I thinkthatwhythethofu havestayedtogether,

becauwelwithinthenflnesofRuh wecantryalmanything.