Limelight: Rush in the ’80s

Short Description

This three-part series celebrates Canada’s iconic rock band, offering the most comprehensive biography ever, combining cultural context and canon analysis. All based on extensive firsthand interviews with family, friends, musicians, and the boys in the band. Book two covers the height of Rush’s popularity and is a look at all their 1980s albums.

Sales and Market Bullets

Features all-new interview material with Rush and those closest to the band.
Popoff’s 2004 book about Rush, Contents Under Pressure, sold 35,000 copies. It was named one of Rolling Stone’s top five most important publications about Rush.
Rush’s official Twitter account has 265K followers. Rush has sold over 40 million records worldwide.

Audience

Rush fans (and Neil Peart fans) of all levels
Martin Popoff’s previous readers
Behind-the-music fans, as this series is based on interviews for the documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage