Chaz & Schatz welcome Vince Tricarico & Burke Hunn of The Rush Experience — a RUSH tribute trio so faithful it could fool Lorne into coming out of retirement and rigging up the drums, and trick Howard into running the light show.
Vince found RUSH after Bonham’s passing, adopted Zeppelin & Rush as his life's soundtrack, fell into the tribute scene, and spent years searching for the perfect trio.
Burke was a Zeppelin/Aerosmith guy until a friend dropped the RUSH bomb, leading him straight to a Hemispheres vinyl and a lifelong tone-chase. Together with bassist/keyboardist Dave Kidd, they recreate every era of RUSH — from the first record to the last — with scary accuracy, enthusiasm, and musicianship that lets you relive it all again.
They swap stories about monster drum rigs, Alex Lifeson guitar wizardry, load-in nightmares, backstage hangs with Jack Secret, and setlist alchemy that balances fan favorites with deep cuts. It’s Rush geekery at its finest — equal parts history, hilarity, and gear lust.
Chaz N Schatz go deep with these guys:
- How The Rush Experience came together and found “the perfect trio”
- Why Burke’s Alex Lifeson tone could fool Alex himself
- Vince’s dual drum rig obsession: DW Snakes & Arrows kit + revived Tama Signals kit
- The day Neil Peart’s actual invoice fell into Vince’s lap
- What it’s like to sit behind Peart’s kits from Moving Pictures and Roll the Bones tours
- Audience riots (okay, “enthusiasm”) in Akron during “Working Man”
- Deep cuts that make the setlist, and those that get dropped
- When your gig load-in feels like moving a drum riser through a dollhouse door
- The Rush Experience philosophy: play it so fans can “live it all again”
THIS WEEK'S SONG
The wheel gives us What You’re Doing off RUSH'S 1974 debut. We imagine Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi having a thing or two to say about this number...we certainly do.
SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS
Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these great RUSH Tribute Bands - these bands are keeping the community and the music alive - the most current, curated, and rockin' list of RUSH Tribute Bands in the world!
Click here: Schatz's Scratch List (And say it 5 times fast!)
ABOUT THE SHOW
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is one of two podcasts dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that implies.
Blah, blah...RushRash.