Author Jeff Wagner Picks His Top 5 Rush Albums
Today is February 1, 2012 -- or 2.1.12. That magic combination of numbers makes today Rush Day, if only in the minds of the worldwide community of Rush fans.
In celebration of all things Rush, we got former Metal Maniacs editor and author of Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal (Bazillion Points) Jeff Wagner to step in and name his top five Rush albums.
For more on Mean Deviation -- which may very well be the definite prog metal text -- head to Mean-Deviation.com.
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