Something for Nothing: A RUSH Fancast

Ep. 218: Dale Heslip, Bruce "Fenchie" French, and Tony "Jack Secret" Geranios, Live From Henderson Brewing, Pt. 2

Our second episode episode from Rush Day 2026 at Henderson Brewing finds us chatting with a trio of great guests: filmmaker Dale Heslip, chef Bruce "Fenchie" French, and

Ep. 217: Rush Day 2026 Live From Henderson Brewing, Pt. 1

Our third straight year recording live from Henderson Brewing's Rush Day in Toronto was a great success! This episode we talk to Rush fans from around the world about see

Ep. 216: The Xanadu Lounge

You've heard the whispered tales of memorabilia and appetizers in the Fifty Something Tour's Xanadu Lounge, and we have the inside scoop! Longtime friend of the pod Ray W

Ep. 215: David Calcano of Fantoons on his Contribution to the 50 Something Tour

Friend of the podcast David Calcano of Fantoons returns this week to tell us about his involvement in the 50 Something tour. I won't spoil it in the description in case y

Ep. 214: Kevin Comeau of Crown Lands

This week, we talk with Kevin Comeau, guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist of the Canadian progressive rock duo Crown Lands. Kevin and his bandmate, drummer and singer Cod

Ep. 213: LA Confidential

Rush is back! Kicking off the Fifty Something tour with 4 shows at the Los Angeles Forum, Rush ripped through a different set each night. Our LA correspondent, Mark Irwin

Ep. 212: Billy Sheehan

This week we're joined by one of our generations greatest bassists, the legendary Billy Sheehan! With us this week is also our resident bassist, Lex, who is such a huge f

Ep 211: Do You Want to Build a Rush Setlist?

This week, we're holding a contest: guessing what songs Rush will play at the first 4 shows of the Fifty Something tour in Los Angeles in June! We've set up a form where

Ep. 210: Sean Faust

This week we have our first guest who was recommended by two former guests of the pod, Ron Lipnicki and Brian Colburn! Sean Faust joins us to count down the top five song

SFN Counterparts: My Weekly Mixtape

Back in January of 2024, Steve appeared on an episode of My Weekly Mixtape, a great podcast from our friend Brian Colburn. The episode was alliteratively called "The Spir

Ep. 209: Paul Gilbert

For decades, Paul Gilbert has been tearing it up in bands like Racer X and Mr. Big and on his own solo material. Paul joins us this week to talk about his love of Rush, w

Ep. 208: 40 Years of RUSH Fandom

40 years ago, we attended our first Rush concert. It's difficult to measure the impact of that show–and RUSH–on our lives. That's why, to celebrate this concert milestone

Ep. 207: Dan Barracuda

Dan Barracuda has a knack for dissecting songs that makes difficult music theory seem easy. Across his social media presence, you can find Dan breaking down what makes so

Ep. 206: Cory Marks

Cory Marks is a North Bay, Ontario, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and drummer who cites two seemingly disparate seminal influences on his music: Merle Haggard and Rush.

SFN Counterparts: The Carr Stereo Podcast

Back in December, Steve and I appeared on The Carr Stereo Podcast to talk--as unbelievable as this might sound--about Rush! Terrie Carr is not only a New Jersey rock radi

Ep. 205: Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row, is a huge Rush fan--so huge that he was member number 2 of the Rush Backstage Club. Sebastian joins us this week to tell us the amaz

Ep. 204: Backtracking Rush

Raf Bagdasarian and Dan Fiden are lifelong friends who share a deep love of Rush. On the first season of their podcast Backtracking, they poured over the Rush discography

SFN Counterparts: Primus Tracks

And now for something completely different: an episode of the podcast Primus Tracks in the feed! Primus Tracks hosts Josh and Frankie invited Gerry to discuss Rush's infl

Ep. 203: Andris Pone on Rush's Tour Branding

Branding expert Andris Pone joins us this week to examine the branding of Rush's Fifty Something Tour. Andris first joined us way back in episode 123 to talk about his ar

Ep. 202: Rush Covers, Pt. 5 (Tom Sawyer Edition)

This week, we're doing something we haven't done in 3 years: a Rush covers episode! But we're doing something different this time. We decided to focus our attention on on