Rush Rash with Chaz N Schatz
by Chaz Charles & Alan "Schatz" Schatzberg
A weekly listen through all 166 original studio tracks in the band R U S H's catalog, one track at a time. Chaz Charles and Alan "Schatz" Schatzberg take listeners through each track with their unique blend of uninformed opinion, musicianship and misguided attempts at humor along the way. Listeners are invited to fact check and play along at home, because who doesn't like getting fact checked on R U S H?! Hot Damn, Eh!!
Episodes
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Episode 122. Second Nature
This week, Chaz and Schatz welcome another seriously infected Rush fan into the Haggis Shack, and this guy's got a collection that might require its own ZIP code! Straight outta Bayonne, New Jersey, Mike Zwarycz joins the boys to talk about a lifelong obsession that began when a young Mike heard...
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RushRash911 Episode 59. Pieces of Eight
Chaz and Schatz spin The Professor's Modern Drummer Magazine free floppy record! 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…
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Episode 121. Time and Motion
This week, the Haggis Shack welcomes back Rob Silverberg of Midwest RushFest, along with first-time guest Chris Schneberger, for a gathering of Rush obsessives who've spent an extraordinary amount of time, money, and gasoline following three Canadians around the planet. And now, apparently…
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RushRash911 Episode 58. Blinding Light Show
Chaz and Schatz spin Blinding Light Show, a Triumph cover by Envy of None, Alex's "other" band! 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...
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Episode 120. Earthshine
Come, join Chaz and Schatz on your very own VIP experience with Ray Wawrzyniak! Ray is a Rush historian, collector, author, podcaster, and longtime fixture in the Rush community. And lately, he’s added another line to the résumé: life on the road with Rush. After twelve shows on the current...
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RushRash911 Episode 57. Crying Over You
The wheel sends us back to 1985 for Platinum Blonde’s “Crying Over You” — featuring a guest solo from Lerxst himself. It hit #1 in Canada. It came from an album called Alien Shores. And about three seconds into Alex’s solo, Chaz hears something VERY familiar. Did Alex Lifeson just “Beat It”? Chaz...
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Episode 119. Songs For Neil Vol. VII
WOOF! WOOF! This week, the Haggis Shack goes to the dogs as Chaz and Schatz celebrate the release of TRIBUTES - Songs for Neil, Volume VII and the triumphant return of THE RASH! It's a special episode featuring the international Rush family, a whole lot of charitable rock and roll, and the...
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RushRash911 Episode 56. Promise
Chaz and Schatz get down with another track off Victor...dis one's different...in a familiar kinda way. 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…
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RushRash911 Episode 55. The Big Dance
Chaz and Schatz spin another track off Al's Victor record... 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,...
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Episode 118. Bravado
The first show back. The wheel gives us “Bravado.” Of course it does. This week on Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz return from Rush Quest 2026 with concert shirts, scrambled memories, and absolutely no intention of getting over any of it. MSG. Toronto. Three shows. And Chaz finally retiring the words...
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RushRash911 Episode 54. Loren Gold
We welcome Loren Gold into the RushRash911 wheel by listening to someone off The Official Booger Mixtape...yep, looks like he fits right in... 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 -...
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Episode 117. Red Lenses
In another absolutely unnecessary but deeply essential installment of Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz discover what happens when your scheduled guest fails to materialize...and all that implies. It's a shorter episode! Spend an hour and they've covered reunion tours, social media hysteria, Geddy Lee's...
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Episode 116. Test For Echo
In another absolutely unnecessary but deeply essential installment of Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz return to the Boneless airwaves to tackle the latest chapter in Rush's ongoing tour saga. What begins as concern over Geddy Lee's bout with bronchitis quickly snowballs into discussions of border...
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RushRash911 Episode 53. Anesthetize
The wheel gives us an epic 17 minute prog rock masterwork by Porcupine Tree. You'll know him when you hear him... 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...
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Episode 115. Rush Returns Week Special Panel Discussion
The biggest week in the Rush universe in over a decade deserved something different... so we threw out the usual format and assembled an all-star panel. Chaz and Schatz are joined by our co-hostess with the mostest Jillian Maryonovich (RushCon), Ed Toth (The Doobie Brothers), Greg Russell (Mr....
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RushRash911 Episode 52. June 18, 2026
What did we spin? Was it something off Victor? How about My Effin Headache? Something off Burning for Buddy? Something off Anika's last solo record? Could it be Today Was Yesterday? A Triumph Tribute? Someone who got yer belly? Who knows - it's a random wheel, it's got lot's by Rushies, but this...
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Episode 114. Limbo Part 2.
Part 2 finds Chaz and Schatz back in the Haggis Shack with Moving Pictures' Steve Brown, RUSHFest Canada's Paul Beaulieu, and Funding Neuro's David Mulligan as the conversation shifts from RushFest Scotland to the upcoming RushFest Canada at Toronto's legendary El Mocambo. The gang talks about…
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RushRash911: Episode 51. Anika Niles Float
This is it, T-minus four days and counting till the return of RUSH Live at the LA Forum!! We add Anika Niles' tracks to this wheel of "Rushie", non-Rush songs by the people of Rush. Welcome Anika - Let's Rock...or in this case, get small with some really twisty jazz. Join Chaz n Schatz and…
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Episode 113. Limbo Part 1
What happens when Maiah Wynne from Envy of None, Paul Beaulieu of RUSHfest Canada, Steve Brown from Moving Pictures and RUSHfest Scotland, and David Mulligan from Funding Neuro get together after the biggest RushFest Scotland yet? You get a conversation packed with music, friendship, charity,...
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Episode 112. Need Some Love
This week on Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz welcome publisher, writer, community-builder, and lifelong Rush fan Deb Ross for a heartfelt and hilarious conversation about parenting, fandom, cultural literacy, and the power of Rush to connect generations. Deb shares the story of discovering Rush…
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RushRash911: Episode 50. New Trip
A number as trippy as the name implies, off Envy of None's 2025 release Stygian Waves. Chaz can finally pronounce Stygian... 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...
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Episode 111. Finding My Way
In another absolutely unnecessary but deeply essential installment of Rush Rash, Chaz and Shatz return to the Boneless airwaves for what begins as a routine wheel spin and quickly devolves into a gloriously ramshackle prog symposium involving airport sightings, tribute band diplomacy, chorus...
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Episode 110. Where's My Thing?
This week, Chaz and Schatz crack open the cosmic portal to Cygnus X-1 and welcome none other than John Patuto, the mastermind behind the legendary Rush fan hub Cygnus-X1.net—a site that’s been keeping Rush fandom alive longer than most of us have kept a pair of concert tees without holes. From...
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Episode 109. Passage To Bangcock
This week, the Rush Rash train pulls into a very specific station: the official 420 Council Session. And wouldn’t you know it — after spinning the wheel for what feels like decades, we’ve finally landed on “A Passage to Bangkok” from 2112. Joining the council in the club car: Malcolm McKinnon –...
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RushRash911: Episode 49. My Effin Headache
Chaz N Schatz spin the title track from Geddy's 2000 solo record My Favorite Headache. 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…
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Episode 108. Grace Under Pressure Terry Brown Mix
Grace Under Pressure…Under a Microscope. This week, Chaz and Schatz throw the format out the window like a busted cassette deck and go full album-mode on Grace Under Pressure—but not just any version. Oh no. We’re diving headfirst into the 2026 Super Deluxe Edition featuring the long-awaited…
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RushRash911: Episode 48. Under The Sea
Chaz N Schatz spin - surprise! - another track by Envy Of None - a groovy number called Under The Sea. 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…
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Episode 107. Time Stand Still
This week on Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz welcome Jillian Maryonovich of RushCon back into the co-host chair—fresh off a surreal, boots-on-the-ground experience at the JUNOS where Rush did the unthinkable: they got back on stage as Rush with some Noobs. Jillian walks us through the emotional...
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RushRash911: Episode 47. That Was Then
We get a track off 2025's Stygyn Waves by Envy of None. That voice... 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...
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Episode 106. Cygnus X-1 Book 2: Hemispheres
This week on Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz celebrate 50 years of 2112 with a very special guest—YouTube sensation and all-around Rush whisperer Mike Massé—who drops in (freshly fumigated from the Haggis Shack) to talk about his gorgeous new cover of “Tears.” The guys dig into Mike’s creative…
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RushRash911: Episode 46. Who's Got Yer Belly?
The trailer park invades the wheel as we spin Who's Got Yer Belly by Bubbles And The Shitrockers featuring Alex Lifeson...IYKYK 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...
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RushRashRed Alert: The 2026 Junos
Watch the Junos Live at the CBC. Follow Paul's stage-side iPhone updates on Facebook! Follow Jillian and her live from the floor updates with RushCon on Facebook! This week on Rush Rash, things get delightfully chaotic as Chaz and Schatz pull off an impromptu hotline call with Rush insider...
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Episode 105. Something For Nothing
Strap in, plug in, and scratch that eternal itch—because this week on Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz welcome a certified rock brainiac into the Haggis Shack: music journalist and author Daniel Bukszpan. And folks…this guy didn’t just fall down the Rush rabbit hole—he built a library down there. We…
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Episode 104. A Farewell To Kings
On this week’s episode of Rush Rash, Chaz and Shatz are joined once again by CMPU and Boneless Podcasting Network stalwart Corey Morissette, a man who now hosts approximately seventeen podcasts, three mixtape shows, and possibly a municipal council meeting somewhere in Manitoba. Between…
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RushRash911 Episode 45. Strip and Go Naked
You'll swear we were picking up right where we left off, but the itches are harder to reach...even a bit funkier! 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...
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Episode 103. The Pass
Chaz and Schatz burst back through the podcast portal scratching like two men who just sat on a cactus made entirely of Rush vinyl. What starts as a quick catch-up turns into a full-blown Rush news avalanche: rehearsal rumors, Annika taking the drum throne, and the surprise addition of keyboard...
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RushRash911 Episode 44. Second Ending
Oh man,, is this one a doozy...we listen to Al's contribution to the Terry Brown produced Herin, on the track Second Ending. Then on to number two...wait for the solo. SCHATZ'S SCRATCH LIST - RUSH TRIBUTE BANDS Scratch your itch to hear RUSH music played live by going to check out any of these...
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Episode 102. Malignant Narcissism
On this week’s gloriously over-caffeinated episode of Rush Rash, Chaz and Shatz throw open the castle gates and welcome back the noble troubadours of prog pageantry — A Farewell to Kings (AF2K) — for a discussion that is equal parts rock summit, gear symposium, and mildly controlled chaos. Adam…
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Episode 101. Dreamline
This week on Rush Rash, Chaz and Shatz crack open the Haggis Shack to welcome a true lifer: Rob Silverberg, the driving force behind Midwest RushFest. Before the wheel spins, the guys dive deep into Rob’s Rush origin story—Signals and “The Analog Kid” as the gateway, Columbia House confessions…
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Episode 100. Secret Touch
This week on Rush Rash, Chaz n Shatz welcome Paul Rydalch — lifelong Rush obsessive, repentant superfan, and now official roadie for Rush Archives — for one of the wildest, funniest, and most heartfelt conversations the show has ever hosted. Paul traces his journey from a teenage Signals-era...
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RushRash911 Episode 43. Promise
We go all in on what Alex is doing here. Like, really man...pretty Rush-ie trip with Edwin. Check it out. 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...
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Episode 99. Hope
On this gloriously unhinged episode of Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz throw all sense of structure out the window and celebrate Haggis Day the only way they know how: by heeding the call of one Steve Brown to invite Paul Beaulieu and make the Haggis Shack the World's Deli in honor of Robbie Burns'...
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Episode 98. Bubba Bash 2026 Part 2
Part two of our Bubba Bash 2026 recap drops us right back into the thick of it, with exclusive backstage access courtesy of Rush Rash correspondent Jillian Maryonovich of RushCon while Chaz and Schatz were… let’s say administratively indisposed. This episode is anchored by deeply personal, moving...
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RushRash911 Episode 42. Runaway Train
The episode’s highlight is a full listen and discussion of "Runaway Train" from Geddy Lee’s 2000 solo album, "My Favorite Headache." Chaz and Schatz react in real time, dissecting the song’s dense lyrics, musical structure, and its unmistakable Rush DNA. They debate whether the track could have...
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Episode 97. Bubba Bash 2026 Part 1
On this very special part one of a Rush Rash episode, we welcome Jillian from RushCon, officially crowned the show’s Field Correspondent, reporting live(ish) from the 2026 Bubba Bash. Jillian delivers the goods: interviews, live recordings, backstage audio, after-party vibes, and the kind of...
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Episode 96. Tom Sawyer SPECIAL EPISODE
Rush Rash Presents: TOM SAWYER — A GENERATIONAL EVENT Step right up for a heartwarming, music-filled adventure the whole family can enjoy! In this special episode, Chaz and Schatz, together with their children, two generations come together to describe the forthcoming Rush Rash Reactions, where a...
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RushRash911 Episode 41. Clouds
We spin Clouds off Envy of None's latest release, Stygin Waves. Alex Lifeson gets around, and it will be interesting to see how what he's done with EON and others impacts what he does with Ged (and Anika?) going forward. Still...we'd use protection. We don't mince words, in-and-out, this is a…
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Episode 95. Available Light
On this episode of RushRash, Chaz and Schatz once again fly without a guest but this time, it's due to the unfortunate loss of a much-loved friend of the world-wide Rush Fan Community - Joe Pesch. We'd booked his good friend, Rob Silverberg of Mid-west Rushfest, but understandibly we rescheduled...
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Episode 94. Open Secrets
On this episode of Rush Rash, Chaz and Schatz fly without a guest and let the show breathe—riffing, reacting, and rolling wherever the Rush news cycle takes them. From absurd culinary detours (yes, haggis somehow enters the chat) to the very real shock of Rush suddenly being back in motion, the...
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Episode 93. 4th Annual Bubba Bash
Chaz and Schatz are cracking the Haggis Shack doors for our annual deep dive into Bubba Bash, the celebration that honors Neil Peart with musicianship, camaraderie, and the kind of backstage family energy that only Neil's personal friends can generate. This isn’t a memorial; it’s a living,...
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A weekly listen through all 166 original studio tracks in the band R U S H's catalog, one track at a time. Chaz Charles and Alan "Schatz" Schatzberg take listeners through each track with their unique blend of uninformed opinion, musicianship and misguided attempts at humor along the way. Listeners are invited to fact check and play along at home, because who doesn't like getting fact checked on R U S H?! Hot Damn, Eh!!
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