Rush Visions: The Official Biography [Paperback]

Bill Banasiewicz (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711911622
• ISBN-13: 978-0711911628
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Atrocious Grammar - Tenny-Bop Mentality - Cool Photos, June 14, 2004

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"123andy" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rush Visions: The Official Biography (Paperback)

If this is indeed "The Official Biography" Rush should be extremely upset for not proofreading this book before signing off on it. The grammar is so poor it becomes painful to read and the 6 & 7 word sentences are so sophomoric I can only read a few pages at a time.

The photographs are pretty neat, though. I'd like to read more about the band, but if this is how the words would come out, then just give me more photos! I don't care how happy the author was to receive a personal birthday greeting from Geddy Lee onstage. (A blessing! A blessing from the Lord!)

The book is so full of mutilated teenage dialect and selfish, self-centered authorship that most true, long-time Rush fans will be embarrassed on behalf of the band because this piece of literary excrement actually got itself published.

My 2 cents.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just awful, July 3, 2004

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Jerry (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rush Visions: The Official Biography (Paperback)

This book is just bad beyond belief. The author comes off as an infatuated band groupie who can't resist inserting himself into the "biography" when one of the band members actually talks to him or nicknames him. It's an effort to get past his atrocious writing skills to the few passages with interesting information about the band. The entire book reads like a C-minus high school book report on a real biography.

This book should not only be out of print, it should be removed from the planet. "B-Man", shame on you.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Observation, February 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rush Visions: The Official Biography (Paperback)

After reading more than 20 reviews, and finding that most of them considered this book to be absolutely worthless, I found the (chronologically) first review listed to be very interesting. I can't really make a reference to it, since the writer of the review chose to remain completely anonymous. But after reading POSITIVE reviews which still made a point to mention the B-man's total lack of grammatical ability, I couldn't help but think that the B-man himself must have written that first review. To rave on about the quality of the writing, when so much of the book is little more than poorly paraphrased Peart lyrics, mixed with 3rd grade level English, is rather incredible. I have not read this book in over 10 years, but I can still remember that as I read through it, I became embarrassed for the members of my favorite band. If that book had been written about me or my band, I'd be embarrassed! What a stinker! Interestingly, I have very little word-for-word recollection of any of the book's passages. My memory is good, but not that good. I tend to not WANT to remember such drivel. However, I DO remember the sentiment I felt while reading this book: "This B-man character is a self-important putz." Several years earlier, I read something else (I don't remember all the details) written by B-man. It was around the time GUP was released. I believe that the B-man had been given the opportunity to hear some of the GUP tunes before the final mix. I remember reading his account of his experience. I was amazed. I was so happy for this guy, and thought he was the luckiest guy in the world. It was 1984, I was only 15, and rather naive. Yet, not out of envy, but through some other innate sense, I got the impression that this guy was a putz then, too. Reading this book 5 years later confirmed it. Today, reading about his desperate attempts to maintain a spotlight on himself by starting flame wars on the Rush list UNDERSCORES it. I really do believe that the B-man wrote that first review. Who else would give him credit for such excellent writing skills? P.S. To all of you Canadians out there - please don't let the B-man's horrible grammar and lack of originality create the impression that people in the US are illiterate and uncreative. It's just that in this country, the cream is very often the LAST thing to rise to the top - or to write a book, for that matter! P.P.S What does the B-man do for a living, now that his one and only book is out of print? Does this guy work?