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Jason Robert: vocals, keys

Jason grew up in a wildlife sanctuary in Houston, where he spent many hours alone cleaning the weasel cage and dreaming of singing in a rock band. Isolated from human contact, he learned to sing by mimicking the vocalizations of the various animals in the exhibit. One day, while making his usual rounds cleaning up various animal by-products, he discovered a discarded cassette of “2112". Upon returning to his cardboard box for the evening, he cranked the cassette and discovered his calling: all his years imitating the shrieking cries of hyenas, loons, and of course, the weasels, made him the ideal lead singer for a Rush tribute band!

John Walker: guitar, pedals

John hails from Florida, and learned to play “Tom Sawyer” while sitting in the drunk tank with Alex Lifeson one New Year’s Eve. Although quite drunk at the time, Alex was able to convince John that he should follow his dream of playing dive bars for little or no money while going heavily into debt buying gear, as he himself had done many years before. Alex neglected to tell John that the music business had changed quite a bit in the 30 or so years since Rush was signed, however, and also failed to tell him that it was highly unlikely that he would ever get the cigarette smoke smell out of his guitar cases.

Neil Brincks: bass, keys, pedals

Neil was raised in Tazmania by rabid She-Devils and forced to listen to nothing but Rush, Primus, and Celine Dion as a child. Consequently, he’s quite a good bass player with an annoying tendency to belt out “My Heart Will Go On” at inopportune moments. As long as we leave his mic turned off and keep him away from the Celine Dion tribute bands (and we all know how many of those there are) it’s not a problem.

David Patton: drums, electronic percussion

David suffers from OCD and consequently feels compelled to purchase every drum DW has ever made, along with every possible electronic percussion device in existence. Fortunately his side business building drum platforms for other obsessed Rush fans enables him to pay for his gear addiction. David also serves as the band’s teleprompter onstage, since the other guys lack the ability to retain information for more than a few seconds at a time, and are often distracted by throngs of rabid female fans.