Rush was shunned by mainstream faggots at rolling stone because they werent rabid liberals like thee rest of the musicians they interviewed.
they caught a lot of shit for writing an album with a concept loosely based upon ayn rand's the fountainhead.
they figured if they were gonna make music, theyd make the music they wanted to make and not what some jew in an office wanted them to make.
id say they were successful.
prolly have more fans today than they did when they were making records.

