Theyre all over sixty years old, theyve had more consecutive gold or platinum albums than any band not named The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, and earlier this summer, they embarked on a sold-out tour to celebrate their fortieth anniversary making music together. Among active bands, only ZZ Top (the same three guys since 1969) have lasted longer than Rush in a single incarnation. The bands sustained success in the studio and on the stage is legendary. A great deal of that is owed to the unmatched musical prowess of drummer Neil Peart, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and singer/bassist/keyboardist Geddy Leethe Holy Triumvirate, as fans call them. But equally vital has been Rushs willingness to change their style over time, progressing through many different iterations of rock music and applying their own idiosyncratic sound to each. Over the course of Rushs twenty studio albums, some songs stand out as particularly important to the bands development. Join me on a chronological tour of the ten tracks that Ive noted as milestones in Rushs amazing career.