List of Rush awards

The Canadian rock band Rush has received many accolades throughout its four decade career. These include individual recognition for instrumental ability, various Juno awards and Grammy nominations, topping miscellaneous Canadian polls, hall of fame inductions, and the reception of prestigious music awards recognizing the band. [ Awards List [http://rush.robpagano.com/index.php?c=hist Rush Awards list] Accessed August 2 2007] [ [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/2740/rmem.html Individual awards list] Accessed 16 July 2007]

Juno awards

Rush has won the following Juno awards:

* 1974 Most promising group of the year
* 1978 Group of the year
* 1979 Group of the year
* 1990 Artist of the Decade (80's)
* 1991 Best HardRock/Metal album - "Presto"
* 1992 Hard Rock album of the year - "Roll the Bones"
* 2004 Music DVD of the year - "Rush in Rio"

Grammy nominations

* 1981 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**"YYZ" — lost to The Police's "Behind My Camel"
* 1992 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**"Where's My Thing?" — lost to Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover"
* 1995 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**"Leave That Thing Alone" — lost to Pink Floyd's "Marooned"
* 2004 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**"O Baterista" from "Rush In Rio" — lost to Brian Wilson's "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow"
* 2008 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**"Malignant Narcissism" from "Snakes & Arrows" — lost to Bruce Springsteen's "Once Upon a Time in the West"

Miscellaneous awards

* December 1990 - Rush wins "Mayor's Award" at the Toronto Music Awards.
* October 1992 - Recipients of the "Harold Moon Award" by the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). It is the most prestigious songwriter’s award in Canada.
* May 1993 - Rush is inducted into the "Harvard National Lampoon" and named “Group Of The Millennium”.
* October 1993 - Recipients of the "Toronto Arts Award".
* March 1994 - Rush inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame [ [http://www.junoawards.ca/halloffame_past.php Canadian Music Hall of Fame] Accessed 16 March 2006]
* May 1996 - Lee, Lifeson, and Peart are made Officers of the Order of Canada, the first rock musicians so honored.
* December 1996 - Performance magazine, a publication for the touring industry, nominated Rush as "Rock Act of the Year" for their 1996 Performance Readers Poll Awards.
* May 1997 - The Foundation Forum and F Musicfest have announced Rush this year's recipient of the "Concrete/Foundations Outstanding Contribution to Music Award". Rush joins a distinguished list of receipts including Van Halen, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper.
* May 1999 - Rush was inducted into Canada's "Walk Of Fame" in Toronto.
* January 2000 - Rush has topped JAM! Music's online poll, which determines them "Best Canadian Musicians of All Time".
* 2003 - Inducted into the CMW Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame
* 2009 - Rush to be enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901332.html?hpid=entnews Washington Post] ]

Magazine awards

Geddy Lee

* Bass Hall of Fame - Guitar Player Magazine
* 6 time winner: "Best Rock Bass" - Guitar Player Magazine
* 1993 - "Best Rock Bass Player" Bass Player readers' poll
* Best Album for Bass ("Snakes & Arrows") - Bass Player Magazine
* "Coolest Bass Line In A Song" (for "Malignant Narcissism") - Bass Player Magazine
* "Best 2007 Cover Feature" for "Northern Warrior" - Bass Player Magazine

Alex Lifeson

* "Best Rock Talent" by Guitar for the Practicing Musician in 1983
* "Best Rock Guitarist" by Guitar Player in 1984 and 2008
* Runner-up for "Best Rock Guitarist" in Guitar Player in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
* Inducted into the Guitar for the Practicing Musician Hall of Fame, 1991
* Most Ferociously Brilliant Guitar Album ("Snakes & Arrows") - Guitar Player 2007
* "Best Article" for "Different Strings" - Guitar Player September 2007

Neil Peart

Peart has received the following awards in the "Modern Drummer" magazinereader's poll:

* Hall of Fame: 1983
* Best Rock Drummer: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2008
* Best Multi-Percussionist: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
* Best Percussion Instrumentalist: 1982
* Most Promising New Drummer: 1980
* Best All Around: 1986
* 1986 Honor Roll: Rock Drummer, Multi-Percussion:(As a member of the Honor Roll in these categories, he is no longer eligible for votes in the above categories.)
* Best Instructional Video: 2006, for "Anatomy of A Drum Solo"
* Best Drum Recording of the 1980s, 2007, for "YYZ" from "Exit...Stage Left"

* Best Recorded Performance:
** 1980: "Permanent Waves"
** 1981: "Moving Pictures"
** 1982: "Exit...Stage Left"
** 1983: "Signals"
** 1985: "Grace Under Pressure"
** 1986: "Power Windows"
** 1988: "Hold Your Fire"
** 1989: "A Show of Hands"
** 1990: "Presto"
** 1992: "Roll the Bones"
** 1993: "Counterparts"
** 1997: "Test for Echo"
** 1999: "Different Stages"
** 2002: "Vapor Trails"
** 2004: "R30"
** 2007: "Snakes and Arrows"
** 2008: Best Recorded PerformancePeart has received the following awards from DRUM! magazine for 2007: [ DRUM! Magazine Awards [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87294 Blabbermouth.net] Accessed January 1, 2008]

* Drummer of the Year
* Best Progressive Rock Drummer
* Best Live Performer
* Best DVD ("Anatomy of A Drum Solo")
* Best Drumming Album ("Snakes & Arrows")

Peart received the following awards from DRUM! magazine for 2008: [ DRUM! Magazine Awards [http://bigdrumthump.com/winners-of-drum-magazine-readers-poll-2008/ Big Drum Thump] Accessed July 2, 2008]

* Drummer of the Year
* Best Progressive Rock Drummer (Runner-Up)
* Best Mainstream Pop Drummer (Runner-Up)
* Best Live Drumming Performer

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