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==Musical style and influences==
Rush's musical style had changed substantially over the years. Its debut album was strongly influenced by British [[blues]]-based [[hard rock]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]: an amalgam of sounds and styles from such rock bands as [[the Beatles]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[the Who]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]], and [[Led Zeppelin]].<ref name="Led Zeppelin">{{Cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |title=Rush – Rush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r17116 |access-date=2006-03-18 |website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref><ref name="Rush bio">{{cite web |title=Rush biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rush-mn0000203008/biography |access-date=November 24, 2013 |website=AllMusic |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119073137/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rush-mn0000203008/biography |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GuitarPlayer">[http://2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20060300guitarplayer.htm Today's Tom Sawyer (Alex Lifeson Interview)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425073117/http://2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20060300guitarplayer.htm |date=April 25, 2012}}. Power Windows Website, Guitar Player Magazine Transcript. Retrieved December 31, 2011.</ref> Rush became increasingly influenced by bands of the British [[progressive rock]] movement of the mid-1970s, especially [[Pink Floyd]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]], and [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Quietus – Features – Baker's Dozen – In The Mood: The Favourite Albums Of Rush's Geddy Lee |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/09210-rush-geddy-lee-interview-favourite-albums?page=6 |access-date=November 25, 2014 |website=The Quietus}}</ref><ref name="BassPlayer">{{cite web |date=March 2006 |title=Geddy Lee Interview |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=21&storycode=13228 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620222642/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/living-the-limelight/Feb-06/18066 |archive-date=June 20, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2006 |publisher=Bass Player Magazine}}</ref> In the tradition of progressive rock, Rush wrote extended songs with irregular and shifting mood, [[timbre]], and [[Metre (music)|metre]], combined with lyrics influenced by [[Ayn Rand]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Stump |first=Paul |title=The Music's All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock |date=1997 |publisher=Quartet Books Limited |isbn=0-7043-8036-6 |pages=257–8}}</ref> In the 1980s, Rush merged their sound with the [[Fad|trends]] of this period, experimenting with [[New wave music|new wave]], [[reggae]], and [[pop rock]].<ref name="Signals Review by Greg Prato" /> This period included the band's most extensive use of instruments such as [[Synthesizer|synthesizers]], [[music sequencer|sequencers]], and [[Electronic drum|electronic percussion]]. In the early 1990s, the band transformed their style once again, returning to a more grounded hard rock style, and simultaneously [[Harmonization|harmonize]] with the [[alternative rock]] movement.<ref name="counter" /> The songs released during this period have been described as "[[Hook (music)|hooky]] and radio-friendly." The band continued to experiment with fusing heavy metal and progressive rock in "new ways" during its latter years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rush Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} AllM... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rush-mn0000203008#biography |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>