Rush rolled through the Rochester Community War Memorial on the Counterparts Tour — the album widely considered their heaviest, most stripped-down record since the early ’80s. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart had always been technically unparalleled, but Counterparts stripped away the synthesizers and returned them to a rawer rock sound that electrified longtime fans. Rochester was a regular stop on Rush tours; the City of Music knew to expect the Canadians.
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