I watched VH1’s Rock Honors. Overall I wasn’t as impressed with this years lineup as last years. I could have done without Genesis and I really wasn’t into seeing ZZ Top. I used to be a pretty big ZZ Top fan up until the whole Eliminator thing.

Anyways the biggest surprise of the night was Alice In Chains and Gretchen Wilson doing Barracuda. I expected Alice In Chains to kill but I was really surprised at how well Gretchen did the vocals. She actually has some pretty impressive vocal chops and she did a great job. Best song of the night.

Rush will be touring this summer to promote their new album Snakes & Arrows. It seems to be selling well and is currently #9 at Amazon.

The buzz and various forums is that it is a good album that may take more than one listen to get used to. I think I heard there are two instrumentals on the album.

Back in the 80’s I always though Rush was a total snooze fest to see in concert. They just looked down at their feet as they played three instruments each. However their showmanship has greatly improved and Rush puts on one hell of a show now.