Rush art director Hugh Syme reflected on his cover for Rush 'Caress of Steel,' the first of their many collaborations, in a September 2020 interview.

As Rush's art director since 1975, Hugh Syme was one of the prog-rock trio's closest collaborators. His vivid designs — decrepit puppet kings, fireball jugglers, dalmatians next to fire hydrants ...

Led by radio-conquering singles "Freewill" and "The Spirit of Radio," Rush's 1980 album Permanent Waves helped launch the Canadian trio into rock's top tier of arena-fillers. How much the cover ...

The cover for Rush's 1980 LP 'Permanent Waves' would not have been possible without the devastation wrought on Galveston by Hurricane Carla in 1961. Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main ...

Forty years ago, Hugh Syme designed his first album package for Rush, 1975's Caress of Steel. That began what he happily calls "a life sentence," designing every Rush release -- studio, live ...