“I was familiar with air guitar. I had a giant mirror and a tennis racket. But I’d never conceived that 20,000 humans in a room would be playing air drums!” Ugly Kid Joe’s Whitfield Crane loves Rush

Rush and Whitfield Crane.

He may be well-known for light-heartedly celebrating hate in Ugly Kid Joe’s 1992 hit Everything About You, but when it comes to prog, singer Whitfield Crane loves everything about Rush. He discussed his connection with the Canadian giants in 2022.

“I’m not really a prog guy. King Crimson’s pretty cool, Tool’s okay, Mastodon... But mainly for me, it’s Rush. Certain bands are like a smell – they can take you right back to your childhood. Black Sabbath does that to me, Van Halen, AC/DC – and Rush do too.