All three members were made Officers of the Order of Canada in 1996 and the band won the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
Their 1976 album "2112" was their breakthrough success, with the album going platinum and prompting a tour through the U․S․ and Canada
Former band members include drummer John Rutsey and bassist Jeff Jones, both of whom founded the band with Alex Lifeson in August 1968
Released their debut, self-titled album in 1974, which was picked up by Mercury Records after the song "Working Man" became a hit
Quote: "(Geddy Lee on their music): "[Bands like King Crimson] made us want to make our music more interesting and more complex, and we tried to blend that with our own personalities to see what we could come up with that was indisputably us․""
Best known as a progressive rock band whose hit songs include "Tom Sawyer," "The Spirit of Radio," and "Fly by Night․"
Members of the band include vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer Neil Peart
The band's intensely loyal fan base was once described by Rolling Stone magazine as the "Trekkies of rock․"
Their 2002 album "Vapor Trails" was the first one not to use a single synthesizer or keyboard in 30 years