n impact their location has had on their music's lyrical content and tone, in addition to their individual sounds. To make it as simple as possible to understand the differences in sound, one band from each of three Canadian locations has been chosen for analysis. Each location, no matter how near or how far their proximity from the others, is vastly different in many ways. From Canada's east coast, Newfoundland's Great Big Sea have been chosen; from the west coast, British Columbia's She Stole My Beer; and from our own province of Ontario, Toronto's Rush will be used. Each of these band's, through their music, work as perfect examples of how severe an impression geographic location can have on both lyrical content and sound.When discussing or pandering the characteristics of a city like Toronto, one is consistently pelted with images that reflect a fast-paced, hectic, heavily populated, industry-laden, concrete jungle. And therefore it is not with any great surprise that a band like Rush, formed in Toronto in the early 1970's, would make music and write lyrics reflecting that very lifestyle. Throughout their long-standing career Rush has been known to produce music of an aggressive nature. Heavy drums, driving and wailing guitars and pounding bass lines have become known as standard fare from Toronto's most well known trio. The sound of Rush's music lives and breathes as a reflection of their surroundings while growing up and living in Canada's largest and most heavily populated city. Like the city itself, their music is also cluttered with a sound that can, at times, become almost overwhelming to the listener. Although the band consists of only three members they are somehow able to produce a sound that carries the intensity of a much larger group. Within their hard-hitting style you can almost hear the sounds of the city humming in the background. And if you listened carefully you would think that you could hear the harsh...
