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Where did the name “Rush” come from?

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Where did the name “Rush” come from?

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Paraphrased Background: In August of 1968 the band’s formal lineup was Alex on guitar, John Rutsey on drums, and Jeff Jones on bass and vocals. They got a job to play at the “Coff-In,” a coffee house in the basement of an Anglican Church [great name, eh?] for $25/night. “The band was excited, but they had a big problem. While they had been dreaming of playing, they had neglected to come up with a name for their group. So a few days before the gig they sat around in John’s basement trying to come up with an appropriate monicker. They weren’t having much luck when John’s older brother Bill piped up, ‘Why don’t you call the band Rush’ and Rush it was.

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