Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

The thing is there is nothing really North American about Rush anyway! Being from the UK, I tend to think of American bands as sounding East coast, West coast, Midwest or Southern. This is a generalization I know, but it does hold true for a lot of bands given the sheer size of the USA.

In the case of Rush though, most of their influences are British and their early hard rock stuff certainly had Led Zeppelin and Cream influences. Their prog sound is distinctly Yes influenced, so in essence the group is actually very British. They really didn`t sound North American until their 80`s power pop phase.