The original 1968 line-up of Rush ; from left to right: Alex Lifeson, John Rutsey and Geddy Lee.

The original line-up formed in the neighbourhood of Willowdale in Toronto, Ontario, by Lifeson, bassist and front man Jeff Jones, and drummer John Rutsey.

In November 2011 it was announced they would be playing two shows in 2012 that will feature the original line-up as well as the classic line-up of the band reunited for the first time in many years ; these shows will take place on 25 May 2012 in Manchester at the O2 Apollo and on 26 May in Brixton at the O2 Academy.

They are one of only a handful of bands among them the Hoodoo Gurus ( half of the original line-up of the Hoodoo Gurus also came from Perth ) and The Sunnyboys ) that cracked the mainstream charts with an indie approach in the 1980s.

Although the album's cover features the original line-up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, Moe Love and TR Love, TR ( along with Tim Dog ) is notably absent.

The original line-up also returned to the studio for the final time, with Ray Manzarek reprising his role as producer, to record a cover of The Doors ' The Crystal Ship for the soundtrack for The X-Files: Fight the Future.

Dan Dare was in the original line-up, and this transferred to Crisis when Revolver finished.

Shemp rejoined the group after Curly suffered a debilitating cerebral hemorrhage in May 1946, reinstating the original line-up until November 1955, when Shemp died of a heart attack.

The original line-up of the band was :-

Of the original Rubettes line-up only Richardson, Williams and Arnesen participated in the recording of " Sugar Baby Love " although all members featured on the Top of the Pops re-recording for playback purposes.

The core line-up of Steve Rothery ( lead guitar, and the sole ' pre-Fish ' original member ), Pete Trewavas ( bass ), Mark Kelly ( keyboards ) and Ian Mosley ( drums ) has been unchanged since 1984.

The band has been through multiple line-up changes in its history, but the current line-up is a reunion of that original line-up.

In early 2006, the partnership between Downes and Payne was dissolved when Downes left for a reunion of the original band line-up under the Asia name, a breakup that Payne described as " painful ".

And after a slew of rumours, they announced that this original line-up of Asia were planning a CD, DVD and world tour to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary.

The new line-up never garnered the wide spread acceptance or acclaim of the original group.

In the early years of the 2000s ( decade ), co-founder of Love and original guitarist Johnny Echols rejoined Lee, in this line-up and performed as " Love with Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols ".

Rumours of a possible reunion of the original Genesis line-up began circulating in 2004 after Phil Collins stated in an interview that he was open to the idea of sitting back behind the drums and " let Peter be the singer.

The original Time Team line-up from 1994 has altered over the years.

He began performing with his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964 and joined the original Magic Band line-up, initiated by Alexis Snouffer, in 1965.

albums featured the original four-piece line-up and a range of styles.

On October 11, 2011, Goomba Music released Worship the Animal, which is a newly titled version of Nile's demo, which the band's original line-up recorded in 1994.

The original line-up for Stolt's solo album consisted of Stolt ( vocals, electric guitar, bass, and keyboards ), Jaime Salazar ( drums ), and Hasse Fröberg ( vocals ).

She is reunited with the original X-Men, and convinces them to form the new superhero team X-Factor.

On April 14, 2012, Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy announced they have reunited and are working on an original adventure game set in space.

The Band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 1989 Juno Awards, where Robertson was reunited with original members Danko and Hudson.

The time differential between two reunited clocks is deduced through purely uniform linear motion considerations, as seen in Einstein's original paper on the subject, as well as in all subsequent derivations of the Lorentz transformations.

With this project, they reunited with original producer John Leckie to record a series of affectionate parodies that indulged their love of classic 1960s psychedelic music.

The new volume saw some of the more prominent members of the original team reunited.

She then reprised her role as Jacy in Texasville ( 1990 ), the sequel to The Last Picture Show ( 1971 ), as the original cast ( including director Peter Bogdanovich ) reunited 20 years after filming the original.

At Wintersborn, the pair are reunited with a fellow prisoner, Rosenthal ( Marcel Dalio ), from the original camp.

With the recent NSIC expansion, the original six member schools have been reunited.

The original quintet reunited in 1990 and 1991 for a tour.

In 1992, most of the original cast reunited for a spin-off show called Grace & Favour.

The original Creedence lineup rarely reunited after their breakup, and never professionally.

Sonic's Rendezvous Band released only the " City Slang " single during their initial time as a group, though later recordings were released post-mortem, and a reconstituted Rendezvous Band ( including original member Scott Morgan, of The Rationals and newly-added Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman ) reunited in tribute years afterward.

This would be the final album with the original lineup ( until they reunited in 2000 ), and also the last Kansas studio album to be certified gold by the RIAA.

In 2003, he reunited his original quartet for the album Volume 4, and a lengthy tour.

" The band's original line-up reunited in June 2007, embarking on a tour later that year and releasing the album Forth in August 2008.

In 1996 Grand Funk Railroad's three original members once again reunited and played to 250, 000 people in 14 shows during a three month period.

In 1975, original members Greg Elmore, Gary Duncan, Dave Freiberg, John Cippolina, and Dino Valenti reunited for the album, Solid Silver featuring cameo performances by Nicky Hopkins on a couple of tracks, plus contributions from various San Francisco area musicians, including Jefferson Starship's Pete Sears.

On 1 January 1977 Oostmalle and Westmalle were reunited, first under the name Westmalle, and since 30 June 1979 under the original name Malle.

The band has reunited in various configurations over the years, and is currently operating with three of the four original members, Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice with Pete Bremy on bass for Tim Bogert who has retired from touring.

On December 7, 2011, the original members of Mercyful Fate ( King Diamond, Hank Shermann, Michael Denner and Timi Hansen ) reunited on stage at Metallica's 30th Anniversary performance at the Fillmore in San Francisco, California, where they performed a medley of their songs.

In late 1966, the three original Belmonts, Mastrangelo, Milano, and D ' Aleo, reunited with DiMucci and released the album, " Dion & The Belmonts Together Again ", for ABC Records.

A year later, in 1973, all four original members reunited once again, doing a sold out concert at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York.