Few Canadian rock bands carved out a legacy quite like Triumph. Formed in Toronto in 1975, the trio of Rik Emmett, Gil Moore, and Mike Levine built their reputation the hard way — relentless touring across North America, night after night, building one of the most devoted hard rock fanbases of the late ’70s and ’80s. Emmett was the creative engine at the heart of it all — a guitarist of rare technical brilliance who could shred with the best of them one moment and deliver emotionally resonant melody the next. “Hold On,” from the landmark 1979 album Just a Game, is one of the purest distillations of what made Triumph so enduring.

This 16×16 inch custom mat was designed around the iconic Just a Game album art — that vivid, surreal chess-and-rocket imagery that defined Triumph’s visual identity at a pivotal moment in their career — and it houses something truly extraordinary: the complete lyrics to “Hold On,” handwritten in full by Rik Emmett himself, signed, inscribed with “Cheers!” and “Music is the Answer,” and dedicated to the Coalition for Music Education in Canada in April 2025. The fact that Emmett chose this particular song to transcribe by hand for a music education cause speaks volumes — because “Hold On” was always about the redemptive power of music, the idea that a melody flowing through you can be the thing that keeps you going.