A few days in the past we reported that Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee stated he and Alex Lifeson have warmed up to the idea of playing together again, they usually have even jammed collectively in 2022. However it appears that evidently there’s extra to it than the sentiment of with the ability to do it.
In a latest interview with Long Island Weekly, Lee revealed that he and guitarist Alex Lifeson are certainly considering making new music collectively. Let’s bear in mind the 2 musicians haven’t launched new materials since 2012’s Clockwork Angels, which was the band’s last studio album earlier than drummer Neil Peart‘s demise in 2020.
Requested about the opportunity of making new music, Lee stated that he has been engaged on a few songs that have been left off his 2000 solo album, My Favorite Headache, and that the expertise of revisiting these songs reminded him of how a lot he enjoys being within the studio.
“I just lately found a few songs that had been left off my solo album. Listening to them was actually fairly enjoyable and I made a decision that I wished to see about fixing these up and simply respiratory some contemporary air into them. And that have jogged my memory of how a lot enjoyable I’ve within the studio. So in fact, my lifelong buddy and bandmate Alex and I wish to get again into the studio collectively and see what may occur. I’ve concepts that I would wish to flesh out alone too.”
“As soon as I end all this loopy crap that I agreed to do — the guide tour and the TV present and discover some area for myself — I would actually like to begin enjoying one thing. However I can not let you know proper now as a result of I am simply guide touring it till I drop. After which I will see the place I land after I’ve a pleasant vacation with my spouse and we’ll go from there. I do not wish to plan too far forward anymore. I used to be scheduled up the wazoo with my companions in Rush for over 45 years. Now, I’ve to prioritize different issues.” Lee added.
Whereas it is too early to say for certain whether or not Lee and Lifeson will discover themselves collectively within the studio once more, the truth that they’ve talked about is an thrilling improvement. These two musicians are legends in their very own proper, and their collaboration on new materials can be a significant occasion on this planet of progressive rock. One can at all times dream, proper?
Then in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lee reiterated his stance of presumably doing Rush exhibits once more and even making new music: “Oh fuck yeah [I miss Rush], enormously. It was arduous for me when Neil introduced he was going to retire, which is a phrase I refused to listen to, la la la. Do I miss the adulation? No. However I miss the sound of the gang slightly bit. Once I go see my mates on tour, I’m jealous. They’re nonetheless having fun with it.”
“It has been eight years for the reason that final Rush gig. To start out the entire thing up once more takes an unbelievable quantity of koyech [Yiddish for strength]. Would I do it once more? [pauses] It is attainable. Will I do one thing else musically? It is attainable. Now that I’ve turned myself right into a farkakte [Yiddish for lousy] author, I’ve to get this out of the way in which first.”
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