When Rush‘s Alex Lifeson appeared on stage a few occasions along with his lifelong bandmate Geddy Lee, as a part of two of the shows for Lee‘s current e book tour, the buzzing round a doable musical reunion of the 2 elevated hundred-fold amongst Rush‘s fanbase. The 2 musicians have appeared in a number of interviews not too long ago, and whereas the prospect of collaboration stays doable, there is no timeframe about when or if will ever occur.
Now, in a current interview with Greg Prato of Ultimate Guitar, Lifeson mentioned the potential of working with Lee once more, however made one thing actually clear: it would not be Rush with out their late drummer, Neil Peart.
“It isn’t like we have to return to one thing. And that is my concern. That if we — that may be the expectation, that is like Rush 2. However by necessity, it must be one thing totally different. And it might probably by no means be Rush. With out Neil, it might probably by no means be Rush. That is it. It is over. However you by no means know what can occur. So we’ll see.”
When requested concerning the probabilities of writing new music with Lee, Lifeson acknowledged the fan buzz surrounding a possible collaboration, and left a glimmer of hope within the air: “Um, I do not know. Ask him. I do not know. There is definitely numerous curiosity in us doing one thing. I feel numerous Rush followers, they have been hoping for… Geddy had his e book tour. I went out on a couple of of these dates with him. I feel that is form of sparked extra curiosity in us working collectively.”
“Ged‘s a really busy man. He is written a few books over time. He has numerous stuff that he is into. That is my studio in my residence. I have been engaged on the Envy Of None stuff in addition to a couple of different initiatives. So I have been enjoying and recording for all these years.” he added.
Lifeson additionally emphasised that they are each content material of their lives and that any future mission would not be pushed by necessity, however quite by inventive spark: “When he is prepared, he at all times says, ‘Come over for a espresso and we’ll go right down to the studio and bash round a couple of notes.’ Yeah, name me. And thus far he is been so busy, however I feel perhaps within the new yr — or this is the brand new yr — perhaps quickly we’ll discover the time to take a seat down and see what occurs. Possibly nothing occurs. Possibly it is not there anymore. Possibly it is gonna be superb. I do not know. We’ll see. Truthfully, it is not a precedence for us. We’re joyful in our lives.”
The way forward for what Lee and Lifeson may do collectively stays unwritten. But even within the ever-present shadow of Peart‘s absence, the inventive spirit of those two musical giants continues to spark, providing a possible glimmer of recent sonic adventures – albeit below totally different monikers – for Rush followers, outdated and new, to embrace.
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