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Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson

Thu, May 9, 2024

Attention All Planets of the Solar Federation ...

Geddy Lee to bring his My Effin' Life: In Conversation spoken word book tour show to Quebec City on July 13th, with tickets on sale TODAY. Details here.
Neil Peart's Silver Surfers coffee table book coming this September and now available for pre-order. Details, cover and more here.
Alex Lifeson's Envy of None project expected to release follow-up album in 2024. Details and more here.
Geddy Lee's The Lost Demos featuring the 2 new unreleased My Favorite Headache tracks Gone and I Am ... You Are now streaming. Download links, details and more here.
All episodes of Geddy Lee's new docuseries Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too? now available to stream on Paramount Plus. Details, previews, video links and more here.
Alex Lifeson participates in the annual Andy Kim Christmas Show at Massey Hall December 6th. Details, videos, photos and more here.
Geddy Lee's In Conversation spoken word book tour for his memoir (ORDER HERE) wraps up in London. Photos, videos, reviews and more here.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson perform at Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Los Angeles! Details, photos, video and more here.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson perform at London tribute concert for Taylor Hawkins. Details, videos, photos and more here.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson perform Closer to the Heart with Primus and Matt Stone on drums at South Park 25th anniversary show. Details, video, photos here.
Thu, May 9, 2024@9:41AM | comments

Alex Lifeson hit the interview circuit this past week to promote all of his various projects including Envy of None, and his new line of signature gear at LerxstAmps.com. He's spoken with ClassicRockHistory.com, Rolling Stone, Guitar World, and Guitarist, with the latest being this short interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, where Geddy talks about how he and Rush bandmate Geddy Lee have been getting together weekly to jam on Rush songs; something he'd also mentioned in his Rolling Stone interview (thanks Alex M):

... "We decided that we would play some Rush songs. Because, you know, we haven't played these songs in 10 years," Lifeson tells UCR. "We started that a couple of weeks ago. We get together one day a week over at his place. We just picked some Rush songs and we started playing them and we sound like a really, really bad Rush tribute band." Lifeson confesses he had to shake some rust off when he and Lee got started. "Trying to figure out the songs, I'm thinking, 'Why did we write that so difficult? Why is this so hard to play?'" he says. "After about three run-throughs of all of these songs, muscle memory kicks in and your hand just goes to where it goes. You sort of get out of the way and you play and you go, 'Thank God, I did make this simpler than it felt.'" ...

You can read the entire interview online here.

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Tue, May 7, 2024@10:02AM | comments
Alex Lifeson debuts the LERXST Limelight signature guitarClassicRockHistory.com posted a new interview with Rush's Alex Lifeson yesterday where he talks about his new line of signature gear at Lerxst Amps, his approach to playing, the legacy of Rush, and more ...
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Mon, May 6, 2024@10:09PM | comments
Alex Lifeson - photo by Richard Sibbald via AlexLifeson.comRolling Stone has posted a new interview with Alex Lifeson where Lerxst talks about a number of subjects including his health, "Envy of None", his new line of signature gear at Lerxst Amps, and more ...
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Mon, May 6, 2024@5:20PM | comments
May 2024 Guitar WorldA new interview with Rush's Alex Lifeson is featured in the May 2024 edition of Guitar World magazine where Lerxst talks about his current offering of signature gear at Lerxst Amps, "Grace Under Pressure", and the possibility of making new music with Geddy ...
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Fri, May 3, 2024@10:10AM | comments
Guitarist June 2024Friday Rush updates! Alex Lifeson talks Lerxst Amps and "Envy of None" in new Guitarist magazine interview, tix on sale for Geddy's one-off "My Effin' Life: In Conversation" spoken word show in Quebec City July 13, Ben Mink granted the "Order of Canada", and more ...
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Sat, Apr 27, 2024@4:43PM | comments
Guitarist June 2024A new interview with Rush's Alex Lifeson is featured in the June 2024 edition of Guitarist magazine where Lerxst talks about his current gear setup, why he's ditched wireless for cable, and his current offering of gear at Lerxst Amps ...
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Fri, Apr 26, 2024@10:13AM | comments
Geddy Lee - My Effin' Life, In Conversation spoken word book tourFriday Rush updates! Geddy Lee's "My Effin' Life: In Conversation" spoken word tour coming to Quebec City July 13th with tickets on sale NOW, FANTOONS to release updated version of "Where's Geddy, Alex and Neil?", Officially-licensed "Grace Under Pressure" 40th anniversary 3D artwork from Artovision, "Rush for Cover" tribute project released, and more ...
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Thu, Apr 25, 2024@2:47PM | comments
Geddy Lee - My Effin' Life, In Conversation spoken word book tourGeddy Lee will be bringing his "My Effin' Life: In Conversation" spoken word tour to Quebec City for a special one-off show at the Grand Théâtre de Québec as part of the Quebec City Summer Festival on July 13th, with tickets on sale TOMORROW ... https://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2024/04/25/6104/Geddy-Lee-to-bring-his-My-Effin-Life-In-Conversation-spoken-word-show-to-Quebec-City-July-13th
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Sat, Apr 20, 2024@3:57PM | comments
FANTOONS Where's Geddy, Alex and Neil updated versionFANTOONS has announced the release of an updated version of their 2017 book "Where's Geddy, Alex, and Neil?" with 2 new worlds, and the first 200 pre-orders will receive a "Flakes Under Pressure" decorative cereal box. ...
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Sat, Apr 20, 2024@8:41AM | comments
Artovision 3D - Rush Grace Under PressureIn celebration of the 40th anniversary of Rush's "Grace Under Pressure" album, Wisconsin-based company "Artovision" has just released three new, officially-licensed, 3-dimensional collectable artwork pieces depicting the albums' iconic artwork ...
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