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Geddy Lee talks about Canadian music industry at VIP Juno Luncheon

Wed, Mar 23, 2011@6:14PM | comments removed/disabled

UPDATE - 3/23@9:14PM: Here's a news story covering the Luncheon from CHCH News (thanks RushFanForever). Geddy doesn't appear in the video but Rush documentary filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn do and even say a few words.

The Ontario Media Development Corporation held their VIP Juno luncheon yesterday in the run-up to this weekend's Juno Awards. The luncheon celebrated Ontario Juno nominees and the companies supporting them, including record labels, music publishers, artist managers and agents. Geddy Lee was in attendance and spoke a little about the state of the Canadian rock music industry. From the National Post:

... Talking about the current state of Canadian rock, Lee said, �Metal didn�t ever rely on huge mainstream support. And so the fact that the mainstream music industry has been hit so hard hasn�t affected a lot of the more underground rock and metal scene as it has most of the other genres.� ...

The 2011 Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the US Grammy Awards) take place this coming Sunday, March 27th at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will be presenters at the ceremony and the Rush documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage is nominated for Music DVD of the Year. TIFF Bell Lightbox will be presenting a special Juno screening of the documentary this evening at 9:45PM with introductions by directors Sam Dunn & Scot McFayden. You can get your tickets at this link. Rush previously won a Juno award for Music DVD of the Year back in 2004 for Rush in Rio. The documentary had also been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Long Form Music Video category but ended up losing to The Doors documentary.