The April 2009 issue of Premier Guitar Magazine contains a 6-page interview with Alex Lifeson. The interview focuses mostly on Alex's gear including the various guitars he's used over the years and how Lerxst goes about choosing which guitar to use on a particular song or out on tour. He also touches on Rush's plans for the upcoming year and a possible future solo project:
... Well this tour, it really, well… it killed us! We did 120 shows on this tour. The show is over three hours, and we’re no spring chickens, that’s for sure. So we decided we would take a year off and get it out of our systems. Whether Geddy and I get together sometime in the spring and do a little bit of casual writing, that’s fine. And we probably will—we get a little antsy. But I don’t think we’ll get into anything until the fall, and whether that’s going to be a new record or another tour or what exactly, I’m really not sure. I’m assuming at this point we would be working on another album. ....
.... You know, I just did a big renovation in my studio, and Rich Chycki, who engineered the last couple of records and DVDs, has moved in with me so we’re planning on doing a lot of things. I’d like to do a little bit more producing, working with some other artists, and I’ve thought about doing another solo project… that’s definitely along there somewhere on the stovetop. We’ll see.
You can read the entire interview online at this link. Thanks to interviewer Max Mobley for the heads up.
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