Rush fans this Thursday : guitarist Alex Lifeson revealed that he and Geddy Lee are planning to reunite and work together again.
In an interview with Make Weird Music , the musician said, “After we finished the last [Rush] tour in 2015, I started writing on my own and doing some things. Geddy was working on his book. We talked about getting together and doing some things together, but it got very, very tight for him, even after he finished writing the book and taking it on the road. So, we never had a chance to sit down and start working or just have fun together.”
“We still talk about it and I’m sure we will. Of course, now with the pandemic, things have kind of gotten a little messed up,” he continues. “But we’re both eager to get back together and kind of get back to what we’ve been doing since we were 14 and what we love doing. And we work very, very well together. So we’ll see what happens with that.”
Neil Peart 's tragic death affected him, “After Neil passed away, it was very difficult to get inspired or motivated to play. As you can imagine, we were very, very close. You lose anyone close to you, it's a profound thing. And I think Geddy and I hoped to be better with it. Neil was ill for three and a half years, and nobody really knew about it. Well, a lot of people knew about it, but it wasn't public information. So we thought we would be prepared for the end when it came, and we weren't. We both really suffered from it.”
The musician recalls that his behavior was similar when Peart's daughter died years earlier, and also states that the world with COVID-19 also contributed to the artist's mental space being completely different.
“For me, that first year of mourning is the turning point, and after you get through it, I think you… I don’t know. It’s an anniversary that you process and it becomes a little easier to deal with,” he says. “With Neil, I’m always looking at pictures, and I’m always remembering him, and all those things, and that was difficult, but now that it’s been a year, I think I think about the good times we had together more than the sadness. And we had a lot of fun, we laughed a lot throughout all these years. Besides the work we did and being partners with one of the greatest drummers in history, and also one of the greatest bass players, I just remember the laughter and the smiles and all those things. So, that completes the picture and makes it a little easier to move on.”
Check out the interview with Alex Lifeson below:
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