Whereas chatting with “Out Of The Field” host Jonathan Clarke on Q104.3, Alex Lifeson revealed that instantly following the dying of Rush’s longtime drummer Neil Peart in January 2020, he and bandmate Geddy Lee have been flooded with emails from drummers who needed to audition to exchange Peart.
The revelation got here after Lifeson was requested by Clarke about whether or not he and Lee have ever had a “informal dialog” about discovering a brand new drummer.
“Oh, effectively, yeah, after all, as a result of we’re bombarded by it on a regular basis,” Lifeson replied. “After Neil handed, it didn’t take quite a lot of minutes earlier than we began getting emails from all types of drummers who needed to audition for the band, considering that we have been simply gonna substitute anyone that we performed with for 40 years who wrote all of the lyrics for our music. I don’t know what a few of these folks have been considering.”
“So, yeah, we’ve had the dialog, as a result of we are able to’t keep away from it,” he admitted. “However actually, Ged is my greatest pal. I speak to him — I have to speak to him each day. We get collectively for dinner, we play tennis, we’re doing all this charity work collectively. He’s my greatest bud, so, yeah, I’m going over there. He performs bass, I play guitar — yeah, we’ll play somewhat bit. I’m going over there ostensibly to play with him and we find yourself simply sitting and consuming espresso and laughing the entire day.
“So it’s not simply Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush. I’ve a deep loving relationship with this man, and it’s not all about creating one thing that we did from the previous. You by no means know what life brings you. Proper now I’m tremendous completely happy doing what I’m doing. I’m engaged with a number of musical stuff. I really like being a musician. I really like enjoying guitar. I really like enjoying guitar a lot. It’s not only a automobile for making a dwelling. It’s me. It’s on the core of my essence. So it doesn’t must be about Rush or Envy of None. I imply, I do what I do.”
Regardless of many followers hoping for a Rush reunion, in a number of current interviews Lifeson and Lee have each insisted they don’t have any plans to ever reunite the band, saying that it doesn’t really feel proper with out Peart.
