This 12 months marks 5 years since Rush drummer Neil Peart handed away. Whereas his demise completely marks the top of the band in each Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee’s eyes – with them each not too long ago confirming they’ll by no means tour as Rush once more – the 2 nonetheless recurrently get collectively to jam.
In a brand new interview with Tom Energy on Canada’s CBC Radio One, Lifeson mentioned that he and Lee hang around and play music collectively not less than “as soon as every week.”
“Geddy’s my finest pal. We achieve this a lot stuff collectively. We play tennis collectively. Typically we drink somewhat an excessive amount of wine collectively. He undoubtedly drinks an excessive amount of espresso generally. So I’ll go over to his place, and we’ll simply hold round. Invariably we’ll go downstairs into his studio and we’ll play and for enjoyable we play some Rush songs — simply the 2 of us, simply jamming, actually,” he mentioned.
“The truth is, simply taking part in. And it’s a lot enjoyable for the 2 of us to play. We’ve been writing music collectively for 50 years. And truthfully, he’s my finest pal. Why wouldn’t I wanna hold round with him? In order that’s our relationship. And the rumors fly and all of that stuff — of something, a brand new album and no matter. However we simply actually, actually take pleasure in one another’s firm. I speak to him virtually each day and have perpetually,” he added.
Lifeson went on to confess, nevertheless, that after his longtime pal and bandmate Neil Peart handed away, there was a time frame the place he didn’t wish to play any music.
“When Neil misplaced his daughter in ’97, I didn’t play guitar for a 12 months,” Lifeson recalled. “I used to be simply so drained of any need, I suppose, to benefit from the magnificence and love of music. And the identical factor occurred when [Neil] handed away. I didn’t actually wanna play, and it wasn’t the identical.
“I’ve this factor — I grieve for a 12 months, and I attempt to transcend that after which reset myself. And that’s what I did with [my new project] “Envy of None” after [Neil] handed.”
