Geddy Lee Gives Rush Fans Hope with Recent Comments
Geddy Lee is giving Rush fans a lot of hope he and Alex Lifeson will do something together again.
The bassist is currently promoting his memoir, My Effin’ Life, which comes out tomorrow (Nov. 14). As a result, he’s been doing a lot of press, and he’s made some interesting comments about the future of Rush.
First, Lee touched on performing with Lifeson again under the Rush name. He shared with The Washington Post how Paul McCartney told the surviving Rush members to hit the road again at an after-party for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert.
Lee said of performing as Rush following the death of drummer Neil Peart, “It had been a taboo subject, and playing those songs again with a third person was the elephant in the room, and that kind of disappeared.”
He added, “It was nice to know that if we decide to go out, Alex and I, whether we went out as part of a new thing, or whether we just wanted to go out and play Rush as Rush, we could do that now.”
Lee then shared in an interview with Long Island Weekly about possibly making new music with Lifeson. He touched on finding some leftover songs from his 2000 solo album, My Favourite Headache, how much fun he has in the recording studio and that he has some ideas he wants to “flesh out on my own.”
“So, of course, my lifelong buddy and bandmate Alex and I would like to get back into the studio together and see what might happen,” said Lee. ” … Once I finish all this crazy crap that I agreed to do — the book tour and the TV show and find some space for myself — I’d certainly like to start playing something.”
