Rush have reflected on their 2015 farewell tour, acknowledging that they “let our British and European fans down” by not performing shows abroad. In a new interview with Classic Rock, bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson discussed the band’s conclusive world tour, which coincided with drummer Neil Peart‘s failing …
Read More »Neil Peart's Final Book 'Silver Surfers' Set for Publication
Four years after the death of Neil Peart, the Rush drummer’s final book is set for publication. Silver Surfers, subtitled Sports Cars of the Sixties, documents Peart’s auto obsession. “For Neil Peart, cars were a lifelong passion, and in his final literary creation, he writes about his beloved Silver Surfers …
Read More »'Coke Was Everywhere': Getting High During Neil Peart's Drum Solos, and More Geddy Lee Revelations
Nearly 50 years after the release of his band’s first album, we’re still getting to know Geddy Lee. For much of its career, Rush managed to be an arena-level band without over-selling its three members as personalities — but as some fans learned for the first time via the great …
Read More »Geddy Lee Wants to Tour with Alex Lifeson: 'I Keep Working on Him'
Rush frontman and bassist Geddy Lee, author of the excellent new autobiography My Effin’ Life, talks about many things in his new Rolling Stone Music Now interview, from his childhood as the son of two Holocaust survivors to his earliest musical influences (including the Hollies, Motown hits, Cream and Rhinoceros) …
Read More »'He was 50 Years Old Going on Eight': Stewart Copeland on Taylor Hawkins' Childlike Joy
As a young drummer, Taylor Hawkins worshipped the Police. “My brother handed me a copy of Zenyatta Mondatta,” Hawkins told the BBC in 2019. “This was 1982. He goes, ‘If you want to be good, you have to play it like this guy.’ My two first major inspirations — probably …
Read More »Stewart Copeland on Life in Quarantine, Mourning Neil Peart
Right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stewart Copeland reunited with Oysterhead, his jam band with Primus bassist Les Claypool and Phish’s Trey Anastasio, for a pair of shows in Broomfield, Colorado. The February concerts marked the group’s first time together in 14 years, and they had more shows mapped out, …
Read More »Rush's '2112' Climbs RS 200 After Neil Peart's Death
In the wake of Neil Peart‘s death, interest in Rush — the band that featured his virtuosic drumming and thought-provoking lyrics for more than 40 years — has surged, propelling their 1976 prog-rock masterpiece 2112 onto the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. From January 10th through January 16th, the …
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