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“Using sci-fi stuff worked for us – there are no boundaries and you can use all your goofy sounds. There are Marshall stacks and Serbian guitarists using echo machines in space!” The poems, movies and sheep that inspired Rush’s A Farewell To Kings

The Canadian trio’s fifth album set them on a new course that embraced synths, double-necked guitars and exploring the concept of loss. It was an experience they’d never be able to replicate, even though they tried

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“The high priests of conceptual rock!”: Every Rush studio album ranked – from worst to best

Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire called them “the world’s biggest cult band”

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“I once played with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. You can imagine how I was feeling… I got through YYZ. They told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog stars Rush, Genesis, Yes and more

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock

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“There was so much negative feeling from the record company, and our management was worried, we came back full force. There was a lot of passion and anger on that record”: Alex Lifeson on the story behind Rush's longest song

The band’s 1976 record 2112 – which followed the critically panned Caress of Steel – ended up become one of Rush’s most famed albums

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“Paul Reed Smith sent me two amazing guitars because I lost all but one of my PRSs. That’s been one of the upsides”: Larry LaLonde lost his home in the LA wildfires, but Primus' new drummer, and two new PRSs, are keeping him focused

As a player who always wanted to be weird, LaLonde is in the right band. Recent adventures include saving the guitar Alex Lifeson gave him from a wildfire, dealing with 7,000 drummer applications, and raiding a Guitar Center when Primus' gear got stuck in snow

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“Was air-drumming even a thing before Tom Sawyer?”: Neil Peart’s greatest moments with Rush

It wasn’t easy, but we’ve boiled the professor of prog’s most powerful percussive performances down to 10 key tracks

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“The first thing that I grabbed when I was like, ‘We’ve got to get the hell out of here’ was the double-neck that Alex Lifeson gave me”: Primus’ Larry LaLonde opens up on losing his house and nearly all his gear in the devastating California wildfires

LaLonde estimates that he lost about 58 guitars in the wildfire, including the “Sailing on the Seas of Cheese” Strat he had since high school

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Watch Alex Lifeson play Rush cover with Tom Morello and 15-year-old drumming prodigy

The startling career of Japanese YouTube sensation Yoyoka Sama continues

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Alex Lifeson joins Tom Morello onstage to jam a Rush classic – during surprise guest spot in the band’s home city

Morello’s solo tour hit the home of Rush and an unexpected guest guitarist sent the crowd into hysteria

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“I try not to be Alex Lifeson from Rush… my days of shredding and playing like a crazy maniac are over. There are a million people on Instagram that do that now”: Alex Lifeson on throwing sonic curveballs with Envy of None – and why he’s all in on plugins

As Alex Lifeson launches the second album from his latest prog project, Envy of None, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape

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“We were getting more popular. It was a different level of fame. Alex and I seemed to be able to block those things out. But Neil couldn’t. He was struggling”: Why a classic Rush album spelt trouble for legendary drummer Neil Peart

“I didn’t want to be famous," Peart said. "I wanted to be good!"

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“I have the first guitar I ever owned – my parents bought it for me in 1967 for $57. It’s a cheap Japanese guitar that I had refinished”: Alex Lifeson on Envy of None’s evolution, moving on post-Rush, and jams and coffee with Geddy Lee

Stygian Wavz, the new album from Envy of None, finds Lifeson showcasing his prodigious chops again. Here he talks about the gear behind it, where he is as a player, and that huge Rush box set

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“I’ve never been very confident as a player. I’ve always felt like I had to work hard”: Alex Lifeson is one of the greatest guitarists of his time – but he says he’s often lacked faith in his skills

The Canadian virtuoso went through a period of guitar dormancy when Rush ended –now he says he feels reborn as a player

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Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner – and is promising a bright future for the German amp giant championed by Alex Lifeson and Tommy Thayer

The mega retailer has added the innovative amp company to its evolving roster of brands – but what's next for the beloved firm?

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“Epiphone has a few things they want to release...”: Alex Lifeson's iconic ‘Whitey’ Gibson ES-355 featured on almost every Rush album – and an affordable signature version could be in the works

Alex Lifeson's iconic “Whitey” ES-355 featured on almost every Rush album – and an affordable signature version could be in the works

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“I’m super-proud of everything Rush accomplished, but it’s what I did. I’ve moved on. I’m excited to be one of the folks in Envy Of None”: Alex Lifeson loves working alone in his home studio – and he’s even brought the guitar solos back

The dark prog-pop band’s second album Stygian Wavs is confirmation they’re a band in their own right, even if they quickly abandoned attempts to work together in the same room

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“He’d start, ‘You’ll never guess what I dreamed last night…’ and the groaning would begin”: How Rush marshalled Alex Lifeson’s dreams to write a bona-fide prog-rock classic

A tour-de-force of instrumental prog, La Villa Strangiato is the sound of Rush at the height of their powers, and this is how the Hemispheres epic came together

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“Fans were tetchy about the future. When they heard these twisting rhythms and proggy sounds, all fears were allayed”: 11 great Rush songs from the 90s and beyond

The cream of the Canadian trio Rush's later years

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"I want to expand my horizons": Rather than gaze backwards with Rush, Alex Lifeson is looking towards a bright future with Envy Of None

Second time’s a charm for Rush’s Alex Lifeson as he returns with a new album alongside his collaborators in Envy Of None

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“Rush fans know Alex Lifeson has moved away from soloing. You probably wouldn’t know it’s him unless you were told”: What happened when Tiles’ Chris Herin gathered Peter Frampton, Martin Barre and others for his first solo album

An Alex Lifeson track worthy of an alternative mix, a digital reunion of former Jethro Tull members and a delightful solo from Peter Frampton colour Chris Herin’s solo album Hiding In Plain Sight

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“We opened for the New York Dolls in 1974. The crowd was excited to see them. Not so much us”: An epic interview with Rush‘s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee about the rollercoaster career of ‘rock’s biggest cult band’

In 2015, Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee looked back over the prog icons’ rollercoaster career

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“I was reluctant, even in Rush, towards the end – I was not playing nearly as many solos. I just wanted to get away from that”: Alex Lifeson on his complicated relationship with guitar solos – and why he cut down on leads in Rush's later years

Lifeson explains why solos aren't a priority for him anymore

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“It’s a whole new generation in sound. There’s nothing lacking”: Alex Lifeson reveals the gear that has finally converted him to digital modeling

The Rush guitarist used digital sounds on his new album with Envy of None

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“Honestly, he's my best friend. Why wouldn't I wanna hang around with him?”: Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee still meet up and jam “once a week”

But guitarist was “disappointed” with the way Rush ended

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“It’s not about that guy from Rush any more,” says Alex Lifeson. But with four and a half solos, it’s great to have him using those colours again on Envy Of None’s Stygian Wavz

Envy of None’s second album Stygian Wavz proves Alex Lifeson was right to work with other artists - might it make Geddy Lee consider doing the same?

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