Alex Lifeson Exclusive: Rush Guitarist Looks Ahead With Envy Of None

[@jasonwilliams6005]

Rush = 3 of the greatest musicians, but friends first. And that is why they stood the test of time. Alex and Rush are so unique in every way. He will always be my favorite guitarist and Rush will always be my favorite band. They brought a lot of joy to my life for the last 40 years.

[@767driver4]

You are absolutely spot on. Neil Peart once said that if any one of them was less humored or different in any way it would not have worked, so in a way we have a miracle.

[@кошимперия]

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[@HiroNguy]

It's so refreshing to hear an interview that has no cliche answers, instead being 100% honest. Props to Alex and the interviewer both 👍👍👍👍👍

[@dannychase1787]

Rush is the blueprint for a band. Great musicians…great friends….upmost respect for each other…made they music they wanted. Went out on top! G.O.A.T!

[@rickmontgomery3037]

Definitely agree, and very well said...

[@rocky5152]

You neiled it! With that comment 😊 thank you.

[@jasonv8516]

RUSH = The greatest band of all time period.

[@767driver4]

Agree 100%

[@louskunt9798]

💯💯💯💯

[@dukeviking]

God Bless Alex. Thank you for all of the memories of seeing Rush seven times from 2004-2015. I cherish the Rush shows I went to with my late-father until 2008.

[@chrisgrcich7405]

Alex is such a gracious and humble human being through and through. No ego, just thankful for his fans and the friendships he made throughout the years. And of course a true professional.

[@irishplucker]

I am 56 and Alex is my all time guitar hero...he has inspired me to play for 40 plus years....I am so pleased to see his enthusiasm back....glad to see his Gibson replica white 355 still hanging on the wall.....that guitar IS Alex to me......bless this man.

[@andyharman3022]

Great interview. The last answer got my eyes to leaking. Alex's last comment: "We were professionals to the very end." Best way to go out strong. Gives anybody who takes pride in their work something to live up to.

[@roelkuiper9919]

Wonderful interview! It’s so great to hear his newfound enthusiasm for his craft. He and Geddy have been through so much lately (and of course Neil himself), but I’m glad to see he’s reinvigorated and starting new chapters of his already well-lived life. What I love most about all of the Rush guys is that there seems to be no pretense or airs; they’re just truly nice people.

[@chrismonroe4855]

One of my all time favorite humans, for many reasons.

[@kendallpeters6451]

They would be fun to have dinner with. You know the conversation will be interesting.

[@кошимперия]

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[@billbradleymusic]

Yes

[@jamiet4573]

Really touching at the end when he mentions taking it all in on the last show in LA - talking about the fans 'i don't know their names, but i know their faces, and they've grown up with us' - wow. That's an amazing bond to have.

[@fa18superhornetpilotcessna75]

So Humbling to hear Alex talk .. a Legend !!!

[@6StringMasterBuilder]

God love you, Alex, Geddy, and Neil. You guys have been the soundtrack of my life. Looking forward to whatever is to come.

[@gl4586]

"You guys have been the soundtrack of my life." Amen brother

[@colinc6031]

Amen brother!!!!!

[@buttersstoch4694]

Love Alex Lifeson since 1974 waited 3 more years for Rush to tour Denver! Such a great Guitarist! Thank you Alex! Thank you.

[@dylanturner3216]

Good to see big Al smiling.

[@joelbonnecarrere7341]

Alex, my name is Joel, I do you happen to have Lockhoma. You were a great inspiration for me playing the tour for the first 15 or so years of playing music. I can he was my final inspiration for playing bass. I have been playing bass for for four years professionally. Rush was always on point. Thank you for your music you’re awesome

[@jeddak]

15:00 if you ever needed proof of Alex's earnest authenticity and integrity. What a beautiful confession. And I know that this is representative of his former bandmates as well. Rush has left its fans an amazing legacy of music and memories.

[@cecillegravelle2590]

choked me up😢

[@DeanWThomas]

This is a really great interview. I came to tears during the part about Neil. I'm really glad to see Alex is doing what he loves and is happy. I'm loving Envy Of None! Looking forward to more.

[@mjb0183]

Canada can be very proud of Rush. An incredibly talented band as a group and individually as musicians. They are Rock giants and I’m glad I had the chance to see them on their Power Windows tour when they came to Chicago way back in 1986.

[@rhugh02]

Rush has been a big part of our musical lives for so many years... Nothing can be said but thank you!

[@SudsRegal]

Being a bass player myself since the late 80’s, my first impressions of Rush above anything was Geddy’s killer tone and bass lines but ultimately it was the songs and the trio as a whole that quickly blew my mind. Fast forward 25 years after I was first introduced to the band in 1990 as a teenager, my son who has autism and was extremely sensory as a youngster, connected so deeply with Rush’s music. Because Iof my son’s love of Rush, I had a resurgence of interest in their huge back catalogue and it was during this time I had an epiphany around Alex Lifeson’s genius as a guitarist that I missed when I first got into the band. His versatility as a musician throughout Rush’s ever-changing approach to songwriting is what stands out to me the most decades latter. He reinvented his style and influence in the band time and again and out of the three members was easily the most versatile in his approach to the changing direction the band took from the 1970’s to the 80’s. He literally was a different player between those two first decades. His influence on the guitarists who followed in his footsteps can’t be measured. The love how he puts his friendship with Geddy above the music!

[@MrYatesj1]

I love this guy. Such a down to earth man who has created so much and yet continues to evolve. No matter what, much love and respect to Mr Alex Lifeson.

[@davecole2561]

Amen to all that, Jess. What a player and what a top bloke! An inspiration, as are Geddy and Neil of course.

[@robertnoah6336]

I skipped out first time I saw Envy of None, I even got a response from the young lady lead singer. She told me that not all are fans of this music because they associate Alex with Rush so she understood my hesitancy to listen to the album and added that maybe in time I would at least listen once. Well now, as time has passed, I will have a listen. I do miss them(RUSH)so much but with every passing day it does become easier. TY Alex for your continuous support of artists and I do look forward to your new world projects.

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

My favorite guitarist of my favorite band since they first hit the US! So incredibly talented. So incredibly humble. He's one of a kind!

[@brucegibson9639]

Yeah I hear ya Im 58 and been a rush fan for46 years of my life. I'm totally blessed for having the opportunity to seeing them live 25 times including the last show they performed, which was awesome. Alex is a very unique guitarist. And I think is the most underrated guitarist ever. In actuality he's one of the best ever right up there with page and Clapton and all of them he's a living legend.just like everyone else in rush...RIP Neil AKA the professor. The band is the best band of the 20th century.

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

I saw Alex Lifeson recently auctioned off most of his guitar collection for charity. It must have been very hard for him to let go of those sentimental guitars but it just goes to show what a world-class person he is.

[@aliensporebomb]

He's got 63 guitars he's auctioning then 30 at various places like his warehouse and studio, but behind him I count at least 16. I don't think he's in any need of more but if what he says at 6:15 is correct selling a house would let him buy anything he might need gear wise going forward. I'm sure he will have no trouble at all. Not to mention royalty residuals from Rush reissue releases.

[@chrisfowler7405]

The auction is actually on May 20. I hope my pockets are deep enough to get one of his Les Pauls. I will definitely be bidding.

[@joeybusnardo5866]

@@chrisfowler7405 They'll be going for most probably 50k+. I wish I had anything close to spend on a guitar

[@joedecker3900]

Loved it!

[@iancunningham5576]

This is great news! Thrilled to hear this new project. And thrilled for Alex to still have the inspiration and love of musical invention. Thanks Alex.

[@Mixednuts2]

What a great interview. I love Alex and Geddy. Never retire.

[@joelspraitz4319]

I have seen the documentaries, listening to Alex discribes How he started with Geddy and John made me smile. You can just see how much fun they all have on stage together. What a great video. Thanks!!!

[@artpekarekiii4320]

Thank you Alex, for an amazing life of music you have given.

[@mrc1500]

I'm glad he's still being creative and doing the stuff he loves doing. So far, I like what I've heard from this collaboration. Really wishing them huge success. Great interview!

[@lefty5757]

Great interview! I saw Rush 47 years ago on the Fly By Night Tour, what a great career.👍🎸🥁🎤🎼

[@martymathews8163]

Legend and Loved, much admiration and appreciation for Genius.

[@AK-ru3sg]

Legend. The greatest. And kudos to the interviewer - clearly in awe and hiding some nerves there but great job.

[@kevinmckeown7972]

What a great interview. Thanks for posting.

[@stevecowder4774]

Alex is just as much of a class act as he is a great guitar player. Kudos to him for putting out new material.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

God bless you, Alex!!

[@RonFeinbergmusic]

For years we almost only got to see Alex’s silly side. But in recent years there has been more focus on him individually, and we’ve gotten to see what a cool, insightful, and humble guy he is. I know that humor is still in there…but Alex has really come into his own as one of the greatest of all time.

[@wedgeman71]

Absolutly true !!

[@codacreator6162]

Great interview! It’s nice to see Alex making music and the relationship he still shares with Geddy. I’ve never been a huge Rush fan, but I’ve always marveled at the level of musicianship and creativity this trio brought to the world. It’s a richer place for Rush having been in it. R.I.P. Neil.

[@batphink2655]

Al is so humble and very down to Earth with no Rockstar trip at all,which just endears him more to his fans for such a fasntasitc guitar player from one of the World's greatest bands ever!

[@robcontractors6085]

Wow alex the road you came down a great artist lives forever how many young kids playing rush songs and now your a teacher for the young

[@douglasstephens6693]

Alex Lifeson, one of the greatest guitarists and human beings. We love you and Ged. Cheers!

[@johncanaday2262]

Alex is such an Inspiration. I grew up with his influence. So happy to have been able to enjoy their great music for so many years.

[@dominicdoyle2895]

That was amazing. Good interviewer there. Thank you

[@3D6Space]

I would love to hear you play Hemispheres on that Banjo.

[@davecole2561]

Quite possibly the comment of this thread. Love it!! The banjo is a much maligned instrument, usually unfairly so!

[@peterschaefer1665]

Awesome...he still has the red Strat!!

[@soumentalukder4750]

Most underrated Rock guitarist of all time

[@semloclusa1630]

Alex’s passion for his music is infectious. I wish other semi retired classic rock guitarist would take inspiration from him and make new music.

[@billbradleymusic]

As one who doesn't really look to folks as idols, after Neil's passing, I realized that he was a great inspiration to me. Possibly even idol status due to his deeper thoughts and leadership towards further learning.

[@gr8tnowwhat]

All those years, all the touring, all the songs and Lifeson is still knee deep in projects and excited to do more and create things in a new direction...the definition of a true musician!

[@cabbol5012]

Love the excitement in Alex's face.

[@PatriciaLopez-nr5nf]

I do recall a recent documentary where Alex and Geddy mentioned taking it all in at their last show. Geddy wanting to stay in his mode and not wanting to get emotional. Alex noticing everything one last time from the fans to the lights. Neil always a professional to the end but wanted to do something he’d never done and take pictures plus to go in front of the drums and take a bow with his brothers. Such a special band for me and saw them in Corpus Christi Tx at 16 and lastly in Houston at age of 55. What a journey it was for me and my favorite band of all time.

[@edwardglasheen8179]

Nice look... looking forward to hearing the new music...

[@markr.devereux3385]

RUSH especially the 70s era was mind blowing excellence.

[@ProckGnosis]

Great interview and thanks for sharing. I appreciate that Alex is staying active musically, and still letting himself get excited by it!

[@markfcoble]

Talent plus hard work. Wow!

[@keithavarney170]

Absolutely LOVING the Envy of None stuff.🤘

[@keillerb.musicandreviews3682]

Great interview, I can't speak for anyone else of course but This music was put together well, As Alex mentioned this has taken some time to put this all together and it shows. At the close of the last show for my area being Chicago it was emotional as Alex started to get. In my mind I was thinking was that are we never going to see these guys again. Now 7 years after that show it still seems like yesterday.

[@glennroberts1852]

What a beautiful and eloquent person he is.

[@terranborn56]

Thanks for this. Listened to the new album, excellent!!!

[@astrobear8790]

amazing interview. always love listening to alex. such a genuine and sincere person.

[@markhedges1194]

Superb interview, and a great insight into Alex's music on his current project, and a few of his great memories of Rush!

[@michaelloder5150]

Alex guitar playing is Genius!! You can’t explain it! Writing music - La Villa Stragiatto, the Camera Eye, and many Many others, to me the Best Guitarist on Earth!!

[@lukescullin2948]

You seem to have a great enviable sensibilities to sonic textures and I'm finding more and more everyday between her vocal and Als sonic sensibilities....just appreciating the new stuff immensely....thanks so much and congratulations on a very satisfying project as a listener and sounds like it was satisfying hopefully atleast to yourself Alex and the 3 other brilliant collaborators ...ps...loving the rich depth and cinematic like quality in the lyrics aural field exemplified with the 6 strings textures.

[@DarkDoz]

I purchased the Envy Of None CD and it good music and I can hear Alex riff

[@couchwarrior2449]

Good to see Alex getting back out there and playing music. Never playing again because of grief over his friend and drummer...Neal would not have wanted that!!

[@simeonflake]

I know the term GOAT gets thrown around too much these days, but Alex is definitely one of the greats of his field, along with the likes of Jimmy Page, Clapton, Joe Walsh--whoever you might want to name. And maybe--in some odd way--he's still underrated, given the incredible 2 talents he played with for 41 years....

[@duaneraymond4252]

In time, people will mention his name as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time but I've said that for decades...

[@jaym3064]

Well put. He’s like the Gene Hackman of guitar. Perfectly comfortable within the space of his accomplishments, massive talent and being an average Joe. I’ve never been a fan of top 10 type lists in music only because I don’t think one artist could play quite another’s music with quite the same touch or impact.

[@DS-od1kb]

Alex Lifeson is never mentioned in list of guitar greats but I can't think of any other player who would fit in with Rush.

[@ponzo1967]

If it were entirely up to Alex Rush would have stayed guitar heavy throughout the 80's.

[@duaneraymond4252]

@@ponzo1967 yeah, Geddy always pushed for more synths but I hear, from Geddy, that Alex finally put his foot down.

[@theorangegoodness]

Love this!

[@briankohler4079]

I lived in the time of Rush

[@briangoellner6258]

Hes the sole reason for me wanting to play the guitar!!

[@n0tk0sher]

Me too. '79, me 7 years old. My dad and bro played around with the guitar, but could not fathom me liking Rush. But it had nothing to do with the music, just Ged's voice.

[@Tremuoso]

Love Alex Lifeson.

[@findJLF]

Great interview - wonderful to hear he still has the fire.

[@colinc6031]

Never mind his genius on guitar, he is such an honest and pure person. Wish I could hang with him and put some goodness in my life! BTW, Rush taught me how to play Guitar,Bass, and Drums....

[@TheChef470]

Great to hear Alex being inspired : )

[@emaheiwa8174]

the album sounds amazing!!

[@aliza9608]

I love how he remembers his childhood so vividly.

[@infinitysconcinnity2418]

I can't wait to hear this album!

[@smoovegittar]

One of my biggest influences since '76. Total class, sincerity, heart.... there's a reason the band lasted as long as it did. Integrity. Did I mention the Music?

[@David-ng7cr]

First Rush album was caress of steel. First Rush concert was 2112. Fantastic band

[@dpt49drums]

He is so modest when he describes Rush as "a well established band."

[@megadouche7030]

Fantastic.

[@MrDoneboy]

Absolute music legend!

[@ShawnMcClureModeler]

That was awesome!

[@charlesmoore456]

The way I heard it was that Alex found his first guitar behind a waterfall in a cave near his home.

[@Boleskinebeatz]

The Envy of None album is outstanding, I would always have checked out anything that Alex did next but I fell n love with this record immediately. Reminds me of Ultraviolet era All About Eve meets Garbage, two of my favourite bands so I'm in big time.

[@benbryson6598]

“I’ve never crossed what I call the back-line meridian,” the drummer said in the Rush tour documentary Time Stand Still. “I stay behind my drums and cymbals for 40 years and never go out front, never. It’s not my territory. Eventually, I talked myself into it. It was totally the right thing to do.”

[@thomasspravka1370]

Rush, then and now, a class act!

[@bubbacat5150]

YES, YES, YES, YES - more EON, please!!!!!!!!!

[@josephdilger5010]

The Envy Of None album is so good

[@Bds737]

Don’t think we’re missing the white 355 and the red Strat back there. 😍

[@James-3000]

To the last point Mr Lifeson made: pretty safe to say that no matter how people feel about the music, Rush will go down as one of the most professional rock bands ever. They all had the discipline of classical musicians, never let their egos get involved and were just kind, grateful dudes. When other rock stars were trashing hotel rooms and playing with groupies, Rush was back at the hotel room reading, joking around over cards and talking on the phone with their wives lol

[@trblemkr1d106]

When I sit and think...there are handful of people who are the soundtrack to my life . I have well over 1500 albums . But that handful of people are with me all the time . RUSH is with me all the time . PK

[@Jamie7-w]

I LOVE envy of none!!!

[@justinherbert9146]

Tried listening to this album - the singer makes it sound like new age ethereal muzak - she makes all the songs sound the same by the way she sings everything the same - love and admire Alex, happy he is keeping busy and being musical though

[@richardarus7243]

"Can you just casually throw some guitars on" To Alex LIfeson!?!?!?! That made me laugh, and Alex is so humble he's like sure no problem

[@josephalvaro5244]

Love this guy,just so humble.....In passing Alex mention Marco Minnemann.He is the drummer for a great band called The Aristocrats.If he and Geddy ever decided to put RUSH back together he'd be at the top of the list to fill the big shoes of Neil Peart.Hopefully time will help heal their grest loss.

[@rocky5152]

No neil no rush ever. As it should be. Ive seen them 27 times over the years starting with moving pictures. Rush is no more. The memories the music will live on forever though.

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

the first time in 41 years... They were shocked. Great Career.

[@Cash2112]

Alex is the most talented and accomplished guitarist in Rock history.

[@pcdubya]

"The legacy you leave is based on the last thing you do" prophetic up to the last moment

[@comajoebuck999]

It would be interesting to see Alex and Steven Page do a project.