In a brand new interview with Pete Pardo of Sea Of Tranquility, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson revealed that he lately met up with a few the members of METALLICA. He stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): ”The fellows from METALLICA had been in [Toronto] final week. And I acquired along with Kirk [Hammett, METALLICA guitarist] and Rob [Robert Trujillo, METALLICA bassist]. We went out for dinner after which we acquired collectively and jammed afterwards — truly, proper right here [at my house]. They came to visit after dinner and we performed for just a few hours, and it was nice.
“Usually previously, if you happen to jam with a a bunch of individuals, we would play a 12-bar bluesy factor; everyone can play that: ‘Let’s try this.’ However whenever you play with nice musicians like these guys are, locations you go is, it is simply unbelievable,” Alex defined. “It is so exceptional. And God, I liked each second that we did that. The three of us simply had been oozing with enthusiasm, that complete factor. And that is fairly cool.”
Lower than two years in the past, Trujillo spoke to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station about his participation in Geddy Lee‘s four-part TV documentary sequence “Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Gamers Human Too?” The Paramount+ sequence featured the RUSH legend digging into the lives of Trujillo, former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic, PRIMUS bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, and former HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur. Robert stated that it was surreal for him to be spending time along with his musical idol whose taking part in had influenced him from his teenage years. “I performed in yard celebration bands at age 16 and we performed [RUSH‘s] ‘La Villa Strangiato’, we performed ‘YYZ’, we performed all these basic songs,” Robert stated. “The more durable, the higher again then. And we in all probability butchered them, however we might play these yard events and play RUSH songs in the identical approach that we additionally performed Ozzy [Osbourne] songs and we performed BLACK SABBATH songs and VAN HALEN and all these totally different bands. So you’ll be able to think about hanging out with certainly one of your heroes and simply making an attempt to remain grounded. On the finish of the day, everyone’s a human being and also you all the time wanna deal with folks with respect and, once more, keep grounded. However on the identical time, you are going, ‘Rattling, that is Geddy Lee.'”
Trujillo and Hammett performed a rendition of RUSH‘s “La Villa Strangiato” throughout METALLICA‘s April 26 live performance at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lifeson made his mark on the music trade over 50 years in the past, redefining the boundaries of progressive rock guitar. His signature riffing, copious use of results processing and unorthodox chord constructions befitted him the title by his RUSH bandmates as “The Musical Scientist.” Whereas the majority of Lifeson‘s work in music has been with RUSH, he has contributed to a physique of labor outdoors of the band as a guitarist, producer and with the discharge of his 1996 solo album “Victor”. Lifeson ranks third general within the Guitar World readers’ ballot of “100 Best Guitarists” and can also be included in Rolling Stone‘s “100 Best Guitarists Of All Time.”
ENVY OF NONE, the band that includes Lifeson, Andy Curran (CONEY HATCH),Alfio Annibalini and singer Maiah Wynne, launched its second album, “Stygian Wavz”, on March 14 by way of Kscope.
