Geddy Lee defined how the dying of Taylor Hawkins affected the possibility of a reunion with former Rush colleague Alex Lifeson.
The Canadian band – which ended with the 2020 passing of Neil Peart – had a powerful reference to the Foo Fighters drummer, who helped induct them into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2013. In a brand new episode of Home of Strombo (accessible beneath), bassist Lee referred to Hawkins’ dying when requested about working with guitarist Lifeson once more.
“It’s weighing time,” Lee mentioned. “If I’ve realized something from the horrible issues which have occurred in the previous few years, it’s the worth of time, and to be sure to’re spending your time the best way you need to spend it. And that’s a much bigger query than whether or not Al and I’ll make a document, or Al and I’ll play collectively, or no matter. It’s received to be about our time and our lives as a result of it’s valuable. And, man, it goes.”
He continued: “Have a look at what simply occurred with Taylor. Heartbreaking, simply heartbreaking. That basically broke my coronary heart, his passing… He was so stuffed with admiration and rock ’n’ roll pleasure juice, and it simply appears fallacious that he left us. So once more, time.”
Neither Lee nor Lifeson have made a dedication to reuniting, though it hasn’t been dominated out. Requested within the new interview: “Once you two lastly play collectively, will you document it?” Lee replied light-heartedly: “I don’t know. We’ll see.”
Rush simply launched a fortieth anniversary version of traditional album Transferring Photos.
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