Rush singer and bassist Geddy Lee revealed that he and guitarist Alex Lifeson have been forbidden from utilizing a slogan they’d give you for the launch of their branded beer.
Rush Canadian Golden Ale weighs in at 5.5 % ABV, and the can options the Starman paintings from the basic album 2112, together with the tagline “Books are for vacationers.” However in a brand new interview with Classic Rock, Lee revealed these phrases aren’t those they wished to be inscribed above the graphic.
“Rush followers like beer,” he stated. “Hendersons approached us in the course of the pandemic and stated, ‘If you happen to’re , then we’ll ship 15 beers to you and Alex. You possibly can style them and provides us your notes.’ They got here again with this golden ale, and we stated, ‘Fuck, we prefer it!’ … Do you know the phrase ‘Consuming beer is healthier than being hit within the head with a hammer’ can’t be placed on a beer can? Me neither. However that’s a no-no. We did ask.”
In the identical interview, Lee mirrored that “Rush 2.0,” which took place after a five-year hiatus following the demise of drummer Neil Peart’s daughter in 1997, was a “totally different animal” from the sooner model of the trio. “That first tour again as a band, totally different world,” he recalled. “We took a unique perspective on that tour; we have been rather more open and appreciative of the chance. 5 years away from it took a whole lot of cynicism out of our habits. After we did our first gig in spite of everything these years and have been welcomed again so strongly, I feel everybody was stunned: ‘Wow, these folks waited for us.’”
Lee stated the ultimate 11 years of the band’s profession – which led to 2018 with the retirement and later the demise of Peart – have been among the many most satisfying. “Snakes & Arrows and Clockwork Angels have been in all probability the 2 most fulfilling recording experiences we’d ever had,” he famous. “It was the happiest interval for the band since Everlasting Waves [in 1980].”
Specializing in 2011’s Clockwork Angels, which turned out to be Rush’s final album, Lee stated, “Al and I have been simply speaking about this the opposite evening, how, from a private chemistry writing vibe, it was the happiest collaboration we’d had since we have been youngsters. From a songwriter’s perspective, it’s in all probability essentially the most completed piece of labor we did in our total historical past.”
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