RUSH Guitarist Interviewed On Ontario's 97.7 HTZ FM; Audio Available
July 21, 2010Kristy Knight of the St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada radio station 97.7 HTZ FM recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below.
RUSH kicked off a 40-date North American tour on June 29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The trek features the band's first-ever performance of its classic 1981 album "Moving Pictures" in its entirety.
Lifeson told The Pulse of Radio how the idea came about to play "Moving Pictures" live from front to back. "Actually Neil [Peart, drums] was the one that brought it up," he said. "He thought the idea was great, and one of our songs, 'Camera Eye', has been probably the top song on our request list from fans for years. So it really gives us an opportunity to include that in the set and to present it with the whole album. Much of that material we've been playing for a long time anyways, so it wasn't that difficult to really fit it all in, and I love the idea of it and it's really working well during rehearsals."
The award-winning and acclaimed documentary about RUSH, called "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage", arrived on DVD and Blu-ray after premiering and winning the Audience Choice Award at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival this past April.
The film, which traces the band's entire career from the late Sixties until now, made its TV premiere on June 26 on VH1 Classic.
The band released two new tracks, "Caravan" and "BU2B", online and will return to the studio after the tour to complete its next album, titled "Clockwork Angels".
RUSH received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 25 in Los Angeles, with the band inducted by SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman and longtime fan Billy Corgan.
Alex Lifeson interviewed on 97.7 HTZ FM (click on player below to launch audio):
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