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Alex Lifeson interview in June, 2012 issue of High Times

Fri, Apr 20, 2012@9:23AM | comments removed/disabled

UPDATE - 4/20@1:39PM: John over at Cygnus-X1.net has transcribed the entire interview and made it available online here! Alex speaks very frankly about his feelings regarding marijuana on both a personal and political level:

I do [support legalization]. In fact, the Liberal Party in Canada just endorsed legalization, and I think that's a very smart move on their part. Meanwhile, the current Conservative government wants to bring back more stringent laws and rules against pot. Personally, I just think, at the end of the day, who cares if people want to smoke some pot? More trouble happens with alcohol than with pot, so we have to start viewing the issue more sensibly. ... I don't want to get political, but our whole drug policy is out of whack. Billions of dollars are spent on it - and, really, the only people who profit from it are the underworld, for lack of a better term. So why not put that money into controlling the quality and putting more money into the coffers for our social programs, for people who need health care, who are starving ...

He also expands on the inclusion of strings on Rush's upcoming Clockwork Angels album:

All of our records are thematic, but this one is a little more of an old-fashioned concept album in the tradition of 2112 and Hemispheres. We just recorded a string section yesterday for five of the songs-we still have to sit down and see what we'll use from that, but it sounded fantastic. Rush hasn't used strings in a while, and it's really added a lot of emotional impact to the songs.

Thanks John!!

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Just in time for 4/20, Alex Lifeson is featured for an interview in the June, 2012 issue of High Times magazine (thanks Shrimp Cot):

High Times Interview with Rush Guitarist Alex Lifeson
A rock legend recalls high times on and off the road, including the time our first issue inspired the creation of a legendary pot song.
By David Bienenstock

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