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New Alex Lifeson interview at MusicRadar.com

Fri, Jul 25, 2008@7:16AM | comments removed/disabled

[MusicRadar interview: Rush's Alex Lifeson]

MusicRadar.com posted a nice little interview with Alex Lifeson yesterday. There's not any new information or breaking news in the article, but it's a good interview nonetheless. On the band being cool again Alex says:

..."It's a fabulous time in my life," ... "The thing is, I don't take anything for granted anymore - my family, my music, you name it. Middle age is working just fine for me - and the band."... "When I hear the sound of the new album, I feel like we're a new band," ... "Every note we play has a purpose. The thing is, we've experienced so much. A lot of bad, sure, but mostly great things. And we have the best fans in the world. We never lose sight of the fact that ever second of music we make is something they're going to listen to. We take that very seriously - even if we have a lot of fun doing it. "...

And when asked if there's ever been a good slugfest between members of the band Alex answers:

"No, no, no! But it's come close. We don't always see eye to eye; we squabble. Back in the old days when we were touring ten or twelve months out of the year, my God, you get sick of each other; the slightest little thing one guy does can just set you off. But at those times when we do fight, five minutes later we're saying, 'Shit, I'm sorry, man.' We love each other, we love hanging out together, and we really love playing music together - after all these years."

Read the whole interview at this link. Thanks to Sean for the heads up.

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