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Geddy Lee Weinrib (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ d i /; born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock group Rush. [4] Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones.
Lee said it was at this point that Rush turned "from a basement garage band that played the occasional high school gig to a regular working band playing six days a week." [ 19 ] [ 24 ] A demo tape was then shipped to various record labels, but Rush were unable to secure a deal, leading to the formation of their own label, Moon Records , with ...
In 1968, Lifeson co-founded a band that would later become Rush, with drummer John Rutsey and bassist and lead vocalist Jeff Jones. Jones was replaced by Geddy Lee a month later, and Rutsey was replaced by Neil Peart in 1974, after which the lineup remained unchanged until the band's dissolution in 2018. Lifeson was the only member of Rush who ...
Geddy Lee's new memoir, 'My Effin' Life,' explores not only his decades with rock legends Rush, but growing up as the son of two Holocaust survivors.
Neil Ellwood Peart (/ p ɪər t / PEERT; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian and American musician, known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. He was known to fans by the nickname 'The Professor', [ 2 ] derived from the Gilligan's Island character of the same name . [ 3 ]
Jack Russell, the lead singer of 1980s metal band Great White, died peacefully at the age of 63 after battling dementia and multiple system atrophy.
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1990s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Jack Russell, the founding singer of ’80s hair metal band Great White, has died at the age of 63. The news was confirmed in an Instagram post on the official Jack Russell’s Great White account.