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As a bass player in junior high & high school when Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures were released, Geddy Lee had a big impact as my band played their songs and I worked to emulate his skills and techniques.
This book is … interesting. It walks you through the history of Lee, his family and the band. But in a seeming reversal of expectations, the best moments are those personal details - looking at his family history in Poland and through the Holocaust, Neil Peart’s family tragedies and the pain of his death, Alex Lifeson battling his own health issues, and of course Lee’s own coming to terms with the impact of his touring life on his marriage and parenting. There was one interaction between band mates that happened as part of writing the book that would be obvious to anyone listening to Rush music, but was totally missed by Lee as a result of his hyperfocus.
Most of the book felt like a repeated stream of “worked on the album, did some drugs, went on tour, went home, repeat” and while there were details around the brands of synths used and brief descriptions of specific issues or impact of hardware or locations. As a result, the things that led me to buy the book and jump it to the top of my TBR were the most tedious moments.
I also listened to Rush’s discography as I read - and suffice to say that not only was my opinion of everything after Signals unchanged, I am unlikely to listen to anything by the band again until at least next year!
If you want a deep dive into the making of Rush’s albums - look elsewhere. But if you want - as the title suggests - a brain dump of Geddy Lee’s life, this might be enjoyable.
This book is … interesting. It walks you through the history of Lee, his family and the band. But in a seeming reversal of expectations, the best moments are those personal details - looking at his family history in Poland and through the Holocaust, Neil Peart’s family tragedies and the pain of his death, Alex Lifeson battling his own health issues, and of course Lee’s own coming to terms with the impact of his touring life on his marriage and parenting. There was one interaction between band mates that happened as part of writing the book that would be obvious to anyone listening to Rush music, but was totally missed by Lee as a result of his hyperfocus.
Most of the book felt like a repeated stream of “worked on the album, did some drugs, went on tour, went home, repeat” and while there were details around the brands of synths used and brief descriptions of specific issues or impact of hardware or locations. As a result, the things that led me to buy the book and jump it to the top of my TBR were the most tedious moments.
I also listened to Rush’s discography as I read - and suffice to say that not only was my opinion of everything after Signals unchanged, I am unlikely to listen to anything by the band again until at least next year!
If you want a deep dive into the making of Rush’s albums - look elsewhere. But if you want - as the title suggests - a brain dump of Geddy Lee’s life, this might be enjoyable.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, War
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic