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Article: Profile: Alex Lifeson - veteran rocker gets a new rush.(Interview)
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- Guitar Player
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- February 1, 1996
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The best way to approach Alex Lifeson's new solo record Victor is to completely disregard the identity of its creator. That persona--the shaggy, blondhaired, heavy-prog riff guru of Rush--is barely recognizable in this scathing, screaming-to-brooding post-grunge anyway. These days you probably wouldn't recognize Lifeson if he were sitting next to you on a Toronto bus. Dressed in black with short-cropped hair, smoking cigarettes as he discusses songs about spousal homicide, the man behind Victor is pleased that the album in no way points to his tenure in one of rock's most enduring and challenging power trios.
"Rush has a strong work ethic," says Lifeson with some ...
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