CLASSIC Rock 300
GEDDY LEE
The former Rush singer/bassist, who is due to publish his memoir in the spring of next year, talks us through his career highlights from the 20-plus years of Classic Rock ’s lifetime.
Interview: Philip Wilding
Portrait: Mick Hutson
Notable for looking forward, not back, Geddy Lee has gone through something of an exercise of introspection over the past few years. Since Rush retired in 2015, their former singer and bassist has kept himself busy, first with his acclaimed Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book Of Bass, and then writing his memoir which is expected in the spring of 2023. There’s also the matter of his former band’s new beer, and the ongoing reissue campaign of their back catalogue. In 1998, however, as Classic Rock was brought screaming into the world, Rush were in a very different place, and about to become a different band altogether.