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Following the lukewarm reception to its latest horror game Ghostwire: Tokyo, few might have expected the next game from the Shinji Mikami led-Tango Gameworks to be a brightly colored, rhythm-based character-action game. Hi-Fi Rush saw a surprise release early in 2023, arguably kicking off the stellar year of unexpected brilliance with its tightly designed combat, incredibly likable cast of rebels, and standout boss fights. Each one of Hi-Fi Rush's numerous boss fights is memorable for one reason or…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicLee also has a memoir out, book tour and two solo singlesPublished Dec 07, 2023  •  Last updated 54 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Geddy Lee in Toronto on Dec. 6, 2023. Photo by JANE STEVENSON /TORONTO SUNReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.Article contentGeddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human too?Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your…

Rush frontman and bassist Geddy Lee, author of the excellent new autobiography My Effin’ Life, talks about many things in his new Rolling Stone Music Now interview, from his childhood as the son of two Holocaust survivors to his earliest musical influences (including the Hollies, Motown hits, Cream and Rhinoceros) to the ups and downs of his band’s synth period. But Rush fans will be most anxious to hear Lee’s extended thoughts on the possible future of his work with guitarist Alex Lifeson in the wake of Neil Peart‘s…

You and Alex Lifeson had already been friends for years when Neil Peart joined Rush in 1974. How did you succeed in making him feel an equal part of a trio rather than the drummer in your band? bertramWhen Neil joined the band, we immediately discovered that we had a lot in common. Our sense of humour; he loved Monty Python’s Flying Circus. He loved The Lord of the Rings and so did we. A lot of the bands we liked were similar – he was big into Cream and Ginger Baker – and the commonality stood us in good stead when just…

TORONTO —  The service at the Rosedale Diner is friendly, but Geddy Lee gets extra attention. A scruffy line cook stops by the table for a second time and looks at Lee. “You’re a Canadian classic!” he exclaims.As the singer and bassist for Rush, the Canadian power trio, Lee, 70, is a hometown hero, but he’s also largely responsible for spreading heavy progressive rock around the world. From its 1974 debut album to 2015, when the band played a farewell show at the Forum, Rush was the standard-bearer for elaborate,…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Canada Canadian music royalty hailed late singer-songwriter as the voice of a nation Published May 04, 2023  •  Last updated 14 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Gordon Lightfoot in his music room in his Bridle Path home in Toronto, Feb. 4, 2020. Photo by Craig Robertson /Toronto Sun Article content Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, The Tragically Hip and Neil Young have added their thoughts to the growing number of tributes to music legend Gordon…

Bethesda and Tango Gameworks have pushed out an update for Hi-Fi Rush that includes a brand-new photo mode for the game. It is available now.Players are able to use filters and presets to spruce up their own photos, as well as adjust Chai's posing and facial features. Other allies can be brought into the pictures and positioned too in order to get group shots. However, only characters that have been unlocked in the story at that point can be chosen for the pictures. You…

Article content British drummer Nandi Bushell’s latest famous fans are Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and singer-bassist Geddy Lee in Toronto. Article content Bushell, who is 11, posted a video on YouTube, which she also tweeted out on Sunday, of her playing the band’s late drummer Neil Peart’s parts for the Rush classic Tom Sawyer. “This one is for you Professor,” she wrote. “I wanted to try a @rushtheband song that would really challenge me. I watched an interview where Neil Peart said Tom Sawyer ‘remains so difficult…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Alex Lifeson is back with a new band, Envy of None. Photo by Richard Sibbald Article content By the time Rush had completed its 40th anniversary tour in 2015, guitarist Alex Lifeson had heard the word “retirement” plenty of times. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content But even if the band wasn’t going to continue — and Lifeson emphasizes that he thinks the trio that he formed with…