* 1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Rush and Big Dirty Band )

* 1996 – Officer of the Order of Canada, along with band mates Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart

The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist and backing vocalist Alex Lifeson, and drummer, percussionist and lyricist Neil Peart.

The original 1968 line-up of Rush ; from left to right: Alex Lifeson, John Rutsey and Geddy Lee.

To achieve a broader, more progressive palette of sound, Alex Lifeson began to experiment with classical and twelve-string guitars, and Geddy Lee added bass-pedal synthesizers and Minimoog.

* Alex Lifeson — acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals ( August 1968 – present )

Alex Lifeson in concert, 2010

A custom signature amplifier was engineered by Lifeson and released in April 2005 with the stipulation that UNICEF will receive a donation in the amount of $ 50 for every Alex Lifeson Signature TriAmp sold.

In late 2009, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson launched an auction for their initiative " Grapes Under Pressure ", in support of the cause " Grapes for Humanity ".

Many rock guitarists have cited Townshend as an influence, among them Slash, Alex Lifeson and Steve Jones.

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson produced and performed on three tracks for the record, " Dangerous Game ", " Dead Love ", and " Wasted Me ", but only " Dangerous Game " would appear on the finished product.

Guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush gave a thank you to Johnson in the liner notes of Counterparts for being the inspiration for the guitar solo in the song " Cut To The Chase ".

Guitarist Steve Morse recorded a song titled " TruthOla ", which is a tribute to Jeff Beck, Alex Lifeson, and Eric Johnson.

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart.

* Alex Lifeson – electric, acoustic and classical guitars, bass pedal synthesizer

All tracks by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, except where noted.

* Alex Lifeson – guitar

* Alex Lifeson – acoustic and electric guitars

Geddy Lee admitted in the 2010 documentary film Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage that he thought bandmates Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart and he were " pretty high " during the making of Caress of Steel.

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.

Also in the introductory prologue to the song, the " three travellers, men of Willowdale " is a reference to the band itself, an allusion to the Toronto suburb of Willowdale where Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson grew up and formed the first incarnation of the band.

Taylor played " YYZ " with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush on stage at a concert in Toronto on March 22, 2008.

Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, has also featured the mandola in his work.

Martha's Vineyard has also been or is home to a number of artists and musicians, including Evan Dando, Tim " Johnny Vegas " Burton of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Livingston Taylor, Ben Taylor, Huey Taylor ( musician / hotelier ), Kate Taylor, Alex Taylor, Tom Rush, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Willy Mason, Unbusted, Mike Nichols, Gordon Healy, Kahoots, Slim-Bob Berosh and Timo Elliott.

The first version is a standard release featuring two deleted scenes and a commentary by director Richard Rush and stars Peter O ' Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell and Chuck Bail.

Although Rush is not prone to great variations of their songs in concert this performance of " By-tor and the Snow Dog " has some of the more finely intertwined and subtle explorations of Alex Lifeson's guitar work, of particular note his longer special effects sections than those of the studio version from their " Fly By Night " album.

Mouradian wasted little time in shaping the 2012 season by trading Athan Ianucci to the Edmonton Rush with teammates Alex Turner and Brodie McDonald, along with Philadelphia's first round draft picks in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The Gibson EDS-1275 electric 12-string was used by jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash, Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule and The Allman Brothers Band, Cory Stuteville of Year Of The Dragon, Alex Lifeson of Rush, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, Jeff Buckley and System of a Down and Scars on Broadway guitarist Daron Malakian, Taylor Swift.

the artists featured are: Sting ( Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, Fragile ), Sarah McLachlan ( Angel ), Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy ( I Don't Care, Sugar, We're Goin ' Down ), Norah Jones ( Thinking About You ), Colbie Caillat ( Bubbly ), Sara Bareilles ( Love Song ), John Fogerty ( Proud Mary, Fortunate Son, Centerfield ), Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic ( Apologize ), Ben Folds ( Brick, Zak and Sara ), John Legend ( Ordinary People ), and Alex Lifeson of Rush ( Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Working Man, The Spirit of Radio ).

The three members of Rush, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson became associate directors of Anthem.

The surviving members of the squadron, including Marcus Rush and Alex Romero, are merged into Skull Squadron under the command of Maia Sterling.

Among pilots of the new shadow fighters are Marcus Rush, Alex Romero and Maia Sterling, all of whom had been born in space and had never seen Earth until now.

The surviving members of the squadron, including Marcus Rush and Alex Romero, are merged into Skull Squadron under the command of Maia Sterling.

Helfgott was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush ( adult ), Noah Taylor ( teenager ) and Alex Rafalowicz ( child ).

Taurus pedals were used by a range of rock, metal, soul, R & B and fusion performers, including Cold Chisel and Michael Jackson on Stacy Lattisaw's 1980 song " You Don't Love Me Anymore ", Ritchie Blackmore, Pink Floyd, Neurosis, Electric Light Orchestra, Yngwie Malmsteen, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson from Rush, Styx, U2, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Jon Anderson and Chris Squire from Yes, Jon Camp of Renaissance, Sting and Andy Summers of The Police, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett & Daryl Stuermer of Genesis, Francis Buchholz of the Scorpions, Justin Harris of Menomena, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, and Stefan Lessard of Dave Matthews Band.

Later, Smith performed as part of Bubbles & the Shit Rockers, a band featuring himself, founding Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, and Tom Wilson for the original song " Liquor & Whores " featured on Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Soundtrack.

A Trailer Park Boys episode also features Smith's character Bubbles playing the 1977 Rush track " Closer to the Heart " with Alex Lifeson.

Page's influence was such that after him other guitarists picked up the EDS-1275, including Alex Lifeson of Rush ,, and Eddie Van Halen also has one in his collection.

In addition to having appeared on Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson's solo album Victor, contributing the lead vocal to the song " Start Today ", and having recorded duets with Duran Duran ’ s John Taylor and Boz Scaggs (" Miss Sun " from his 1980 album " Hits "), her vocals have appeared on records for Cher, Richard Marx, Heart, Alice Cooper, Patti LaBelle, Toto, Nena ( for whom she wrote an entire translation album ) and Canadian artists Rough Trade, Kim Mitchell and Glass Tiger.

Members of the band, including O ' Riordian, acted in Alex Cox's Straight to Hell, and five songs by the band were included on the film's soundtrack album.

Marius informs his rescuers that Akasha has been awakened by Lestat, or rather his rock music, for he has joined a rock band of mortals whose names are Alex, Larry and Tough Cookie.

Playwright Shaun Duggan's stage drama William, Alex Broun's one-man show Half a Person: My Life as Told by The Smiths, Douglas Coupland's 1998 novel Girlfriend in a Coma, Andrew Collins ' autobiography Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Mark Spitz's novel How Soon is Never ?, the pop band Shakespear's Sister, the defunct art-punk group Pretty Girls Make Graves, and the Polish filmmaker Przemyslaw Wojcieszek's short fictional film about two Polish fans of The Smiths, Louder Than Bombs, are all inspired by or named after songs or albums by The Smiths.

The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex " Dirk Lance " Katunich, and Gavin " DJ Lyfe " Koppell ; both of whom were eventually replaced by bassist Ben Kenney and DJ Kilmore respectively.

Guitarist / vocalist George and bassist / vocalist Louis formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy, and their cousin Alex Weir, while attending school in Los Angeles, California.

The album's ' miss-credit errors ' also state band members as " Alex St. Clare Snouffer " ( Alex St. Clare / Alexis Snouffer ), " Antennae Jimmy Simmons " ( Semens / Jeff Cotton ) and " Jerry Handsley " ( Handley ).

Alex St. Claire left the band in June 1968 after their return from a second European tour and was replaced by teenager Bill Harkleroad ; bassist Jerry Handley left a few weeks later.

Alex St. Clair had now left the band and, after Junior Madeo from The Blackouts was considered, the role was filled by Bill Harkleroad.

Andy Hinds of Allmusic laments the polka influence as undermining " the intended threat of a death metal band " while his colleague Alex Henderson praises the band for their " solid, consistently likable effort ," declaring that Finntroll has set themselves apart from their peers " because of their emphasis on Finnish humppa " and " the humor and irony they bring to the table.

The band's American tour, when they supported Depeche Mode, was, in the words of manager Alex Nightingale, " the closest we've come to the band splitting up.

After studying Drama and playing in short lived synth pop outfit, Two's a Crowd, Albarn formed a band with Coxon which, after various incarnations, evolved into Blur with additional members, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

In 1972 the Van Halen brothers formed a band called " Genesis " featuring Eddie as lead vocalist / guitarist, Alex on drums, and Mark Stone on bass.

He wasn't keen on doing soundtrack work since it would make the music hard to obtain for fans, ' abusing ' them, so the second track the band were due to record became an Eddie / Alex instrumental, " Respect the Wind ".

Hagar was reluctant to work on a compilation album before a new album came out, the band fell out, leaving the management siding with Eddie and Alex.

Soon, the band obtained a London-based management company, ' Ridgepride ', formed by ex-Decca A & R man Alex Murray ( Alex Wharton ), who helped them land a recording contract with Decca Records in the spring of 1964.

Early band members included bassists Alex Mosely, Jerome Harris and Carl James, drummers Greg Carter, Pheeroan Aklaff and J. T.

Broadrick's former labelmate at Earache Records, ex-Fudge Tunnel guitarist Alex Newport, also performed as part of another power trio in the band Theory of Ruin.

The band has featured an impressive array of musicians: Steve Slagle, Randy Brecker, Frank Lacy, John Stubblefield, Chris Potter, Ryan Kisor, Alex Foster, Jack Walrath ( an alumnus of one of Mingus ' last bands ), Vincent Herring, Ronnie Cuber, John Hicks, Seamus Blake, Jimmy Knepper, and many more.

In 1998, Bad Religion released their tenth full-length album, No Substance, produced by Alex Perialas, Ronnie Kimball and the band themselves.