His first guitar was a Christmas gift from his father, a six-string Kent classical acoustic which was later replaced by an electric Japanese model. But your parents might want you to play one, especially if you're from a Yugoslavian family like me. When you're a kid, you don't want to play an accordion because it would be too boring. He lent his guitar to me and I grew to like it. My brother-in-law played flamenco guitar. Lifeson recalls what inspired him to play guitar in a 2008 interview: His formal musical education began on the viola, but he abandoned it in favor of the guitar at the age of 12. His stage surname of "Lifeson" is a calque of his birth surname Živojinović, which can be literally translated into English as "son of life". His parents, Nenad and Melanija Živojinović, were Serb immigrants from Yugoslavia. Lifeson was born Aleksandar Živojinović ( Serbian: Александар Живојиновић) in Fernie, British Columbia. Aside from music, Lifeson has been a painter, a licensed aircraft pilot, an actor, and the former part-owner of a Toronto bar and restaurant called The Orbit Room. The bulk of Lifeson's work in music has been with Rush, although Lifeson has contributed to a body of work outside the band as well, including a solo album titled Victor (1994). Lifeson was ranked 98th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time and third (after Eddie Van Halen and Brian May) in a Guitar World readers' poll listing the 100 greatest guitarists. In 2013, he was inducted with Rush into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The trio was the first rock band to be so honoured as a group. Along with his bandmates Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, Lifeson was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on. Like the other members of Rush, Lifeson performed real-time on-stage triggering of sampled instruments. He also performed backing vocals in live performances as well as the studio albums Rush (1974), Presto (1989) and Roll the Bones (1991) and occasionally played keyboards and bass pedal synthesizers. With Rush, Lifeson played guitar, as well as other various string instruments such as mandola, mandolin, and bouzouki. Throughout their entire history, Lifeson was the only continuous member who stayed in Rush since its inception, and along with bass guitarist/vocalist Geddy Lee, the only member to appear on all of the band's albums. Jones was replaced by Geddy Lee a month later, and Rutsey was replaced by Neil Peart in 1974, and this lineup remained untouched until the band's dissolution in 2018. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded a band that would later become Rush, with drummer John Rutsey and bassist and lead vocalist Jeff Jones. Aleksandar Živojinović OC (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson ( / ˈ l aɪ f s ən/), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Rush.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |