Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson was born in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada on August 27th, 1953 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 70, Alex Lifeson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 27 August 1953), better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, is a Canadian musician, singer, guitarist, and record producer best known as the guitarist of Rush's progressive rock band Rush.
Lifeson co-founded the band that would become Rush in 1968, alongside drummer John Rutsey and bassist Jeff Jones.
Jones was fired by Geddy Lee a month later, and Rutsey was replaced by Neil Peart in 1974.
Lifeson performs electric and acoustic guitars, as well as other string instruments such as mandolin, mandolin, and bouzouki, as a result of Rush.
He also appears on live performances as a backing vocalist and occasionally plays keyboards and bass pedal synthesizers.
Lifeson's main role in Rush is on-stage triggering sampled instruments, as well as his guitar playing.
Lifeson, other than music, is co-owner of The Orbit Room, a bar and restaurant in Toronto, a painter and a licensed aircraft pilot.
On May 9, 1996, Lifeson, together with his bandmates Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
The trio was the first rock band to be honoured as a team.
He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
In a Guitar World readers poll naming the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, Lifeson was ranked 98th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 top guitarists of all time, and third (after Eddie Van Halen and Brian May) in a Guitar World readers poll naming the 100 greatest guitarists ever.
Awards and honours
- "Best Rock Talent" by Guitar for the Practicing Musician in 1983
- "Best Rock Guitarist" by Guitar Player Magazine in 1984 and May 2008
- Runner-up for "Best Rock Guitarist" in Guitar Player in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
- Inducted into the Guitar for the Practicing Musician Hall of Fame, 1991
- 1996 – Officer of the Order of Canada, along with bandmates Geddy Lee and Neil Peart
- 2007 – Main belt asteroid "(19155) Lifeson" named after Alex Lifeson
- "Best Article" for "Different Strings" in Guitar Player (September 2007 issue).
- Most Ferociously Brilliant Guitar Album (Snakes & Arrows) – Guitar Player Magazine, May 2008
- 2013 – With Rush, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee