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Rush on stage: The groups song "Red Sector A" is set in a bleak, apocalyptic future, but what Lee calls "the psychology" of the
song comes directly from a story his mother told him about the day she was liberated
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During Lee's teens, which he describes
as "a selfish time," he distanced himself
from his parents' history, and also dis-
covered rock 'n' roll. Singing in a rock
band, Lee says, "was me yelling back"
at authority.
It was well after Morris Weinrib died
that an aunt told Lee his father had
played the balalaika at b'nai mitzvah
and weddings but had purposely kept
that fact from his children. "He didn't
want us going into music as a career,"
Lee says, adding, "It was a great feeling
to know he was musical."
Today, Lee considers himself a cul-
tural Jew and celebrates many Jewish
holidays with his family but does not
believe in organized religion.
Musical Rush
Lee was 16 when he formed the first
incarnation of Rush with guitarist Alex
Lifeson and drummer John Rutsey in
1969; they released their debut album
in 1973. Current drummer Neil Paert
joined in 1974, which is why the band
is celebrating 30 years together.
Rush, which evolved from Led
Zeppelin-esque blues-rock to Yes-influ-
enced progressive rock, became a musi-
cal force to be reckoned with after the
release of the album 2112 in 1976, and
has sold millions of albums and toured
arenas and stadiums ever since.
While often skewered by critics as
bombastic, the group maintains fan
appeal that stems from stellar musi-_
cianship and'songs that .veer far a field
from run-of-the-mill hard-rock fare.
Rush tackles philosophical issues that
appeal to the intellect as well as emo-
tions. The album 2112, for example, is
the band's dissertation on writer and
philosopher Ayn Rand. Subsequent
albums have tackled fantasy and sci-fi
themes and, with songs such as "Red
Sector A," contemplated life — and
survival — in the future.
"Red Sector A" is not the only song
Lee has written based on his mother's
life. Lee's solo album, My Favorite
Headache, released in 2000, includes
the song "Grace to Grace," a song co-
written with fellow Canadian Ben
Mink, a multi-instrumentalist best-
known for his work on k.d. lanes
1992 breakout album, Ingenue; he also
is a child of Holocaust survivors.
The song, Lee explains, is partially
about his mother's courage, survival
instincts and "her ability to keep her
head up" though all of the horror she
lived through.
Lee's mother, along with the rest of
Canada's Jews, has been reminded of
Hitler's Germany by a wave of anti-
Semitism that included the April fire-
bombing of a Jewish day school in
Montreal.
The rise in anti-Semitism in Canada,
Lee says, "is upsetting to all of us.
There is a large Jewish community in
Toronto, and many of them are
.
Holocaust survivors. My mother is sen-
sitive to any act of anti-Semitism any-
where in the world, not-just Canada.
There is no such thing in the homes of
Holocaust survivors that 'it can't hap-
pen here.' They always feel it can hap-
pen again. My mother [has] never felt
secure again.
Except for possibly one time.
In 1995, Lee, his older sister and
younger brother accompanied their
mother back to Germany to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the liberation
of Bergen-Belsen. They met many
other survivors as well as British army
veterans who had liberated the camp.
Their mother also took them back to
her hometown in Poland and the
house in which she grew up.
"The Holocaust doesn't go away,"
Lee says. "My mother still has a tattoo
on her arm, but that was a great trip
for her, a completion of something. It
made her feel fantastic to stand on
those grounds with her children. For
the first time, she felt like a victor, like,
`I'm here and you're not.'" ❑
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Geddy Lee and his Rush
band mates perform 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 8, at DTE
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