It seems that most everyone associated with Rush (well, drummer Neil Peart and guitarist Alex Lifeson anyway) have been making noises about a possible project of some kind in 2010. But nailing down just what form that project might take is, at the moment, an experience not unlike trying to hug a gust of wind.
In September, Lifeson was quoted on noisecreep.com: "Neil and his wife had a baby just a couple of weeks ago, so he's asked if we can just wait a little bit until he gets settled and see how he feels about getting back to work or when to get back to work. So we're sort of playing it open right now."
Then in October, Peart, writing on his website: "In this autumn of 2009, the three of us are poised on another kind of 'reinvention.' We have agreed to meet in Los Angeles in November, and discuss our future. ... [O]ur time-honored pattern of touring, recording, and touring is no longer the obvious way to do things."
Peart goes on to offer some hypothetical possibilities. "[I]f we decided to do a tour of some kind, maybe with an orchestra ... [w]e could write and record just a few songs, and release them some way. Or there were a couple of film-and-music projects we had discussed in the past."
After playing 120 dates on a 2007-08 world tour in support of their Snakes and Arrows album, band members readily agreed to a year off. The break is clearly now about to end.
Reality check: we're talking about a band in business continuously since 1968 (Lifeson and bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee since the beginning, Peart since 1974.) Given that long history, anything they choose to do in their 42nd year will be significant.
Rush 2004 tour photo by Andrew Naughton
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