Geddy Lee Interview

Infamous Rock journalist and internationally acclaimed interviewer Claude Balzac recently sat down for an in depth conversation with the legendary bass player and frontman for Rush, Geddy Lee.

Madhouse Magazine: Hi Geddy, thanks for hanging with me today. It is great to see you again.

Geddy Lee: Claude my man, I love Madhouse. Madhouse got me through a lot of sad and lonely times as a teenager. Madhouse and Nudist magazines got me through a lot of Saturday nights. I was going to bring all of my old Magazines in for you to sign but they were all stuck together.

Madhouse Magazine: Tell Me about your childhood

Geddy Lee: I was born in the 50s somewhere in Canada. I started playing music in school at age 10. At first I was playing the trumpet and clarinet, but after a few severe beatings I switched to Guitar. After listening to Jack Bruce and other British progressive bands I started on the Bass and then dropped out of school to become a professional musician. My mother was devastated when I told her, and she said this was the worst thing that ever happened to her and she lived through the holocaust.

Geddy Lee

Madhouse: I understand that is how you got your nickname Geddy?

Geddy Lee: Yes she called me every name in the book and with her thick accent Gary sounded like Geddy. Alex started calling me Geddy after that and it stuck.

Madhouse: Some fans were shocked to learn that your real name is Gary?

Geddy Lee: Yes some jerk, actually you wrote the article that this jerk was devastated to learn that my name was actually Gary. We have some real losers for fans.

Madhouse: You actually met your wife at a Rush concert

Geddy Lee: Yes Nancy was the first girl that ever attended a Rush concert. I was amazed when I saw her walk in. Our shows were always a sausage fest and then I saw her. She was a vision of loveliness. I knew I had to marry her. I might never see another girl. We have been married since 1976.

Baseball

Madhouse: You are a big baseball fan

Geddy Lee: Huge, You are the first person I am telling this. I have signed a major league deal with the Toronto Blue Jay. I will be playing second base. Im pretty scrappy for an old guy. During my first game I went 3-4 with a stand up triple and 2 stolen bases. I also collect baseball memorabilia. In my collection, I own Ty Cobbs left testicle, which I keeps in a jar by my bed. I also own Boog Powell’s bowel movement, a hot dog eaten and vomited by Babe Ruth and a condom once used by Reggie Jackson.

Madhouse: You once had a falling out with Neil Peart.

Geddy Lee: Yes I was very hurt and upset when Neil wrote a series of rude children’s books mocking me and Alex. One book is titled “Geddy Chokes his Chicken” which laughs at my alleged lifelong masturbation addiction. I got over it quickly because I know he had a sick sense of humor.

The Future

Madhouse: What’s in the future musically

Geddy Lee: Well I had a couple of projects recently with DJ Khaled, Alex Van Halen and Elon Musk. They all sucked. This guy Portnoy keeps stalking me saying he wants to play drums with me and Alex. He wants to replace Neil. I have been ignoring him but the other day I caught him in my bushes. He says he is in the theater or something. I had to smack the crap out of him.

Madhouse: Oh Mike Portnoy, he was from the band Dream Theater.

Geddy Lee: Dream Theater? Never heard of them. What’s your favorite Dream Theater song? Exactly, I made my point. Well, tell Mikey he can go back to Broadway because he isn’t even worthy to hold Peart’s sweaty jockstrap.

Madhouse: Who else do you hate?

Geddy Lee: Dee Snider, I hate that weirdo, I heard he just called up Tipper Gore and apologized to her. Remember back in the 1980s when he was testifying in front of Congress about censorship. Frank Zappa once told me he hated Dee Snider too. Well, anyway Snider calls up Tipper and apologizes. He says she was right and censorship is cool.

Home Depot

Madhouse: How do you spend your days now?

Geddy Lee: Well I am working Part Time at a Home Depot near my house. It’s just to make ends meet and it keeps me busy. I like meeting people and helping them out. Plus, it gives me something to do. It has been quite some time since I was in that band. I can only go on so many walks and I have seen every show on Netflix. Daytime TV is terrible and my wife is getting sick of looking at me. It was her idea for me to get a job. They have great benefits and I get to tell my hardware Dad jokes.

Geddy Lee: I also want to plug my new venture. I am starting an OnlyFans account. Check it out, you can see me in various forms of undress. Mostly soft core stuff, nothing crazy. I keep myself in good shape and I hear you can make a lot of money just showing off your goodies.

Madhouse: Thanks again Geddy, you are an International treasure. You want to take us out with a hardware Dad joke?

Geddy Lee: My favorite joke I tell a lot is that I tell a customer that Elvis was in here yesterday. He returned a Sander. Ha get it, returned a sander, like return to sender. That was an Elvis song.

Geddy Lee Circa 1976 – Illustration By PaulKingArt