08 ALEX LIFESON

The Rush guitarist on whether there’s a solo he’d like to re‑record

“I suppose so, but, you know, I really try to step away from that. It is in a place in time and whatever you did, you did it for some reason. I work pretty hard on my solos but would I do some over again? Yeah, I probably would. But on the flip side of that coin, I’ve done a lot of solos that were just throwaway solos that weren’t meant to be anything other than a temporary plug in a space on a song. But they’ve stayed with us and they’ve become some of my favourite solos. The solo in Bravado for example, was at throwaway solo, just filling the demo, but it's among my favourites now.”