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A friend of mine happened across a MP3 file called "The Long Road" which features Geddy vocalizing for much of it and perhaps playing. (There are no lyrics.) We have no idea where it might have come from, and my searches for the source have thus far been fruitless. Anyone have any idea? You can call me Al 19:37, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

The song is called "The Road", it is the 10th and final song on an album called Euphoria by a band called Euphoria, on a label called Six Degrees. At present there are no Wikipedia entries for any of this, but have a look here. Geddy is credited with keyboard, bass, and production on the album. Hope this helps. Warrens 09:37, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
It does! Thanks much. You can call me Al 14:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Name question

The article says Geddy is currently his actual legal name. If this is the case, shouldn't the article begin "Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib July 29, 1953)" or similar? —Zero Gravitas 04:52, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

I was just wondering that myself when I browsed that page yesterday. To me it it seems more valid to display it the way you have it. Anyone else? Anger22 12:25, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Follow-Up - I browsed around other bios of musicians who legally changed their birth name to fit their stage name. It would seem the general practice is pretty much as you had it in your question. good catch! Anger22 17:47, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bass amps?

I had read that Geddy doesn't use any bass amps, but uses a SansAmp via a DI box to play out of the PA. Comments?

68.17.141.110 22:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC) reply:He does keep his trace elliot amp and cabinet under the stage. We even watched the load-in in Atlanta and it was weird watching them put such a nice-looking cabinet underneath the stage.

[edit] Got rid of the following:

An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have proven very influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring such players as Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater, Les Claypool of Primus, Cliff Burton of Metallica and countless others.[citation needed] Lee's high pitched vocal style, while less influential, is nonetheless distinctive; one Rolling Stone critic opined a negative review in the Rolling Stone Album Guide that Geddy Lee's voice was a cross between Robert Plant's and Donald Duck's voices.[citation needed]


Not one of that outragous info is sourced, therefore WILL be deleted. 71.117.209.109 06:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I restored the deleted section above, which is not mine. I don't view it as trolling I view it as commentary on a removal, and I have some comments on the restored text. The new ref at Fender only mentions Claypool, Myung, and Burton. Find a ref for the rest. "Countless others" smells of WP:PEACOCK so you will want to find an outside source for that as well. Popsmear.com is hardly a reliable source for what Rolling Stone says, find a direct ref for that as well. --*Spark* 12:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree that "countless others" absolutely qualifies as WP:PEACOCK terminology, regardless of whether or not it is true - which, for the record, most certainly is. Might I add that the anonymous user who removed the paragraph, dubiously citing a lack of sources as the primary reason, has made it pretty clear elsewhere that he is not a Rush fan, and seems to be bothered by information which paints the band members in a positive light. I don't particularly care one way or another, but setting out to remove only uncited positive information on Wikipedia is a little inappropriate. There is no policy against it, but it smacks of poor etiquette. Also, there is no reason to refer to the above information as "outrageous", which is rude and tantamount to calling the editors "liars". Anyway, I've found a source which supports the mention of Steve Harris. There are more, but I'll get to them a little later as I am currently at work. Wisdom89 17:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


Actually no people, this is not just information "painted in a positive light". See these stupid claims ARE actually pretty staggering. For instance, Jimi Hendrix is widely accepted, considered, regarded, and put as THE greatest and most influential guitarist of all time. Yet I need "23 citation for that one". Which is stupid, since NOBODY disputes this. Now you people made some pretty bold claims with claiming that he influenced Mettalica, Primus, Dream Theater, AND Iron Maiden. ALright? Now if you just put that he was an influential bassist that would be fine. Like look, we all know that LED ZEPPELIN IS regarded as one of the most influential bands of all time, nobody disputes this. But to put the mountain high list of bands that have been influenced by them would be retarded, so instead they put "widely considered as one of the greatest influential bands of all time, Led Zeppelin was etc. etc. etc." That's what you can put with this guy, "regarded as, etc. etc. etc. Geddy was, etc. etc. etc." Now unless you refernece your sources with the little mini numbers next to your claims, that paragraph WILL stay deleted. 71.117.209.109 06:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove cited information. Thanks Wisdom89 06:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
This information is available on the Rush talk page. I will copy it here so that all editors know what they're dealing with. 71.117.209.109 (talk • contribs) is the editor formerly located at IP 71.236.225.50 (talk • contribs)...which was the IP sock for Zabrak (talk • contribs)...who in turn is a tagged sock for Dragong4 (talk • contribs). Dragong4 is a notorious Wikipedia troll with a long history of vandalism, NPA vios and uncivil negative disruption. If you come across any posts from this editor it is better just to rv/rm/ignore them. Don't feed the trolls. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 11:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 10, 2007 Cleanup

Hello. I'll be your tour guide. Today, we'll be cleaning up Geddy's entry on wp. I'd like to thank user Wisdom89 for his guidance, and apologize in advance for anything that I completely f*** up.

This is a brief outline of what I hope to do today:

Essentially, I'd like to do for Geddy's article what I've recently done for Alex's. Organize / Wikify it to the best of my current ability.

My first concern is to expand the voluminous abundance of material into structured sections, which the TOC will help to navigate. If you're a more experienced Wikipedian that me, please feel free to correct/make suggestions on my formatting and editorial changes. If you do, I only ask that you explain your actions so I can watch and learn (and improve).

Rock on. -- ManfrenjenStJohn 23:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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