Alex is a Canadian musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the Hall of Fame rock group Rush.
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August 22, 2024
New from Lerxst - The Blah Blah Wah!
Lerxst, in partnership with the wah pedal masterminds over at Morley Effects, are proud to announce the launch of the Limited Edition Lerxst Blah Blah Wah Pedal!
From classic wah-wah sou...
July 20, 2024
VICTOR Reissue Coming August 2024
In an exciting announcement for Rush fans and rock enthusiasts alike, Anthem Records in Canada and Rhino Records will reissue the first-ever solo albums of Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee. L...
June 24, 2024
CBC Music Live Announces 'Celebrating Gordon Lightfoot' Television and...
Back in May, Toronto's Massey Hall hosted a concert in honour of what would have been the late Gordon Lightfoot's 85th birthday — a tribute to the artist's 170-plus performances at the venu...
May 3, 2024
Lerxst Amps to Exhibit at 2024 Dallas International Guitar...
Start your tone journey at one of the world’s largest guitar shows
DALLAS, TX, May 3, 2024 – Lerxst – the amplifier, guitar, and pedal company partnership formed b...
April 3, 2024
Let the fray begin with SNOW DOG!
https://youtu.be/_y32TxlkLwk
Square for battle!
With this latest creation, Lerxst revisits the early part of Alex’s tone journey when he was a young player inspired by the fuzz-driv...
January 29, 2024
Lerxst Limelight - American Musical Supply Interview
Alex sat down with the fellas from American Musical Supply to talk about all things Rush, writing, and the Lerxst Limelight guitar. Check it out below!
https://youtu.be/L_YIjsqJ-3E
January 25, 2024
Step into the Lerxst "Limelight"
Alex Lifeson and Lerxst announce the launch of Limelight, a new signature guitar created in partnership with Canadian manufacturers Godin Guitars. Inspired by Lifeson’s iconic Hentor Sports...
December 6, 2023
Alex's first signature pedal - the BY-TOR!
LERXST is partnering with Reverb as the exclusive launch partner for Alex Lifeson's first signature pedal. The pedal will first be available through The Official Lerxst Reverb store, w...
December 4, 2023
CBS Sunday Morning 12/3
In case you missed it, Alex and Geddy were interviewed for CBS Sunday Morning, airing December 3rd, 2023. Check it out below!
https://youtu.be/GlmRGHHY9hw
November 30, 2023
Introducing LERXST Amplification!
(Photo credit: Richard Sibbald)
50 Years of Sonic Exploration: Alex Lifeson Launches LERXST Amplifiers
Legendary Rush guitarist partners with Mojotone on new line of versatile, hand-b...
July 29, 2023
Happy Birthday, Geddy!
Happy birthday to my best bud!
July 13, 2023
Shred With Shifty Episode 1 - Lerxst!
Lerxst sat down to chat all things RUSH with Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters recently, offering an inside look at the guitar parts for "Limelight" and much more.
Check out the full 1 hour...
July 11, 2023
New "Ruby" Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess from Epiphone...
For 150 years, Epiphone has been at the forefront of musical instrument design. By leveraging its iconic past and leaning into the future, Epiphone has now set the stage for the next era of...
June 13, 2023
Envy of None "That Was Then, This Is Now"
The new EP from Envy of None, That Was Then, This Is Now is available NOW wherever you enjoy music! Follow the link below to stream or purchase your copy today.
https://envyofnone.lnk.to...
October 21, 2022
Tom Cochrane SOCAN Award
Presenting my dear friend, Tom Cochrane, with the SOCAN Award and playing "Life Is a Highway" with all the incredible musicians and vocalists was truly a delight and way better than constan...
September 3, 2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert - London
Watch Alex and Geddy, along with a legendary lineup of friends and family of Taylor LIVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOnjLuBBkhU
April 19, 2022
54 Years of Canora
Garren Dakessian of Loucin Guitars recently completed a total rebuild of my first electric guitar, the exotic $59 Canora, as you can see both I and me are enjoying playing.
Me on the r...
March 9, 2022
Look Inside - Official Video
The official music video for Look Inside, our ’stoner lullaby’, is out now on YouTube. Watch the full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-lfYi7DXk
January 12, 2022
ENVY OF NONE
Announcing the ENVY OF NONE debut album 'Envy Of None’, releasing via Kscope on 8 April 2022. Listen to the new single Liar (out now), and pre-order the album on Special Edition, LP and CD...
December 15, 2021
Moving Pictures 40
Can't believe it's been 40 years since we holed up at Le Studio to record what would become Moving Pictures. To help celebrate we've partnered up with Deborah Samuel, who shot the photos se...
September 28, 2021
All or Nothing w/Andy Curran
Throwing back to when @andycurranofficial and I both led the Willowdale Warriors in PIM all through the late 70s before being sent down to the farm team in Saskatoon for lack of o...
August 2, 2021
New Music from the Lerxst Archives!
Surprise! Alex just dropped 3 "new" demo tracks from the Lerxst Music archives, spanning from 1996-1999. Check 'em out, along with some insight into the tracks from Al himself below.
LI...
July 21, 2021
Interview w/Anderton's Music
Alex sat down with the good folks across the pond at Anderton's Music Co to chat about the brand-new Epiphone Alex Lifeson Axcess. Check it out below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_...
July 6, 2021
Monaco Streaming Film Fest - Interview
Catch the full interview from the July 5th Monaco Streaming Film Festival with Alex and Andy Curran!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk-OWG1fqk8&t=20680s
June 16, 2021
Guitar World review - June 2021
Big thanks to Guitar World for this stellar review of the new Epiphone Alex Lifeson Axcess Standard!
Check out the full review in the below link.
READ THE FULL REVIEW
June 15, 2021
Epiphone Announces Lifeson Les Paul Axcess
EPIPHONE: RELEASES EXCLUSIVE ALEX LIFESON“EPIPHONE LES PAUL STANDARD AXCESS”AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE AT EPIPHONE.COM
RUSH Lead Guitarist and Rock & Roll Legend Alex LifesonDebuts Two New ...