| Celebrated Name: | Geddy Lee |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | Geddy Lee Weinrib, OC |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 71 years old |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Willowdale, Toronto, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Nancy Young (m. 1976) |
| Children: | Yes (Julian, Kyla) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): |
N/A |
| Profession: | Musician, Singer, and Songwriter |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $50 million |
| Last Updated: | November 2024 |
Geddy Lee is a well-known musician from Canada. He is also a singer and songwriter. He is best known to be the keyboardist, bassist, and lead vocalist of the rock band Rush. Lee has been a member of the group since 1968. He has won several awards and has also released an album as a solo artist.
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Early Life
Geddy Lee Weinrib was born as Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953, in Ontario, Canada, to his parents Mary Weinrib and Morris Weinrib.
At the age of 13, he got his bar mitzvah and was raised as a Jewish. He went to Fisherville Junior High School in Willowdale, Toronto, Canada. He started performing when he was nine years old.
When still in high school, Lee converted his basement into a practicing place along with his friends. He dropped out of school to perform professionally.
Personal life
In 1976, Geddy Lee got married to Nancy Young. The couple has two children named Julian and Kyla. He is a collector of wine and has collected 5,000 bottles of it. He likes baseball, and his favorite teams include Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Chicago Cubs.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 29 July 1953, Geddy Lee is 71 years old as of today’s date 22nd November 2024. His height is 1.78 m tall, and his weight is 80 kg.
Career
In 1968, Geddy Lee formed the rock band Rush along with Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson. A year later, they started performing professionally in recreational events, high school dances, and coffeehouses. They started to make original songs and perform in bars and clubs. By 1972, the band started performing in concerts.
Rush released its eponymous debut studio album in 1974. A year later, they released two albums, ‘Fly by Night’ and ‘Caress of Steel.’ This was followed by ‘2112’ in 1976. In September 1977, the album ‘A Farewell to Kings’ was released. And then, it was followed by ‘Hemispheres.’
Their albums from the 1980s were ‘Permanent Waves,’ ‘Moving Pictures,’ ‘Signals,’ ‘Grace Under Pressure,’ ‘Power Windows,’ ‘Hold Your Fire,’ and ‘Presto.’ In 1991, Rush released the album ‘Roll the Bones’. ‘Counterparts’ became available from October 1993. In 1996, their album ‘Test for Echo’ was released.
In 2002, Rush released ‘Vapor Trails.’ This was followed by ‘Snakes & Arrows’ in 2007. Their recent studio album entitled ‘Clockwork Angels’ was released in 2012. They have also released nine compilation albums, ten video albums, 11 live albums, six box sets, 1 EP, one remix album, 32 music videos, and 78 singles.
As a solo artist, Geddy Lee released his debut album called ‘My Favourite Headache’ in 2000. In 1982, he became the producer of the band Boys Brigade’s album.
Awards & Achievements
In 2013, Geddy Lee was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Rush. In 2012, he won Queen Elizabeth II, Diamond Jubilee Medal. He was named as the Officer of the Order of Canada in 1996. He had also been inducted into the Juno Hall of Fame in 1994. He has received several other honors and titles along with his group Rush.
Net Worth & Salary of Geddy Lee in 2024
As of November 2024, Geddy Lee has an estimated net worth of more than $50 million. He has released 19 studio albums with his band Rush. On many occasions, his albums have been certified platinum. He has also released an album as a solo artist and has released various other albums. With Rush, he has released many singles and music videos. Part of his wealth also comes from doing other projects like becoming the rock arranger of the movie ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.’
Geddy Lee is considered one of the most popular singers in the world. As a lead artist of Rush, he found considerable success and went on to release several albums. He has been a subject of the documentary ‘Metal: A Headbangers Journey’. Geddy Lee has also appeared in an episode of ‘How I Met Your Mother.’
The band Rush was formed with John Rutsey as the drummer. Due to health reasons, Rutsey left the band after releasing their first album, “Rush”. Neil Peart was recruited as a replacement.
And, due to health reasons, Neil Peart also left the band.
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My personal opinión Rush is the best rock band Ever.
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Right, Neil Peart did not join Rush until around 1973 or 74, after the release of their first titled album “Rush”, where John Rutsey, their original drummer was unable to join their first American tour because of his diabetes (type1).
Alex Lifeson was actually the one to form the group under the name “Rush”. Geddy Lee would join later as a second guitarist. Their first bassist had to quit because his mother thought rock music was evil and made him stop.
Instead of getting a new bass player, Geddy agreed to take over the role and what a bass player he became. I don’t know how good he was on guitar, but he proved to be one of the best bass players rock music has ever produced.
Geddy also took over the role as singer, since they had no singer. Even being lead singer on every song, Geddy still continued to make his bass parts more and more complicated. That wasn’t enough for Lee, so he decided to toss in keyboards, just to make it a challenge for him.
Releasing their first album and needing to go on their first tour to promote it became problematic without a drummer with two weeks to prepare. Only Rush could be so lucky to be in such a spot, where they would have taken any decent dummer that walk through the door, but instead, the greatest drummer rock music would ever know come to audition. What luck!
Even though Neil was the “new guy” even 40 years later, they would go on to sell more consecutive gold records than any band, except the Beatles and The Rolling Stones. It’s not bad being third when those are the only bands to outsell you.
The rest is music history and Rush was a big part of that history as they are probably the most influential band ever. They were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2013 where Alex Lifeson gave a speech befitting the honor.
The RRHOF is a joke and never wanted Rush in their dumb Hall anyway, but they put up a poll on their website where folks could vote on the last inductee that year and Rush won 25% of the total vote.
No one else made double digits, even though there are still many great groups who have yet to be inducted, while pop, rap, hip hop and all other kind of artist, who never played a rock song in their career, have been inducted into the Hall.
The last bit of news for Rush was the passing of “the Professor”, Neil Peart in January of 2020. There has never been a drummer like him.
He was more than a drummer, but a complete musician. Besides writing 99% of all the lyrics for Rush songs, his drumming style was some of the most creative use of a variety of percussion instruments, making much of his drumming as melodic as the rest of the band.
This is why he is so admired and beloved. I have never seen so many people air-drumming as I have at every Rush concert I was privileged enough to attend.
Hi Geddy, it’s your old buddy Don McNally, the stockbroker, you met way back when, the guy who walked into the Danforth Hotel and asked you to chill while I had a business meeting, it was great to see you and Leif do it right, the house on Lake Drive, thanks for the beautiful memories, Alexandria Bay, et al, what a great time we had, say hi to Leif, and stay safe bud, all good with me,
Actually Geddy was called by Eric to play for the band called Rush as a backup because their singer was not available.