RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson recently revealed that he’s working on a new guitar-driven, collaborative song with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE shredder Tom Morello and METALLICA axeman Kirk Hammett.
The three guitar icons are adding their unique playing styles to the track that came about because of a virtual “guitar summit” in which the trio participated. Morello is acting as producer of the song.
“I think this is a project that he’s working on with a bunch of different musicians,” Lifeson told UCR on Wednesday (June 30). “I don’t really know what the future holds for it, but I really loved doing it.”
He continued, “[Morello] said, Put whatever you want on it — the more, the merrier.’ He was going to give it to Kirk Hammett, and Kirk was going to do the same thing.”
Lifeson also said that he contributed some guitar parts that deviate from what you may be used to from each guitarist.
“Being the contrarian, I did all of [these other styles], not just heavy rock stuff,” Lifeson added. “We were all talking to each other while we were doing it, and we just had such a riot. I sent my stuff in, and it went to Kirk then, and he sent his stuff in.”
No release date for the song has been revealed as of yet.