Alex Lifeson Reveals Rush Defied Label Pressure to Create ‘2112’ After ‘Caress of Steel’ Failure
The moment Alex Lifeson’s parents, who were Yugoslavian refugees, finally accepted his career was when they saw Rush on a local TV show in 1974—they were entertainers with a real job. But that legitimacy was threatened after the commercial failure of ‘Caress of Steel’, which left the band heavily in