Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 5
Top works
- My Effin' Life
- Rush Complete (Songbook)
- Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass
- My Favorite Headache
- Rush
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Best known as the vocalist, bassist, and keyboard player for the rock group Rush, which also features drummer Neil Peart and guitarist Alex Lifeson. Rush is the most successful Canadian music group in history, and is the third most prolific seller of consecutive (American) Gold and Platinum Records and videos, behind only the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Lee's spectacular bass-playing ability…
Known for
- CFNY: The Spirit of Radio — Self2026
- Rush: Grace Under Pressure (Super Deluxe Edition)2026
- 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2025
- Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World — Self2023
- Rush: Signals (40th Anniversary Edition) — Bass guitars, Synthesizers, vocals2023
- Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?2023
- Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert — Self2022
- South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert — Self (Rush)2022
- Rush: Moving Pictures (40th Anniversary Edition) — Bass guitars, Synthesizers, vocals2022
- Rush: Cinema Strangiato - R40+ Director's Cut — Himself2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 63,088
- Total plays
- 572,888
Tags
Progressive rockhard rockrockCanadianclassic rock
Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician who is the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the progressive rock group Rush. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Lee grew up as the son of Polish-Jewish parents who were survivors of Nazi concentration camps Dachau and Bergen-Belsen. Lee's stage name (and later legal name) "Geddy" was inspired by the heavily-accented pronunciation of his given first name "Gary" by his mother. In 2004 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Geddy+L
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,872x
- Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.
· 2003 · cited 64,899x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,533x
- Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests
· 1951 · cited 29,381x
- Particle mesh Ewald: An <i>N</i>⋅log(<i>N</i>) method for Ewald sums in large systems
· 1993 · cited 29,200x
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Key dates
- Born
- 29 July 1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- North York
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Instrument
- voice
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