| Geddy Lee first appeared on the world music stage | | | | genre until the 1980s. This form of rock is a blend |
| in the year 1968, when he joined a Canadian rock | | | | between the powerful guitar sound of heavy metal, |
| band called Rush. His childhood friend, Alex Lifeson, a | | | | intricate instrument playing and complex structures. |
| member of that rock band, asked Geddy Lee to join | | | | Jazz and classical music also influenced progressive |
| as Jeff Jones, the front man at that time, was to be | | | | metal music. The duration of a progressive metal |
| replaced. Geddy Lee soon assumed the front man | | | | song is longer than a standard one. Rushâs |
| part, as he became the lead vocalist, keyboardist and | | | | Geddy Lee was one of the first to introduce |
| bassist of Rush. Since then, Geddy Lee made history | | | | progressive rock to the world. Throughout the years, |
| in progressive metal music and influenced great rock | | | | Rushâs music combined different music |
| players. | | | | styles and gave birth to new genres of rock, while |
| Progressive metal music has its origins in the | | | | Geddy Lee had a major impact on progressive metal |
| progressive rock of the 1960s, but did not become a | | | | music. |