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  Alex Neil
Alex Neil was born in 1951 in Patna, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Neil would go on to become the SNP's Publicity Director, and then in charge of the party's policy, as well as a candidate in the 1989 Glasgow Central by-election, and candidate in the 1992 and 1997 General Elections.
Neil is unsurprisingly given his background on the left of the SNP, and is known as a fundamentalist, critical of the gradualist wing.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Alex_Neil.html   (233 words)

  
 Alex Neil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neil would go on to become the SNP's Publicity Director, and then in charge of the party's policy, as well as a candidate in the 1989 Glasgow Central by-election and candidate in the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in both the 1992 and 1997 General Elections.
In July 2004, Neil announced that he would not be a candidate in the impending contest for the leadership of the SNP, despite the fact that he believed he had considerable support within the party.
In 2004 Neil was appointed chair of the Enterprise and Culture Committee.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alex_Neil   (410 words)

  
 The Powertrio (Rush)Neil Peart
Neil's distinctive style of drumming and renowned solos are not the only thing he brought to Rush.
Other projects Neil has been involved in are making the "Burning for Buddy" tribute to Buddy Rich (which he produced; he also plays on two tracks) and the "Work in Progress" instructional video, among many other things almost too numerous to detail.
Neil's wife, Jaqueline Taylor, passed away from cancer in June of 1998; his only child Selena also passed away in August of 1997in a car crash.
home.earthlink.net /~agsodfarmsinc/neil.htm   (319 words)

  
 My evening with Rush - The Greatest that can be...
Geddy, Alex and Neil were uncommonly relaxed, playful, and energetic which only makes the audience even happier to have the chance to spend an evening with the band.
At one point, Geddy was playing next to Neil as Alex approached the microphone with his normal antics in position and ready for launch.
Neil's percussion solo introduced a small compilation of big band rhythms during one section and it was superb.
www.joewoodworker.com /rush.htm   (1397 words)

  
 Rush
Alex changed his name to Alex Lifeson because his real last name was too hard to say and spell.
He was a 2nd guitarist in the band (along with Alex Lifeson.) He quit in May of '71...
Neil was from St. Catharines, which was a town just south of Toronto and across Lake Ontario.
home.earthlink.net /~hpooch/id2.html   (852 words)

  
 Rush biography @ Tartareandesire.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alex changed his name to Alex Lifeson because his real last name was too hard to spell and pronounce.
Neil stated it stands for the abstract man against the mass [sic].
During the mix, Neil was struck with a second blow of tragedy when his wife died of cancer in July.
www.tartareandesire.com /bands/rush.html   (1882 words)

  
 Scotland on Sunday - Politics - Neil won't stand in SNP leadership contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Neil, who challenged for the leadership in 2000, has led the resistance to Swinney’s leadership since then, which he blames for the party’s disastrous polling in successive elections.
Neil’s decision makes it near certain that the leadership campaign will be contested by just three candidates: deputy leader Roseanna Cunningham, justice spokeswoman Nicola Sturgeon and former chief executive Mike Russell.
Neil used his statement to once again urge the party to take a bolder line on the independence message.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=766642004   (668 words)

  
 Scott - Free - Alex M Neil W
Once Alex Moran and Neil Ward were kindly brought their instruments for the Christmas of 2001, they decided a to start a band as it was the done thing when you are brought an instrument.
When Scott and Alex were walking to a practise carrying all their equipment one Friday they stopped none other than by a Methodist Minister looking for bands to play at his youth club.
Alex's extreme bass lines create the sound, and Neil gives varied rhythm but with a distinctive sound.
www.freewebs.com /scott-free/biography.htm   (922 words)

  
 Alex&Jo&Neil FEB2003
Alex, Jo and Neil stayed together for the next 2 weeks, trekking around Burma and enjoyed each others company.
Most of the evenings and nights Alex would entertain the Burmese children and others around by singing and playing his Guitar.
Alex left home London/England with that Guitar and carried it around for nearly 10 months as he visited very many South East Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /alexratnasothy/page7.html   (122 words)

  
 History of RUSH
Neil said that all it means is the abstract man against the mass [sic].
Geddy, Alex, and Neil thought that they had finished the first chapter so they decided to come out with a live album.
The EP was named "Feedback" and it was a tribute to the bands that Geddy, Alex, and Neil covered in their first bands when they were 13 and 14 years old.
www.erikandanna.com /Rush/history_of_rush.htm   (2882 words)

  
 Power Windows...Vapor Trails News Archive
Alex finished with the story saying he had just accidentally swallowed the quarter that he was going to use for a phone call to have a van come pick up the animals.
Neil is laughing quite hard at this point, then he asked Geddy for a bass fill but he didn't play much and Alex went on to play his little Jazz number that he just made up and Geddy had to tap him on the shoulder to get him to finish La Villa.
Alex then played a weird riff on the guitar and said "The first song goes like this", then played another riff and said "and the second song goes like this." Geddy and Neil stopped playing, looked at each other and shook their heads.
www.2112.net /powerwindows/VTnews.htm   (10067 words)

  
 Alex Neil bows out of leadership race - [Sunday Herald]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alex Neil, the most prominent figure on the SNP’s fundamentalist left wing, yesterday opted not to stand for the leadership – yet published a manifesto for a more radical party stance.
The Central Scotland MSP, who won a third of the votes when he stood against John Swinney for the leadership four years ago, astonished the party yesterday with his decision, having told journalists he would be standing as recently as last Thursday.
Neil’s platform calls for a more prominent self-government campaign; ditching the party policy of promising an independence referendum once in government; working with other pro-independence parties; shifting to the left; and campaigning against the European Union constitution.
www.sundayherald.com /43196   (657 words)

  
 Alex Neil, SNP MSP for Central Scotland
Central Scotland SNP MSP Alex Neil has branded Network Rails handling of their consultation process on the proposed Airdrie-Bathgate rail link with the Airdrie and District Angling Club and Monklands Sailing Club as being “dictatorial”.
Mr Neil has had several constituents contact him to note their concern about the need to improve safety on school buses, with the rules presently stating that there is no need for an adult supervisor on them if it is a single decker bus.
Central Scotland SNP MSP Alex Neil is concerned by news that Lanarkshire has the highest number of patients per GP of any health board area in Scotland.
www.alexneilmsp.net   (304 words)

  
 Arrow In The Head's movie review of Gnaw: Food of the Gods Part 2: Lisa Shrage/Alex, Neil Hamilton/Paul
Some old ditz doctor (a she) injected some kid with a growth hormone (she was trying to help him?!?) The kid is now a giant brat (funny shite, he’s huge!).
Neil Hamilton (a poor man’s Timothy Hutton) plays Dr. Paul convincingly and even squeezes out a couple of tears in a certain scene.
Lisa Shrage (Alex) who was fantastic as "Marylou" is not given much to do here except be gorgeous.
www.joblo.com /arrow/reviews.php?id=394   (626 words)

  
 Rush Blog - Rush is a Band Blog: Alex Lifeson radio interview report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alex talked a lot about it, and in a way implied that they'd be doing the songs live.
Neil was not a part of it and so they might just stick to RUSH songs.
Alex's quotes (in bold) really seem to indicate that they will be "learning" each song and getting "familiar" with each song so that when they record it, it will already feel like an old friend.
www.rushisaband.com /display.php?id=644   (1388 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: Los Angeles - "Dogs Barking" - 4/14/03
Alex is in the position of power; Neil is simply an uninvited guest in her home and she treats him like that - waking him up as he sleeps on the couch and ordering him to dress and leave when she goes to work.
But it is only when Neil comments to divorced Ray that Ray should have battered his wife beyond recognition that we realize how truly dangerous Neil is. Neil isn't simply playing to win; he's playing for Alex to lose.
Neil can trade insults with Alex in that half-joking, half-affectionate way of exes who have remained friends, while at the same time giving the audience little glimpses of his hidden agenda.
www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/la/la98.html   (767 words)

  
 Al Neil: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Like Lawrence's metaphorical retreat, "Las Chivas", Neil's retreat strikes the observer as being at once a junkyard of "accumulated life and things", and yet a new spark, a flame fanned by the energy force that inhabits it.
Just as Al's house becomes a houseboat when the tide is high, so does the visitor undergo transformation: from the road to the beachhouse is a hundred yards of three-hundred-year-old cedar giants, branches washed in rain and roots deep in the earth.
Al Neil moves to his piano, such as it is… as a child advances upon a favorite, well-worn toy.
www.zoominfo.com /people/neil_al_60097627.aspx   (1296 words)

  
 ttgapers store - USA - Rush - Rush in Rio - Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart - Product Details :: ttgapers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Geddy, Alex and Neil look great and there is a near perfect synergy of energy with them.
In truth, Geddy was gracious with the crowd, but Neil and Alex (especially Neil) could have done a better job thanking a crowd that had sung virtually every word in that concert.
Neil looked a bit stolid, probably not a good day for him in light of all the losses he has experienced.
www.ttgapers.com /module-ttStore-product-asin-B0000CG89W-locale-us.html   (1608 words)

  
 the Moonbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Irving Alexander Declan O'Neil (call him Alex if you want him to answer) is a nice Irish boy who lives in Eden.
Right now his crew is working on a monstrous building called the Shaw House; the price for living in the house is that you have to keep working on it.
Alex, as you may or may not imagine, has a Thing for the house's current resident, the odd and eccentric Shaw Chamberlain.
thegates.net /moonbook/alex.html   (83 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Watching Angels Mend: Music: Alex Lloyd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Neil Finn like his musical brother Tim are New Zealander's and their music is essentially so.
Crowded House was a partnership between Neil and two Australian musician's but that is about as Australian as Finn got...
The sound of Alex Lloyd (or Alex Wasiliev as he's actually known - his real name) is by far the most advanced sounding production I have heard on any CD and beats even my favourite artists.
www.amazon.com /Watching-Angels-Mend-Alex-Lloyd/dp/B000069CM6   (1056 words)

  
 Crisis Wolverine 2 - Character Bios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
IOE major and resident of Baits, Alex is the main character of the game.
Alex has a strong will and heart, however he is often misled by his slacker roommate Neil.
Perhaps Alex just needs to find the right motivation...
www-personal.umich.edu /~rhenyard/alexbio.htm   (40 words)

  
 A. Neil: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Neil served as General Manager at the Glover Smelting Division from September 2001 to August 31, 2003.
Neil served as an Operations Manager of Doe Run.
Neil held positions with ASARCO, where he was involved in custom lead refining, and with Noranda, Inc. and Timminco Limited smelters in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario, Canada.
www.zoominfo.com /people/neil_a._299478652.aspx   (297 words)

  
 Young & The Restless History From The TV MegaSite
Neil never knew there was a chance the girl could be his brother's daughter.
Alex assured Malcolm she was in love with only him, and
Neil claimed he'd wanted the woman, but that she hadn't wanted him back.
tvmegasite.net:8080 /day/yr/history/malcolm.shtml   (1041 words)

  
 Zebra Forums - Neil Peart vs. Alex Van Halen!
Peart, Gelso 1 and 2 Alex somewhere in the middle
I definetly agree that Neil Peart is the best but Guy Gelso is not close behind him at second.
Gelso's drumming, he is AWESOME but to say he is close behind Peart without even mentioning Bonzo, Moon, Alex or Tony is going a bit far.
www.thedoor.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=3845   (502 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Rush - Replay: DVD: Alex Lifeson,Neil Peart,Geddy Lee,Joe Flaherty,Martin Kahan,Lawrence Jordan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Particularly welcome here are the miniature reproductions of the official programs from each of the tours featured here: "Exit Stage Left" (1981), "Grace Under Pressure" (1984) and "A Show of Hands" (1987-88).
With tour-diary notes by the band's illustrious percussionist and co-founder Neil Peart, and often humorous personnel profiles and equipment list by Peart, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and bassist/synth player and vocalist Geddy Lee, these handy booklets offer both tour-related nostalgia and successive glimpses into the band's creative process.
For those who think a little Rush goes a long way, Replay x 3 will probably qualify as overkill, but true fans will be ecstatic despite the absence of certain previously available material or any backstage features that would allow a more intimate glimpse of prog-rock's most enduring practitioners.
www.amazon.co.uk /Rush-Replay-Alex-Lifeson/dp/B000FDFOX0   (1384 words)

  
 Rush - Music CDs, DVDs, Books - Geddy, Neil, Alex
Neil Peart explains, "It was April of 2004, but Geddy, Alex, and I were channeling back to 1966 and 1967, when we were thirteen- and fourteen-year-old beginners.
We thought it would be a fitting symbol to commemorate our thirty years together if we returned to our roots and paid tribute to those we had learned from and were inspired by.
In less than a year, Neil lost both his daughter and his wife.
www.jgeoff.com /rush/rush_store.shtml   (972 words)

  
 Percussion Sheet Music - More Drum Techniques Of Rush (Instrumental Folio - Percussion)
This folio is a must-have for any drummer who wants to play like Rush's Neil Peart.
The Temples Of The Syrinx) - Performed by: Rush - Composed by: Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, and Geddy Lee - ©1976
Soliloquy) - Performed by: Rush - Composed by: Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson - ©1976
www.encoremusic.com /1400095_alt_alpha.html   (559 words)

  
 NPR : Dan Neil and the Cars of the Future
Dan Neil and the Cars of the Future
Day to Day, August 24, 2004 · NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Dan Neil, automotive critic for The Los Angeles Times, about the future of cars.
But they get a little distracted by the car Neil brings with him -- a 600-horsepower, $180,000 Mercedes Benz.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=3868200   (175 words)

  
 MitA's Rush OdDiTiEs - "off-the-beaten-path"  strangeness by MUSICinTheABsTrAcT
Alex "drives in from the edge" - hidden Alex guitar solo from "Driven"
Neil plays some cowbell in the Alien Shore
Alex "Sticks It Out" (his voice, that is.
www.musicintheabstract.org   (1250 words)

  
 EXIT... STAGE LEFT
Exit… Stage Left captures the band at the height of their popularity, and arguably at the height of their technical skills.
It also marks the end of an era, as Rush shifted toward more synthetic music on subsequent albums; the fiery guitar work of Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart’s bells, blocks and tiny toms, and Geddy Lee’s warm vocals would grow noticeably colder by the time A Show of Hands appeared.
ALEX LIFESON -- electric and acoustic guitars, bass pedal synthesizer
www.connollyco.com /discography/rush/exit.html   (386 words)

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