RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson recently spoke with Time Out New York about the new documentary on the band, Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage, at the Tribeca Film Festival. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Time Out: Some of this footage is insane. Whose idea was it to film a teenage Alex Lifeson arguing with his parents?

Lifeson: "Oh, wow. You saw that? There was this Canadian filmmaker, Allan King—he just recently passed away. He was known for his cinema vérité documentaries. I auditioned for a film he wanted to do about ten kids from different parts of Toronto moving onto a farm for three months."

Time Out: So originally you wanted to be a reality-TV star.

Lifeson: "Basically! [Laughs] We went and did the film and it was terrible. Nothing developed between us. The project was shelved. Anyway, it was a chance to get out of school for three months."

Time Out:You kids got along too well. Sounds familiar.

Lifeson: "I know. And I’m married to the girl that I fell in love with when I was 15 years old. To Geddy and Neil and me, the thought of doing a documentary about Rush just didn’t seem so great of an idea. We’re just a band. We’re middle-class Canadian kids who grew up."

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Beyond The Lighted Stage now has an official website. Check it out at RushBeyondTheLightedStage.com.

The film saw its world premiere on April 24th at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Check out video of guitarist Alex Lifeson, singer/bassist Geddy and filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen (Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Global Metal and IRON MAIDEN's Flight 666) at the event here and below:

Check out red-carpet photos courtesy of Getty Images here.

Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage will make its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto on April 29th.

The film will get its television premiere on VH1 and VH1 Classic on June 26th, and will appear in select theaters for one night only on Thursday, June 10th and be released on DVD/Blu-Ray and digital download on June 29th.

Check out the newly-released trailer below: