Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Back Angine De Poitrine

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have added their voices to the growing conversation around Angine De Poitrine, the Canadian duo whose viral rise has become one of guitar rock’s more divisive talking points in 2026. Speaking to Chile’s Radio Futuro during Rush’s 50 Something tour, both musicians described the pair with clear enthusiasm.

Lee framed the appeal as partly structural. “They’ve taken Primus and a bit of Rush and all the complexities and sort of boiled it down to a two-piece band using an incredible array of technology,” he said. He called the music “the most entertaining and exhilarating bits of music that I’ve heard for a long, long time.”

Lifeson focused on the mechanics of the duo’s writing. He highlighted the use of looping pedals to layer bass and guitar lines, and a microtonal approach that gives the music its “exotic” and “mesmerising” quality. “Above all, they’re just great players,” he added.

The endorsement follows similarly strong reactions from Mike Portnoy and Dave Grohl earlier this year. But not everyone agrees. Devin Townsend has criticised the pair’s costumed presentation, questioning whether the polka-dot noses and visual image draw more attention than music he otherwise considers strong. The split underlines how firmly Angine De Poitrine now sits within a larger debate about image, craft and attention in contemporary guitar music.