Former
SKID ROW frontman
Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his web site:
"What an incredible experience it was filming the latest episode,
'Will You Be My Lorelai, Gilmore?', of the
CW network show
'Gilmore Girls'. As I was getting ready to leave the hotel for the
Warner Brothers lot, my phone rang and it was my stand-in on the show and good buddy
Kerry Tobin. He said, 'Dude, you are not gonna beleive who is hanging out on the set today —
Geddy Lee from
RUSH!!' I said, 'He is not!!' But I knew to expect the unexpected on the show.
"During my five seasons on the
'Gilmore Girls', I have met and filmed episodes with
Carole King,
SONIC YOUTH,
Madeline Albright,
Sally Struthers,
Micheal York,
Grant Lee Philips, and many more eclectic musicians and actors from all across the spectrum of the entertainment industry.
"But
Geddy Lee? My favorite singer/bass player ever in the history of the planet? Hanging out on the set, checking us out filming our scene? Could it be?!?
"Sure enough, when I get to the production office to rehearse the song we perform in the episode, there in the flesh is
Mr. Geddy Lee and his beautiful daughter
Kyla! Turns out
Kyla has impeccable taste and never misses an episode of her favorite show,
'Gilmore Girls', right beside Dad who watches every one with her!
Geddy told us that he was in L.A. listening to mixes of the new
RUSH CD, and set up a tour of the
WB lot with
Kyla, who had a great time meeting the cast and watching us work. I said to
Geddy, 'Well, hey ..... why don't you guys BE IN THE SHOW???' The opportunity of filming a scene with
Geddy and
Kyla was just too great for this
RUSH fan to pass up!
Geddy chuckled and said, 'Well, I don't know... we'll see.' I then proceeded to badger the producer of the show
Helen Pai (whose name is the anagram
HEP ALIEN is based upon), 'Hey can
Geddy and
Kyla be in our scene?'
Helen, in all her awesome-ness, said, 'Sure I don't see why not!' Unbelievable!!! This was around 7 pm or so. We were not on call to shoot the scene for at least a couple of hours. Which meant that
Geddy and
Kyla would have to make the commitment to stay on the set until 2 or 3 in the morning, by the time the shot was lit and filmed from all angles of coverage. What troopers they were! We got to hang out and rap about anything and everything, all night, and for me the chance to 'pick
Geddy's brain' for four or five hours or so was a night I will never forget!
"Coming from Canada and growing up in the 1970s, a truly surreal moment occured that evening. I got to introduce
Sally Struthers to
Geddy Lee! For me being a little kid who grew up on
'All In The Family' and
RUSH, to somehow be the guy who introduces these two icons of Seventies culture was really quite mind-blowing!
Geddy was very excited to meet
Sally and even did a short
Archie Bunker impersonation on the spot! He told me he was a huge fan of
'All in the Family' and you could tell that he truly dug meeting
'Gloria Bunker'!
"Some heroes you meet and you wish you never did. Then there are those that exceed your every expectation, set you at ease in their company, understand that you are freaking out in their presence but still are cool answering questions etc., that they have probably answered a thousand times!
Geddy Lee was definitely the most coolest, humble and down-to-earth rock god I ever shot a drama/comedy with! Click over to
www.myspace.com/hepalien for pics and video of this momenteous rock/pop/tv occasion! And look for
Geddy and
Kyla's cameo on the show.. but don't blink, you might miss it!"