Playing in a band with someone you don’t like is a buzz kill.
I love the music of RUSH, and love that they were best friends, worked hard, avoided the “rock-star” attitudes of women and drugs (well - too much drugs).
In one interview Geddy was asked a question about Alex. Geddy paused for a second. “Oh - sorry. I haven’t used his real name in 40 years so it took me a second. We all have like 10 nicknames for each other.”