Hatchetaxe&saw Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Brian Downey's drumming on Chinatown. Thrilling stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Jul 2 2012, 04:37 PM) Brian Downey's drumming on Chinatown. Thrilling stuff. yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh597/greyfriar2112/CIMG2402.jpg R.I.P. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 This just in about the current line-up... Thin Lizzy Winds Down New Era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toscanobarga Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Too bad, I enjoyed seeing Scott and Brian again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I've had Bad Reputation for years and I've only just discovered the nod to Rush in the liner notes. Ahem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 BBC boxset will have to be soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 QUOTE (Steevo @ Oct 15 2012, 07:04 PM) BBC boxset will have to be soon! You won't regret buying it. It's a real treasure trove of goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Oct 15 2012, 07:12 PM) I've had Bad Reputation for years and I've only just discovered the nod to Rush in the liner notes. Ahem. I just had a look Wow, I'd never spotted that either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Just finished a fantastic book on Philip, "Renegade of Thin Lizzy", by Alan Byrne. You get a real insight into Philip on tour, in the studio, at home (rarely) and socially. Buy it! Listening to the first 3 Lizzy albums a lot of late. Eric Bell was an Irish Peter Green/Jimi hybrid. Pure class.called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Just finished a fantastic book on Philip, "Renegade of Thin Lizzy", by Alan Byrne. You get a real insight into Philip on tour, in the studio, at home (rarely) and socially. Buy it! Listening to the first 3 Lizzy albums a lot of late. Eric Bell was an Irish Peter Green/Jimi hybrid. Pure class.called I never even heard of this, is it new... ...I'm to Amazon.com. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Just finished a fantastic book on Philip, "Renegade of Thin Lizzy", by Alan Byrne. You get a real insight into Philip on tour, in the studio, at home (rarely) and socially. Buy it! Listening to the first 3 Lizzy albums a lot of late. Eric Bell was an Irish Peter Green/Jimi hybrid. Pure class.called Thanks again, just ordered it! Yea!!! There is a new book coming out about them written by Harry Doherty with Scott Gorham http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thin-Lizzy-Boys-Back-Town/dp/1780384327/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=1351110335=8-1 This is from Thin Lizzy's site...This Thin Lizzy book has come through an awfully long gestation period! Back in 1977, Phil Lynott asked me to write the book and interviews were conducted in Toronto where I spent a month with the band while they recorded „Bad Reputation. After that, it was delayed as we tried to continuously update it during the subsequent albums, but Phil Lynott would never come clean with his increasing drug use. In fact, he looked me in the eye once: „Harry, I don‚t take drugs anymore‰. But during the period, they continued to prove that they were one of the most potent rock bands in the world, growing from humble roots in Dublin with a few early albums that verged on folk-rock, and then recording the innovative, Vagabonds of the Western World, with its orchestral guitars, fine songs and arrangements, and, of course, Lynott‚s unique voice. But it was after the band lost, first, Eric Bell, and briefly afterwards, Gary Moore, that they really came into their own, in what has been called The Golden Era of Thin Lizzy. With two new guitarists, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, they set upon an unprecedented set of albums and touring, culminating in what has been voted the Best Live Album of all time, Live and Dangerous. Then, of course, the guitar curse struck again, Robertson out / Moore back in / Moore out / Robertson back in, until they settled on blues maestro Snowy White, who had cut his teeth with Pink Floyd. White quit after two albums when he grew tired of the drug use by Lynott and Gorham, leaving the door open for another young guitarist to enter. John Sykes was known primarily as a heavy metal player, and he brought that heaviness to one album, Thunder and Lightning. But the end was nigh, and when it came, it really crashed down, tragically. When Phil died, I finished a first draft of the book, on the proviso that I would be able to tell the whole story, and if any one person from the band or their families objected, I wouldn‚t publish it. It was all very dark and too close to Phil‚s death. A few people flinched at the „warts and all‰ detail, including Scott Gorham and his wife, Christine, and the singer‚s mother, Philomena. So at last we have the full story, the tale of a band that never knew when to stop and what to stop. This is Thin Lizzy, from beginning to end. Harry Doherty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Just finished a fantastic book on Philip, "Renegade of Thin Lizzy", by Alan Byrne. You get a real insight into Philip on tour, in the studio, at home (rarely) and socially. Buy it! Listening to the first 3 Lizzy albums a lot of late. Eric Bell was an Irish Peter Green/Jimi hybrid. Pure class.called Thanks again, just ordered it! Yea!!! There is a new book coming out about them written by Harry Doherty with Scott Gorham http://www.amazon.co...=1351110335=8-1 This is from Thin Lizzy's site...This Thin Lizzy book has come through an awfully long gestation period! Back in 1977, Phil Lynott asked me to write the book and interviews were conducted in Toronto where I spent a month with the band while they recorded „Bad Reputation. After that, it was delayed as we tried to continuously update it during the subsequent albums, but Phil Lynott would never come clean with his increasing drug use. In fact, he looked me in the eye once: „Harry, I don‚t take drugs anymore‰. But during the period, they continued to prove that they were one of the most potent rock bands in the world, growing from humble roots in Dublin with a few early albums that verged on folk-rock, and then recording the innovative, Vagabonds of the Western World, with its orchestral guitars, fine songs and arrangements, and, of course, Lynott‚s unique voice. But it was after the band lost, first, Eric Bell, and briefly afterwards, Gary Moore, that they really came into their own, in what has been called The Golden Era of Thin Lizzy. With two new guitarists, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, they set upon an unprecedented set of albums and touring, culminating in what has been voted the Best Live Album of all time, Live and Dangerous. Then, of course, the guitar curse struck again, Robertson out / Moore back in / Moore out / Robertson back in, until they settled on blues maestro Snowy White, who had cut his teeth with Pink Floyd. White quit after two albums when he grew tired of the drug use by Lynott and Gorham, leaving the door open for another young guitarist to enter. John Sykes was known primarily as a heavy metal player, and he brought that heaviness to one album, Thunder and Lightning. But the end was nigh, and when it came, it really crashed down, tragically. When Phil died, I finished a first draft of the book, on the proviso that I would be able to tell the whole story, and if any one person from the band or their families objected, I wouldn‚t publish it. It was all very dark and too close to Phil‚s death. A few people flinched at the „warts and all‰ detail, including Scott Gorham and his wife, Christine, and the singer‚s mother, Philomena. So at last we have the full story, the tale of a band that never knew when to stop and what to stop. This is Thin Lizzy, from beginning to end. Harry Doherty Cool! I have Harry's book ordered. Could be the "warts 'n' all" book we've been waiting for. There's so much out there about Phil, but there's just as much out there regarding Scott, Gary & the 2 Brians, it just hasn't been fit to print....YET! If you like the Phil book, email the author(his address is on the back page), he has a private printing of his book on Lizzy, he'll post it to you. I'm roughly half way through it, again very well researched and lots of stuff I had no idea of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Great group - saw them live in 1978 on the Live and Dangerous tour.Brian Downey was a very underrated drummer - listen to Bad Reputation.yep me too,brilliant show and still one of the best live albums ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Philp Parris Lynott August 20 1949 - January 4 1986 Rest In Peace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIkeUvtBjE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTH6nrD0ars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! Awesome post! Great homage on St. Patrick's Day! I will be drinking a Guinness for Phil tonight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! Awesome post! Great homage on St. Patrick's Day! I will be drinking a Guinness for Phil tonight! Same here! :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thin Lizzy Behind the Music on VH1 Classic starting tonight. They tend to play the newest episode multiple times over the week, so be sure to catch this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 god damn too bad I dont have that channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 god damn too bad I dont have that channel It should become available on VH1 Classic online starting tomorrow. Pretty interesting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Saw it last night. Interesting show!Sad how incredibly gifted people destroy themselves, isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes, I saw this yesterday. It was quite good. Phil was very gifted and his loss was such a tragedy. Very sad. He was so charismatic and seems like he was a genuinely nice person. And, I always love watching a great bass player. :haz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebbish Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 they were my first concert...20th Feb 1982 Whitla Hall, Belfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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