Gary Moore played guitar on some songs, but his role in the band was not very large. Characteristic of the Group was the establishment in which two lead guitarists were central. This Setup was later often copied by bands like Iron Maiden. Phil Lynott was known as an extravagant but brilliant singer, bassist, composer and poet. The composition of the band changed regularly over the years. In addition to frontman Phil Lynott singer/bassist most notable members were Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.
Thin Lizzy is an Irish rock band. The core of the band formed singer and bassist Phil Lynott ( 1949- 1986) and drummer Brian Downey. No, of course it is not a Mission Review, it is basically a tribute portrait, mainly for fans, but without a doubt a lively, ambitious and nicely pulsating one.Phil Lynott Brian Downey Eric Bell Vivian Campbell Eric Wrixon Gary Moore Andy Gee (original formation)īrian Robertson Mark Nauseef Midge Ure Dave Flett Snowy White John Sykes Marco Mendoza Michael Lee Francesco DiCosmo Richard Fortus In addition, tangible snapshots from a cramped childhood that describe Phil Lynott as the only black child in Ireland, with all that entails of exclusion and sublimated racism.Īlso highlights Lynott's soft parts, lets the women and the immediate family around him nuance the slightly boyish image, tells about the dark sides, about the rootlessness and the drugs, about the mother who left him to grow up with his grandparents, the search for the unknown father, the relationship with his two daughters (the son who was later recognized as Lynotts, is strangely not mentioned at all). Lots of fun details from the recording studio, entertaining testimonials and telling tales. Of course we want water on our riveted mill, but the intended audience is already probably sitting on so much information that more is needed to appease that child in the candy store. In the usual rock documentary style, an impressive array of rock potentates is presented that glorifies Lynott's greatness, so far nothing new under the spotlight but Emer Reynolds, one of Ireland's most successful documentary filmmakers, knows where she has her audience. He made sure that Lizzy stood firm with her boots in the Irish soil, drawing inspiration from contemporary Dublin (and her own life) as well as folklore and old Irish myths.Īre largely in the spirit of nostalgia and common recognition. Phil Lynott was a dark-eyed wordsmith as if he had been Swedish would have been self-written for the caramel poetry scholarship. It was as if someone had rolled away the stone and released a cadre of rock zombies who stumbled upon a soundtrack by this hard rock industry's, musically speaking, most creative band.īecause even though Thin Lizzy was included in the metal world, it was not a simple headbanging, make-up or poodle-rocking gang. In the slightly different press screening that was visited by unusually few reviewers, but all the more gray long-haired men with leather pies and denim vests.
Well, it was a long time ago, and it only took ten from the time I discovered the band until Phil Lynott's drug death, but his influence was so strong that he has a bribed place in my mental Hall of Fame, next to other greats like Neil Young, David Bowie and Led Zeppelin. His iconic band Thin Lizzy occupied my hearing organs in 1976, in connection with the first really successful album Jailbreak and it has sounded pleasant in my ears since then.
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