Those who were hoping to rock out with Thin Lizzy this summer are in for a much longer wait than expected. Prospects for the tour became quite uncertain when drummer Tommy Aldridge was injured in a car accident, and after guitarist John Sykes announced his departure from the band yesterday, the obvious was made official: [...]
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From Rocklahoma. Insert a giant *sigh* here.PRYOR, OK— Irish Rock Band Thin Lizzy, known for hits “Jailbreak” and “The Boys Are Back In Town” cancelled their entire 2009 tour including Rocklahoma. Thin Lizzy guitarist and main stay, Scott Gorham had this to say, “It’s been a very tough time of late for myself and the band, firstly with drummer Tommy Aldridge’s injury and now the su
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VH1 Classic Records is proud to announce the March 3, 2009 release of 'Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theater Philadelphia 1977'. This newly discovered live album, featuring the quintessential Thin Lizzy lineup—Phil Lynott, lead vocals/bass; Scott Gorham, guitar; Brian Robertson, guitar; Brian Downey, drums—showcases the band at the height of its prodigious powers. Thin Lizzy roared ou
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A Hollywood movie based on the life of late Thin Lizzy frontman/bassist Phil Lynott has been shelved - after surviving band members accused filmmakers of sensationalizing the star's drug abuse. Lynott died of heart failure and pneumonia on January 4, 1986 at the age of 36, after years of alcohol and drug abuse. A biopic, starring CSI actor Gary Dourdan in the lead role, was set to be shot...
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Members of Thin Lizzy have moved to stop a biopic of late frontman Phil Lynott. Guitarist Scott Gorham told the director that he would not receive the group's approval until their was a complete rewrite of the script."It's an ongoing saga because when we looked at the script, it was full of truths and half-truths and Hollywood's take on Phil's life was all about drugs."Of course there were dru...
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» Music Review: Thin Lizzy - Still Dangerous: Live at Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977» Music DVD Review: Jeff Beck - performing this week...live at Ronnie Scott'sOkay, so you may have read about or heard via Internet radio show B-Sides Concept Album about Bonnaroo 2008 and the...
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All of my reviews for live albums are essentially the same. I have a very simple format for reviewing live material, and in order for the album to get a good review it needs to satisfy these three basic criteria :1. Does it sound live?Answer: Most definitely. It doesn’t have that clean production sound that leaves you asking if this is just a rehashing of a bunch of songs with a live tag thrown.
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Thin Lizzy is one of the greatest rock and roll bands the world has seen, and I make that claim with confidence and conviction. Phil Lynott was the ultimate classic rock star who burned himself out on drugs after leading a life of few restraints. He died in 1986 of "heart failure and pneumonia" after being admitted to the hospital from an infected liver and kidney. At the age of 36, his organs ...
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MP3: Thin Lizzy - Cowboy SongSigh. I honestly could post almost every Thin Lizzy record ever in this column or even create a "best band ever" just for them, but I just took the needle off of side B of my "Jailbreak" record and this is where my mind is at.The great thing about Thin Lizzy is you could fill a room up and everybody will find a song that spoke to them on any of their albums: from th...
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I'll admit that I don't know that much of Thin Lizzy's material, but "Jailbreak" has always been one of my favorites. I used to like "The Boys Are Back In Town" but it has gotten _so_ played out. The only other track that I can think of is "Whiskey In A Jar," which I also enjoy (both the booze & the song :o) Heh - you know it's a Friday when you're thinking about drinking in the AM. BREAKOUT!...
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Reading many posts here and realizing that we're all in jail of some sort. We were sentenced to musical incarceration it seems.Three musical jail sentences come to mind. The first was when we decided to not like genre name tags. "Rock" is Ok. But "Progressive Rock" is worse. And "Folk Prog" is starting to get weird. I don't even know what "Hip Hop" is, but since the label exists and I've heard ...
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Philip Parris Lynott was born in the Black Country on August 20, 1949, exactly one year after the Black Country's undisputed rock god, Robert Anthony Plant. The illegitimate son of an Irish mother and an Afro-Guyanese father, he would be brought up a Mancunian long enough to develop an affection the Manchester United Football Club. When he arrived a few years later to live with his mother's par...
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There's been a lot of Mogbashing of the venerable Bono today...and on St. Patrick's Day that's just plain uncharitable. For Guinness-drinking atmosphere, here's one Irishman channelling another back in 1997. Hands up if you can actually hear the singer over the crowd.
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Thin Lizzy is one of the greatest rock and roll bands the world has seen, and I make that claim with confidence and conviction. Phil Lynott was the ultimate classic rock star who burned himself out on drugs after leading a life of few restraints. He died in 1986 of "heart failure and pneumonia" after being admitted to the hospital from an infected liver and kidney. At the age of 36, his organs ...
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