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Two of the founding members of Thin Lizzy, bass guitarist and vocalist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey, met while at school in Dublin in the early 1960s. Lynott, born on 20 August 1949 in West Bromwich, England, to an Irish mother Philomena (1930–2019) and Guyanese father Cecil Parris (1925–2010), was brought up in Dublin from the age of three. [5]
Brian Michael Downey (born 27 January 1951 [1] [2]) is an Irish drummer.He was a founding member of the rock band Thin Lizzy and the only other constant in the band aside from leader Phil Lynott until their disbandment in 1983. [3]
During the tour, the band recorded the live album Life. Sykes also accompanied Lynott on a European solo tour. [15] Thin Lizzy played their final UK concert at the Reading Festival in August 1983, before finally disbanding after a show at Nuremberg's Monsters of Rock festival on 4 September. [16] Phil Lynott died on 4 January 1986, aged 36. [17]
The band broke up in September 1983, at which point the lineup included Lynott and Downey, guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, and keyboardist Darren Wharton. In 1996, ten years after Lynott's death, the group reformed as a touring outfit with new bassist Marco Mendoza, and Sykes taking over lead vocal
After Lynott's death in January 1986, [2] Moore performed with members of Thin Lizzy at the Self Aid concert in May of that year. [26] He joined the stage with former Thin Lizzy members again in August 2005, when a bronze statue of Lynott was unveiled in Dublin. A recording of the concert was released as One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil ...
Troy Jayson Sanders (born September 8, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and one of the vocalists of heavy metal band Mastodon.He is also active in the supergroups Killer Be Killed and Gone Is Gone and is the current touring bassist for rock band Thin Lizzy.
After Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam. In the 1980s, Lynott increasingly suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin. In 1985, he had a final chart success with Moore, "Out in the Fields", before his death in 1986. He remains a popular figure in the rock world, and in 2005, a statue in ...
After his final exit from Thin Lizzy in 1978, he returned to the band. Achieving only partial success in the UK, the band split up after releasing two albums, Wild Horses (1980) and Stand Your Ground (1981). In 1980 Robertson was also featured on the Eric Burdon album Darkness Darkness. Robertson appeared for one performance of Thin Lizzy's ...