Thin Lizzy

Twilightning · 08-05-2010 12:51PM #1

I've been listening to nothing but these guys for the past few days, not an idea why. I haven't been through all of their discography but what I'm listening to now is truly great. Have with me at the moment Chinatown, Jailbreak, Bad Reputation and Black Rose: A Rock Legend on play. Missing any other essentials?

Also, general Thin Lizzy discussion here.

scudzilla · 08-05-2010 01:07PM

Twilightning wrote: »

I've been listening to nothing but these guys for the past few days, not an idea why. I haven't been through all of their discography but what I'm listening to now is truly great. Have with me at the moment Chinatown, Jailbreak, Bad Reputation and Black Rose: A Rock Legend on play. Missing any other essentials?

Also, general Thin Lizzy discussion here.

So what do ya make of the new Lizzy line-up?

Ricky Warwick (The Almighty)
Scott Gorham
Brian Downey
Vivian Campbell
Marco Mendoza
Darren Wharton

That sure is a curve ball

bazmaiden · 08-05-2010 01:28PM

Twilightning wrote: »

I've been listening to nothing but these guys for the past few days, not an idea why. I haven't been through all of their discography but what I'm listening to now is truly great. Have with me at the moment Chinatown, Jailbreak, Bad Reputation and Black Rose: A Rock Legend on play. Missing any other essentials?

Also, general Thin Lizzy discussion here.

You gotta get Night Life!! its so smooth and sleazy and great guitar solos aswell

slavetothegrind · 08-05-2010 01:54PM

you have to get live and dangerous.

you will love it.

That line up looks good to me! Look forward to seeing them.

NIBBS · 08-05-2010 02:11PM

scudzilla wrote: »

So what do ya make of the new Lizzy line-up?

Ricky Warwick (The Almighty)
Scott Gorham
Brian Downey
Vivian Campbell
Marco Mendoza
Darren Wharton

That sure is a curve ball

wow........that's a very interesting lineup...........good musicians in there......I kinda liked Sykes......would have to hear Warwick sining Lizzy songs before I made up my mind, but man that's a fierce guitar attack.......definitely wouldn't mind hearing them live.....

scudzilla · 08-05-2010 02:53PM

NIBBS wrote: »

wow........that's a very interesting lineup...........good musicians in there......I kinda liked Sykes......would have to hear Warwick sining Lizzy songs before I made up my mind, but man that's a fierce guitar attack.......definitely wouldn't mind hearing them live.....

Problem wit Sykes, is that he's a complete and utter tool, and that's from the inside. Not a well liked guy at all.

Ricky sure will be interesting, i've heard that from rehearsals most songs are sounding like they've been Metallica-ised (like Whiskey), probably due to Ricky's crunchin guitar play

NIBBS · 08-05-2010 03:50PM

scudzilla wrote: »

Problem wit Sykes, is that he's a complete and utter tool, and that's from the inside. Not a well liked guy at all.

Ricky sure will be interesting, i've heard that from rehearsals most songs are sounding like they've been Metallica-ised (like Whiskey), probably due to Ricky's crunchin guitar play

Ah - that makes sense, was never quite sure if it was Gorham or Sykes that was the problem.....

not sure I like the sound of that, but will listen to it with an open mind, like I said it should be a very attacking guitar sound, Mendoza is solid as hell and Wharton is an interesting addition......lets see how it develops.....

scudzilla · 08-05-2010 04:05PM

NIBBS wrote: »

Ah - that makes sense, was never quite sure if it was Gorham or Sykes that was the problem.....

not sure I like the sound of that, but will listen to it with an open mind, like I said it should be a very attacking guitar sound, Mendoza is solid as hell and Wharton is an interesting addition......lets see how it develops.....

Darren has always been part of Lizzy, he joined when he was 17 with Phil, he's done quite a few tours recently but has missed the last 3 or 4. He's also been very busy wit Dare. I see Ricky as a far more interesting addition

KevLeppard · 08-05-2010 04:43PM

Twilightning wrote: »

I've been listening to nothing but these guys for the past few days, not an idea why. I haven't been through all of their discography but what I'm listening to now is truly great. Have with me at the moment Chinatown, Jailbreak, Bad Reputation and Black Rose: A Rock Legend on play. Missing any other essentials?

Also, general Thin Lizzy discussion here.

Check out the stuff with John Sykes too (Thunder and Lightning and Life Live).

It goes without saying, you MUST get your hands on Live and Dangerous. Enjoy ;-)

KevLeppard · 08-05-2010 04:45PM

scudzilla wrote: »

So what do ya make of the new Lizzy line-up?

Ricky Warwick (The Almighty)
Scott Gorham
Brian Downey
Vivian Campbell
Marco Mendoza
Darren Wharton

That sure is a curve ball

No way, is this really happening?? Would be great if it was. Cant find anything else about it on the net tho. And Vivan Campbell is soon to start writing a new album with Def Leppard.

Star Bingo · 08-05-2010 05:05PM

Ricky Warwick of New Model Army?! that'd be fine by me they were great til around when he left.. mark mendoza the Twisted Sister bassist?!?! sure is a curve ball i dunno if philo could vibe w/ that. but u never know as there'd be enough oldschool rockers clamouring to play in the notorious 'Thin Lizzy'

Grid. · 08-05-2010 05:06PM

In fairness i thought Sykes did a decent job the last few times I saw them. Not sure what to make of Warwick.... and pretty surprised to see Downey back in the fold after a long hiatus....must be skint these days!

NIBBS · 08-05-2010 05:08PM

scudzilla wrote: »

Darren has always been part of Lizzy, he joined when he was 17 with Phil, he's done quite a few tours recently but has missed the last 3 or 4. He's also been very busy wit Dare. I see Ricky as a far more interesting addition

Yeah - I just thought hed decided to do Dare for the forseeable future (think the released a new album over the last couple of years, and have toured a bit too ? )........but yeah definitely - was some rumour during the week that Lizzy would be replacing Heaven & Hell on the Maiden bill....

scudzilla · 08-05-2010 05:17PM

NIBBS wrote: »

Yeah - I just thought hed decided to do Dare for the forseeable future (think the released a new album over the last couple of years, and have toured a bit too ? )........but yeah definitely - was some rumour during the week that Lizzy would be replacing Heaven & Hell on the Maiden bill....

I hope they do cos that'd be me sorted for backstage, but i doubt it'll happen, Plans are for Jan/Feb tour but bringing that forward by 6 months is extremely doubtful

scudzilla · 08-05-2010 05:20PM

Star Bingo wrote: »

Ricky Warwick of New Model Army?! that'd be fine by me they were great til around when he left.. mark mendoza the Twisted Sister bassist?!?! sure is a curve ball i dunno if philo could vibe w/ that. but u never know as there'd be enough oldschool rockers clamouring to play in the notorious 'Thin Lizzy'

Marco has been playin wit Lizzy for years now, and yeah, Ricky from NMA, but more famously known from The Almighty.

It's no longer Lizzy anyway, Lizzy died in 1986

HelpJust4You · 08-05-2010 05:24PM

Im young and as far as I can remember, I've ALWAYS listened to Thin Lizzy! I love all their songs!

B0X · 08-05-2010 05:24PM

So favourite Lizzy songs? Mine would probably be She Knows, I love the mellow guitar solo in it.

Star Bingo · 08-05-2010 05:43PM

scudzilla wrote: »

Marco has been playin wit Lizzy for years now, and yeah, Ricky from NMA, but more famously known from The Almighty.

It's no longer Lizzy anyway, Lizzy died in 1986

i read Mendoza has bn a part of 'Thin Lizzy' since '96, n returned in 2005. big surprise to me he's been part of the roster.. but to be fair to em at least they refuse to actually record under the name - an old pal of mine shared digs w/ Warwick in dublin in his Almighty days around mid-90s, for about a month. sorta fella i weren't to keen on lettin into the gaf, musta been eventful :rolleyes:

bazmaiden · 08-05-2010 05:51PM

B0X wrote: »

So favourite Lizzy songs? Mine would probably be She Knows, I love the mellow guitar solo in it.

Either Massacre or Showdown,

But tbh I still haven't heard a song of theirs that i don't like

NIBBS · 08-05-2010 06:40PM

bazmaiden wrote: »

Either Massacre or Showdown,

But tbh I still haven't heard a song of theirs that i don't like

I've always loved Hollywood - call me crazy, but as Baz said, what's not to like, they had so many great songs.....

RayCon · 08-05-2010 06:59PM

scudzilla wrote: »

It's no longer Lizzy anyway, Lizzy died in 1986

This

Twilightning · 08-05-2010 07:46PM

Anyone else think the drumming on Bad Reputation is ****ing superb?

DublinWriter · 08-05-2010 07:50PM

Twilightning wrote: »

Anyone else think the drumming on Bad Reputation is ****ing superb?

Brian Downey has to be the most criminally under-rated drummers in heavy rock.

The guy is a master. I don't know how true the rumour is that he was asked to join AC~DC after the demise of Lizzy.

Grid. · 08-05-2010 09:11PM

Twilightning wrote: »

Anyone else think the drumming on Bad Reputation is ****ing superb?

Yeah , he's excellent on Chinatown aswell.

bazmaiden · 08-05-2010 09:52PM

Gridlock wrote: »

Yeah , he's excellent on Chinatown aswell.

Apparently his drumming on live and Dangerous, which is fantastic, is completley live and was the only thing that didn't need a studio touch up.

Now thats impressive when you listen to the likes of "Rocker" and "Johnny the fox"

Knifey Spoony · 08-05-2010 10:12PM

Recently discovered this little jem: Cowboy song live in Sydney Opera House.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgST27FIzNg

This is a pretty cool version of Emerald as well , off Live and Dangerous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENy7MQIYJs

Pity that it cuts out Philo's line at the start: "anyone with any Irish in them? Any of the girls like a little more Irish in them....!":D

DazMarz · 08-05-2010 11:34PM

It's not the Mendoza that was in Twisted Sister.

The Twisted Sister bassist was Mark Mendoza

The Whitesnake/Thin Lizzy bassist is/was Marco Mendoza.

But yeah.. Lizzy = Legends...

But Lizzy also passed away in 1986, and this is nothing more than a fitting tribute.

Rockee · 09-05-2010 12:22AM

Not much mention of Eric Bell era Thin Lizzy so far! I love songs like Black Boys On The Corner, Buffalo Girl, Vagabonds Of The Western World etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEEi8KIyCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvs7i1e3-dM

dasdog · 09-05-2010 01:02PM

Although I'm too young to have seen them play they pretty much have always been my favourite band. That gig from Sydney above is one of the few times they didn't play with Brian Downey (yes a *superb* drummer). I'm still finding rarities and unreleased studio recordings and bootlegs thanks to the interweb. Actually Grand Slam were pretty good too because they had a great songwriter. I particularly like the early and mid 70's funkier Lizzy stuff though. They weren't afraid to diversify and explore. It's too hard to pick a best song because there are too many but Vagabonds is probably my favourite studio album.

jpm4 · 09-05-2010 01:45PM

bazmaiden wrote: »

Apparently his drumming on live and Dangerous, which is fantastic, is completley live and was the only thing that didn't need a studio touch up.

Now thats impressive when you listen to the likes of "Rocker" and "Johnny the fox"

His drumming was apparently the only thing that wasn't completely rerecorded in the studio.

Live and Dangerous is a great record but calling it an actual live record is a bit of a joke to be honest.

Star Bingo · 09-05-2010 01:58PM

DazMarz wrote: »

It's not the Mendoza that was in Twisted Sister.

The Twisted Sister bassist was Mark Mendoza

The Whitesnake/Thin Lizzy bassist is/was Marco Mendoza.

ah, got ya.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Mendoza

glad its not the twisted sister fella!

Thin Lizzy

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