![]() ![]() ![]() Thin Lizzy broke up in 1983, with their final performance taking place on 4 September on the German Monsters of Rock Tour Lynott later died of heart failure and pneumonia on 4 January 1986. White was replaced by John Sykes in September 1982, who featured on their last studio album Thunder and Lightning. Darren Wharton replaced Ure in April, initially as a touring member. Dave Flett was brought in for a Japanese tour later in the year, as Ure moved over to keyboards, and in early 1980 Snowy White took Flett's place on a more permanent basis. Moore left again in July 1979, and was temporarily replaced by Midge Ure. Downey also briefly took a break from Thin Lizzy around the same time, with Mark Nauseef replacing him for a tour in late 1978. The lineup of Lynott, Gorham, Robertson and Downey released five studio albums and one live album, all but two of which reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart, before Robertson left in 1978 and was replaced by the returning Moore. Andy Gee and John Du Cann took over for a tour in May, before Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham were enlisted later in the year as Bell's first full-time replacements. The guitarist was replaced by Gary Moore, although he would only remain with the band for a matter of months. Bell left the band after a concert on New Year's Eve 1973, later citing "ill-health caused by the band's lifestyle" as the reason for his departure. Wrixon performed on the band's debut single " The Farmer", but left before it was released in July 1970. Thin Lizzy were formed in December 1969, with four members joining from two bands: guitarist Eric Bell and keyboardist Eric Wrixon from Them, and bassist and vocalist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey from Orphanage. The most recent lineup, which performed in 2019, consisted of Gorham, Wharton, vocalist Ricky Warwick (since 2010), guitarist Damon Johnson (since 2011), drummer Scott Travis (since 2016), and bassist Troy Sanders, who has so far only featured that year. 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 duties. 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. Formed in 1969, the group originally consisted of bassist and vocalist Phil Lynott, guitarist Eric Bell, drummer Brian Downey and keyboardist Eric Wrixon. Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band from Dublin. Lynott wasn’t so fortunate, dying in 1986 due to complications arising from his drug use, and it was in Paris that the situation took a dark turn, the pair introducing heroin to the cocktail of substances they were taking.Three lineups of Thin Lizzy performing in 1978 (top), 19 (bottom). Gorham is lucky in that he’s able to look back. And we were there for about a month, so we knew all the club owners, all the bouncers, the chicks, the hookers. “Phil was in love with the place – the women, the wine, the drugs, the clubs. “The party started in earnest in Paris,” Gorham told Classic Rock’s Harry Doherty. Led by Lynott and his partner-in-crime Scott Gorham, two men who could sniff out a party if it was happening in the next city, it was the most hedonistic era for a band whose hedonistic era ran the entire length of their career. The band, now including returning guitarist Gary Moore, decamped to Paris to make it and they weren’t going to let one of the world’s most intoxicating cities pass them by. Thin Lizzy’s 1979 record Black Rose was their greatest achievement, but the Irish rockers’ ninth album came at a heavy price. Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy performs, Chicago, Illinois, August 5, 1979 ![]()
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