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![People are only now realising what the band name @thinlizzy means after 56 years
The Irish rockers formed in Dublin in 1969, was initially made up of bass guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric Bell and organist Eric Wrixon, but Wrixon left after a few months.
Then Bell left at the end of 1973 and was replaced by Gary Moore for a little while, who himself was replaced in mid-1974 by twin lead guitarists Scott Gorham, who stayed until the band broke up in 1983, and Brian Robertson, who stuck with the band until 1978 when Moore re-joined.
Known for their string of international hits such as “Whiskey in the Jar,” “The Boys Are Back in Town” and “Waiting for an Alibi,” the band were an international success.
But What does Thin Lizzy mean?
Despite many people chiming in with their views, the answer was actually revealed a while back.
Printed way back in 1937, The Dandy was a British children’s comic magazine, which actually ran in print until as recently has 2012.
In the comic, the Dandy stories featured hundreds of different comic strips, and one character whose adventures people followed included Tin Lizzie - a metallic robot maid, which was illustrated by Jack Prout.
The character was featured in the periodical throughout the 1950s, and it appeared to have a big impact on the group. In the late 1960s, Eric Bell was trying to think of a name for the band, and remembered the old comic android, and thought something like Tin Lizzie would be a good idea.
“It was [original guitarist] Eric Bell”, said original Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey. “We were throwing around ideas for a name after a rehearsal one night, and Eric suggested Tin Lizzie, who was a character in [children’s comic magazine] ‘The Dandy’.”
Eventually, the name ended up sticking, but Bell swapped the spelling to Thin Lizzy, which was a playful reference their Dublin accent. They would have pronounced “Thin” as “T’in.”.
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Pink Floyd Fans, This One’s for You – Win
Nutty Nelson’s Tasty Tail of Lil Joe’s Wake![@tednugentofficial’s latest archive features never-before-seen sessions with EVH, Billy Gibbons and more
Ted Nugent has spent an entire lifetime on stage, in studios and apparently, hoarding an ungodly amount of tapes, videos, and recordings.
Now, thanks to his drummer’s curiosity (and a whole lot of digging), fans will finally get to hear some of these long-lost jams.
The rock legend is dusting off decades of rare and unreleased recordings and making them available through his newly launched “Nuge Vault.”
The project promises exclusive access to “never-before-seen or heard concert footage, archival audio, and much more.”
The journey to unlocking this massive archive hasn’t exactly been easy. Speaking to Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk, Nugent describes the process of sifting through his collection as a “pain in the ass.”
“When Jason [Hartless, Nugent’s drummer] and I were rehearsing for the Adios Mofo tour with Johnny [Schoen, bassist], we were in my big barn in Michigan and there’s just walls and acres, literally acres of boxes and crates and big giant piles of tapes and videos and CDs and cassettes and stacks of photos and, and rehearsals and jam sessions,” he recalls.
“And I had kind of walked past it every day as I do in my daily life, but Jason stopped and looked at it and started digging into these boxes.”
“And so when Jason started digging into these boxes, his eyes bugged out,” Nugent continues. “Because who doesn’t want to hear the recording of Ted Nugent and Eddie Van Halen backstage in California jamming? Or with Billy Gibbons and so many amazing things that have taken place?”
Among the newly uncovered recordings is a “jam session with the Mothers of Invention at the Fifth Dimension in Ann Arbor in 1967,” says Nugent.
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![Remember When: @pinkfloyd Reunites One Last Time at Live 8
The benefit concert was targeted at ending poverty. It was organized by Bob Geldof, the same man who had spearheaded Live Aid 20 years earlier.
Geldof slyly went about the task of getting the most well-known lineup of Pink Floyd to set aside their differences.
David Gilmour initially turned him down, but Roger Waters was open to it if Gilmour could be convinced. That’s when Geldof surreptitiously gave Waters Gilmour’s phone number so that the two men could speak directly.
Once they agreed, Nick Mason and Rick Wright also quickly signed on. The announcement that Pink Floyd would perform with Waters, who had long been dismissive of the later version of the band, in tow, sent shock waves through the music industry. Now, it was just a question of whether they could get along long enough to pull it off.
Rehearsals proved tense. Waters allegedly floated notions of drastically changing the arrangements of some of the band’s most famous songs. Gilmour won out in that regard, wisely countering that the audience was looking to indulge in nostalgia and hear those classic songs just as they remembered them.
The four men took the stage as the penultimate act within a massive lineup of superstars at Hyde Park in London.
Incredibly, the opening moments from “Dark Side Of The Moon” (“Speak To Me” / “Breathe” / “Breathe [Reprise]”) were soon wafting through the night sky as if these guys had never left.
“Money” and “Wish You Were Here” followed. Waters briefly mentioned former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett in his stage patter. “Comfortably Numb,” with Gilmour delivering his unforgettable guitar solo, closed out the set. The four men locked arms to thunderous applause before leaving the stage.
That would have to suffice for Pink Floyd fans. Rick Wright passed away in 2008. Waters and Gilmour have insisted time and again since then that no other type of full-fledged Pink Floyd reunion would be forthcoming. Live 8 was the last true Pink Floyd reunion.
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