Modérateurs : Modérateurs du forum, Responsables / Animateurs de sections
Dernier message de la page précédente :
Moi je trouve qu'il est le maillon faible de cette formation, même s'il fait le boulot et se donne clairement à fond. Rien de catastrophique hein mais rien qui ne m'ait marqué non plus. Je préférais nettement Sykes au chant mais il y a très peu de chances qu'il revienne un jour dans le groupe actuel
For more than forty years, THIN LIZZY has been delivering its brand of rock 'n' roll to audiences all over the world. Even with the untimely passing of legendary frontman Phil Lynott twenty-five years ago, the band has continued on. Over the years, many rock luminaries have graced the ranks of THIN LIZZY, including the likes of Brian Robertson, Snowy White and the late Gary Moore. Most recently, DEF LEPPARD's resident guitar wizard Vivian Campbell joined the band for their 2011 European tour. When DEF LEPPARD called Vivian back to their camp, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus joined the boys on their European festival run this past summer. Continuing on in the tradition of top-notch performers, the members of THIN LIZZY are proud to announce that veteran guitar player Damon Johnson has joined their ranks as a permanent member.
Damon's pedigree is impressive, having first gained notoriety with his own band, BROTHER CANE in the '90s. For the past six years, Damon has lent his skills to veteran rocker Alice Cooper, helping the master showman deliver his legendary show to fans all over the world. But when GUNS N' ROSES called Richard Fortus back for tour dates this fall, THIN LIZZY knew there was only one man that they wanted to replace Richard's formidable talents.
"When Scott Gorham called me and asked me to play with my favorite band of all time, I didn't even hesitate," Damon said. "I have always loved THIN LIZZY and their music is a huge part of my life. Hell, I even named my daughter Sarah after one of their songs!"
Added THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham, "Damon brings back the classic feel THIN LIZZY had when Phil was still with us. He has been kicking ass every night and asking him to join was a no-brainer."
When the metal masters JUDAS PRIEST asked THIN LIZZY to join them on their North American "Epitaph" tour, Damon was a natural choice to fill Richard's spot. The chemistry with Damon has been incredible. He has fit in so well that the band decided to ask him to join the band permanently.
Singer Ricky Warwick chimes in: "Damon is a phenomenal guitar player, a great guy and a LIZZY fanatic. He was willing to commit to the band full time making this an easy choice."
), c'est là que je me rends compte que j'en ai beaucoup à rattraper car c'est un groupe que j'apprécie, mais que je connais peu. Le son était malheureusement mauvais, donc on n'entendait pas Darren Wharton. Warrick est un bon frontman et à mon avis, il reproduisait le même feeling que Lynott, mais sa guitare qu'il grattait à moitié était plutôt superflus. Downey était malheureusement triggé à fond. On note aussi un certain clivage entre Gorham/Wharton/Downey avec le look et l'attiude Thin Lizzy et les trois autres qui faisaient plus Hard Rock américain modernes, les chemises vs les tatous.Le G@SP a écrit :j'ai pas tout compris non plus mais l'important c'est que ce soit dans les fesses!
Even though THIN LIZZY are continuing to traipse the big stages, right now touring Europe as support for JUDAS PRIEST, the minds of this army of proven songwriters are focused on one thing – writing some songs.
“The tour is great, man,” begins bassist MARCO MENDOZA, providing BraveWords.com with a road report (down a cell phone line that is not great – i.e. might have got a few words wrong here!). “We’re the first week in and the shows are massive, as you can imagine, and the response has been overwhelming; just a great vibe, you know. You couldn’t ask for a better result, to be honest. Mission accomplished, if you will.”
But back to new music. Discussions with other members of the band as of late have yielded responses similar to the following. No surprise, given that there is so much talent for songwriting in the band, present company, Marco Mendoza heartily included.
“Well, all of us have been throwing some ideas into a melting pot, and we are sketching out some studio dates as we speak, and that will be figured out in the next month or so – because we get little breaks between the legs of different legs. So I think the studio has been booked. I just don’t have the dates off the top of my head. But it will be this month; we’ll go in this month and we’ll start chopping away. And if you can imagine, we want to be really careful about what we put out. But the wheels are in motion, and we’re all excited about that, obviously. So yeah, definitely we will have new music by this summer, if not before; we’re jumping up and down about it.”
Asked what it’s like being part of a rhythm section with Brian Downey, one of classic rock’s deftest touches, Mendoza figures, “Brian has a very unique style, and me being a bass player, yeah, I’ve had the luck to be playing with some major cats, you know? And like I said, Brian has a very unique style, and having been able to play Thin Lizzy music with him and with different drummers, with all due respect to the other cats, Brian is THE cat. He has a soul and a shuffle that is just incredible; it’s monstrous, and it’s perfect for the Thin Lizzy grooves and Thin Lizzy music. And he’s a great guy; I’ve known Brian since ‘94. When I knew he was going to be involved with this, I wanted in. I definitely wanted to be involved with this. So yeah, it’s great touring with Brian; it’s an honour. He’s done a lot, seen a lot, and now we’re sharing a stage. I’m having a blast.”
Consummate music man that he is (check out his jazz bass and scat singing on youtube – stunning), Marco, just as a matter of course, like breathing, keeps his chops up by playing club gigs, in betwixt plying the fat strings for legends that in the past have included WHITESNAKE and TED NUGENT.
“Yeah, yeah, this is something that I’ve done for quite a while. Got a few albums out there, and whenever opportunity knocks and I get invited to this and that, I’ll go, because I absolutely love what I do, man; I really do. And I love going to new territories that are untapped and knocking on and opening some new doors, you know, cultivating some kind of relationship. If it involves music, I’m there, bottom line, if I have the time. So again, this little tour that I did taught me a lot on the business side, and taught me a lot on what I need to concentrate on, things I need to work on, and what songs to play and all that. You’re always learning; that’s what I think. I dig the whole process of it. I’m always learning a lot of things about myself, but I’m always willing to take chances, check it out. What’s the worst that could happen? You’re gonna learn something, either good or bad. So I must admit, man, I had a blast. It was short notice, ticket sales were not over the top and the places were not that big, but I left every gig knowing that I did the best I could, and I know the people that came to the gigs left satisfied. I’m always going to have something on the back-burner, because when you love the whole process like I do, and a lot of it’s new, man, you can’t wait. I don’t want to get comfortable and just go out on the big runs, although I enjoy that. I kinda tended to do that with Whitesnake, to be honest with you. I kinda sat back too much, and five, six years went by, and when it was time to move on, it was like oh shit, man, I could’ve been cultivating this and doing that, and so now that I’m a little older and wiser, I’ll always do that – always.”
But in terms of songs and recording, even though Marco can craft killer solo music, as witnessed on Live For Tomorrow, it’s pretty reasonable that he’s intent on pouring all his talent into new music under the mighty Thin Lizzy banner. These guys really have the opportunity, and the guns, to make a good record, critics be damned, and you can tell that Marco realizes that…
“I’m focused, absolutely, focusing on the Thin Lizzy tracks, next. That’s priority number one. That’s what we’re all thinking and breathing, and God willing, man, we’ll get in there and come up with some great tracks. There’s no doubt in my mind that with this lineup, the well is so full. There’s so much talent in this lineup – in every possible way. Damon, Ricky, Scott, Brian, Darren… I mean, there’s a lot. The hardest thing, to be honest, is going to be picking and choosing, because there’s going be so much. And we just have to know how to go about it, so I’m not worried about it. But that’s priority number one.”
“There’s always something’s cooking,” continues Mendoza, who has also worked with DANIEL CARTER and KELLY CLARKSON as of late. “I got a deal with Frontiers to do another solo album, and I’m thinking about it. But I would much rather have some cats to hang out with, you know? It’s sort of the thing I love. It’s a lot of work, man, picking up players here and there, whoever’s available, and the unfortunate thing, the music suffers, because you don’t have enough time. You have to stay tight together, playing the music, sharing good times together. You kind of need to make the whole thing gel. And then you do ten or 11 or 12 gigs in any given moment, and then you go out again, and, you know, for the most part, the music gets compromised. But I’m thinking, later, in the future, hooking up with some buddies, some friends that I love dearly, that I respect both musically and as human beings, and getting something going.”
“But Thin Lizzy is priority number one, where we’re going to all concentrate all our energies and efforts,” says Marco in closing. “Because, bro, we are carrying the flag, man. We are carrying the flag for Thin Lizzy, for Phil, for Gary, for the boys, for Robbo, Snowy, the legacy that is Thin Lizzy, and I think we’re all ready for it – we’re chomping at the bit to go forward.”
After a very successful two-year run with the current lineup, THIN LIZZY have made a decision to not release a new album under the THIN LIZZY name.
Commented guitarist Scott Gorham: "Out of respect to [late THIN LIZZY frontman] Phil Lynott and the legacy he created, we have decided that we should not release a new album under the THIN LIZZY name. It was a very difficult decision as we put a lot of time and effort into rebuilding the THIN LIZZY brand over recent years. Releasing a new album was the only way to continue this success.
"We all know how much Phil meant to this band and the fans.
"We have written 20 songs that we all feel very strongly do the band and THIN LIZZY name credit. We believe Phil would have been proud of them.
"We always knew a new record was a touchy subject with some people and as such really want the quality of these songs to be heard by everyone without any judgment or prejudice. To that end, we have decided not to release these songs under the name THIN LIZZY.
"We want to thank everyone for their support and encouragement over the years and to all our fans. We will release this material soon and you will be hearing some great new music with the classic THIN LIZZY sound intact. We will announce future plans early in the New Year."
Added frontman Ricky Warwick: "Our plan always was to put out new music to keep the name THIN LIZZY alive and fresh with all the band's fans — old and new.
"Nobody respects Phil as much as I do and singing his songs for the past two years has been an incredible honor and something I will never forget.
"Our plan was to always keep the band on top of their game, with great shows and great production to honor all that was Phil Lynott and his iconic body of work.
"Without a new album to gain new press and keep the momentum we have built up over the past two years, we are worried the THIN LIZZY brand and all it stands for will diminish to a point we would never want to see. Therefore, our regular touring as THIN LIZZY will cease at the end of this year after our European tour. I do want to stress that this does not necessarily mean we will never play together again as THIN LIZZY. If there are options for other parts of the world, in territories that this line up has never visited then, we may still play odd shows in 2013 and beyond if people want to see us."
Thrashos dans la voiture au Rock Am Bach pendant la tempête a écrit :Putain on va crever coincé là-dedans comme un hérisson dans un pot de Mc Fleury
Darren Wharton.Mr Lego a écrit :Warren Darton
Je dirai plutôt Gorham et des musiciens passe-partout.Mr Lego a écrit :Donc au final , on a Gorham et Warwick avec des musiciens "passe partout".
y intérêt à ce qu'il nous sortent un très grand album, mais sauf énorme surprise, j'y crois pas du tout. 
Et il me semble que dans la carrière de THIN LIZZY, Gorham a co-signé beaucoup plus de titres de Downey.