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Aggression and anger on the road with Thin Lizzy across America and Europe

By Harry Doherty Published

With a new guitarist in their ranks, Thin Lizzy set off on an American tour with Queen, but trouble lay ahead

Biographies
Gary Moore performing onstage in the mid-80s
“Gary was so talented it actually haunted him. He wasn’t really in control of what was coming through him. That sort of thing always comes at a price”: How guitar icon Gary Moore snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with his early 80s solo albums

By Mick Wall Published

The late Gary Moore made some classic solo albums – but he never got the success he deserved

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Gary Moore finds grit but lacks groove on Corridors Of Power

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

In which former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore attempts to forge a new career in the post-NWOBHM rock landscape and also writes some ballads

Albums
Jack Moore onstage with Joe Bonamassa in 2011
Gary Moore's son Jack Moore releases debut solo single In My Shoes

By Fraser Lewry Published

Jack Moore's In My Shoes is inspired by the relationship between parents and their sons

Tracks & Singles
Gary Moore posing for a photograph against a red backdrop
Gary Moore’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and Led Zeppelin

By Peter Makowski Published

Ozzy, Robert Planet, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Ginger Baker – late, great guitarist Gary Moore crossed paths with them all

Interviews
Phil Lynott lying on the floor next to a rose
A tribute to Phil Lynott, by the guitarists who played alongside him

By Dave Ling Published

Phil Lynott's bandmates share their memories of their late, lamented, but inimitable frontman Philip Lynott

Interviews
David Lee Roth on the ramp at Donington 1988, arm aloft
“The best frontman I ever saw. Nobody else came close”: The day David Lee Roth turned in the performance of a lifetime

By Paul Elliott Published

With a heavyweight line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and more, Monsters Of Rock 1984 is still revered in festival folklore

Concerts & Shows
Gary Moore holding a guitar - studio portrait
"He brought us the music, the friendship and the memories": A crowdfunding campaign to erect a Gary Moore statue in Belfast has been launched

By Fraser Lewry Published

The campaign hopes to raise €10,000 towards the cost of a statue of the former Thin Lizzy guitarist, who died in 2011

Bands & Artists
Gary Moore relaxing in an armchair
"I came home from school and learned all the sounds, and learned all the songs note for note. I could just relate to it somehow": How the blues galvanised Gary Moore

By Siân Llewellyn Published

Heavily influenced by the 60s boom, Thin Lizzy’s perennially under-rated guitarist Gary Moore would take blues rock to the next level and beyond

Interviews
Black and white photo of Gary Moore
“I used to look at myself all dolled up like some guy in Def Leppard, and think, ‘Who do you think you are?’”: how Gary Moore ditched hard rock and saved his career with Still Got The Blues

By Mick Wall Published

The epic story of Gary Moore’s journey from 80s hard rock hero to the man who ushered in the 90s blues revival

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