Gary was probably my ultimate guitar hero. "When I was a teenager and really honing my craft and finding my style as a player, THIN LIZZY's music was probably what I disseminated more than anything else and the guitar players in THIN LIZZY were hugely influential to me Scott Gorham himself, Brian Robertson, and in particular through my love of THIN LIZZY, I discovered Gary Moore for the first time. " THIN LIZZY were a favorite band of mine in my formative years," he explained. DEF LEPPARD took all of 2010 and by the middle of 2011, Scott Gorham called me and asked if he could borrow me for a while to do a European tour with THIN LIZZY, and I jumped at the chance. Vivian told Rock Cellar Magazine: "In early 2011, I was a stunt guitar player for THIN LIZZY for a few months. After playing shows that featured a setlist composed exclusively of material from the first three DIO albums, the band decided to move forward and create new music in a similar vein. Vivian had previously credited his stint as the touring guitarist for THIN LIZZY more than a decade ago for inspiring him to launch LAST IN LINE, whose initial intent was to celebrate Ronnie James Dio's early work by reuniting the members of the original DIO lineup. It really kind of helped us to look up to this man and to this band and to say it's possible to move beyond what it is that we see around us in our daily lives and to dream big. ![]() We had pretty much a regular gig at a pub in Dublin called McGonagles, and on several occasions Phil got up with us and performed a LIZZY song, which obviously really helped our credibility. "I met Phil Lynott so many times," Campbell added. But to witness this band, THIN LIZZY, get this international success, to be on shows like 'Top Of The Pops', but yet they were the cool band when everyone else was doing disco music. ![]() "Growing up in Ireland, in Belfast in the '70s, it wasn't a fun place. "It was such an inspiration to me and to my musician friends," Vivian continued. When Phil walked into the room, everyone noticed and he held everyone's attention. Vivian picked late THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott and stated about his choice (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): " Phil was an absolute rock star. 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.DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell was the featured guest on BBC's "The Rock Show With Johnnie Walker"during the "Rock God" segment. 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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