Heard this on the radio today and it still cuts through and sounds so fresh. The coolest bassman (and frontman) ever, Phil Lynott, the black Irish cowboy, a very unusual sight when they first emerged. But they also pioneered the whole twin leads thing (well actually Wishbone Ash got there first, but they were a bit rubbish). In this video (1978) these are Scott Gorham (hair) and Brian Robertson (less hair), but Lizzy guitarists chopped and changed a lot. I’ve never been a fan of metal, but I make an exception for Zep and these guys. Sadly never got to see them, they were one of the best live bands. Lynott has a statue in Dublin; he was that much of a legend in his hometown.
I’m not convinced this is metal. And if this is one of the only exceptions you’ll make to it, I apologise in advance for when I write a review of Zico Chain’s The Devil in Your Heart.
No not really metal. Except for: widdly guitarring. But Zep weren’t either really. Most metal was a poor attempt to emulate Zep. Thin Lizzy were described as ‘very clean’ when they first appeared on TOTP, by a person close to me. Hardly.