To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder. -
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon Born: 1946-08-23 Birthplace:
Wembley, Middlesex, England Died: 1978-09-07 Location of
Death: London, England Cause of Death: Accident - Drug Overdose
Race: White Field: Drummer Famous for:First drummer for The Who Biography
Keith John Moon was the drummer of the rock group The Who.
Contemporary drummers such as Neil Peart, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker and
John Bonham could all point to him as a major influence. Moon himself was taught
to play by one of the loudest drummers at the time, Carlo Little. His continuing
influence is also evident in the style of modern drummers such as Jeremiah
Green, and Moon's organic, rolling, anarchic, flowingly controlled yet also
out-of-control style remains an influence on popular music today.
Moon initially played in the style of American surf rock and R&B
drummers, utilizing grooves and fills of those genres, but playing them much
louder and with more authority. He was also heavily influenced by jazz drummer
and fellow showman Gene Krupa.
Moon started off on various 4 or 5 piece drumsets, but made the move to a
British Premier double bass kit in late 1965. This was inspired by a
conversation he had with Ginger Baker, who told Moon that he had ordered an
American Ludwig double bass set and was waiting for it to arrive. Moon decided
to simply take two Premier drumsets and put them together, thus making him the
first rock drummer to use a double bass drumset. This new equipment widened
Moon's playing an enormous degree. Specifically, he abandoned his hi-hat cymbals
almost entirely and started basing his grooves more on a double bass ostinato
consisting of eight note flams, and a wall of white noise created by riding a
crash or ride cymbal. On top of this he would play fills and cymbal accents.
This would become his trademark style, and can be heard at its best on the Who's
1970 Live at Leeds and 1971's Who's Next albums.
Moon was an early replacement for short-lived drummer Doug Sandom. Within the
band, guitarist Pete Townshend was the timekeeper, utlizing a rhythmic, riffy
way of guitar playing, while Moon and bass player John Entwistle soloed on top
of this foundation. Moon usually played with the rhythm of the vocal line,
rather than lock down a counter-rhythm with the bass guitar (as is usually
expected of the drums). Townshend's compositions often took on a completely new
life of their own after he presented them to Moon and Entwistle, who would
transform them into something new and unexpected with their distinctive
approaches to playing.
Early in the Who's career, the band developed the concept of "Auto
Destruction", which had them destroying their equipment at the end of their more
high profile shows. Moon showed a particular zeal for this activity, wildly
kicking and smashing his drums. During an appearance on the Smothers Brothers
television show, he overloaded a drum with explosive charges which were
detonated during the finale of "My Generation", which according to legend
resulted in permanent hearing damage (not to mention singed hair) for bandmate
Pete Townshend and caused Bette Davis to faint. Moon himself was injured after a
piece of cymbal lodged in his arm. Another time, he filled his drums entirely
with water and used them as tanks for goldfish, actually playing them for the
concert - when a reporter asked what they were for, he replied with a grin,
"Even the best drummers get hungry." All of his antics soon earned him the
nickname "Moon the Loon," a name he did not like.
Because he was not a good singer, Moon was banned from the studio when vocals
were being recorded. This led to an ongoing game with Townshend, in which Moon
would try to sneak into the room to join the singing. At the tail end of "Happy
Jack" Townshend can be heard shouting "I saw ya!" as he notices Moon once again
trying to join in surreptitiously. However Moon can be heard singing on several
Who tracks, including "Bell Boy" on 1974's Quadrophenia and the high
pitched-voice on "Barbara Ann."
Moon quickly gained a reputation for being highly destructive. He was known
to lay waste to hotel rooms, the homes of friends, and even his own home, often
throwing furniture out of high windows and destroying the plumbing with
firecrackers. These acts were often fueled by illegal drugs and/or alcohol, but
most of the time, Moon was simply living out his larger-than-life persona.
One of the most famous stories concerns him driving a Rolls-Royce into a
swimming pool - it is currently disputed whether this event occurred, with his
biographer, Tony Fletcher, denying it, and Roger Daltrey claiming to have
witnessed the resulting $50,000 bill. [1] From his known behaviour, however, it
is not hard to see how such a story could originate. Judging from the numerous
biographies and documentaries on him, the story looks to be false. It appears to
have been two stories merged together. While in Flint, Michigan, Keith threw a
party after a Who show; subsequently, the manager was called with complaints
from the other guests. When the manager came to Keith's door and saw all of the
drinking and smoking, he demanded the party be stopped and that Keith should
leave. As the manager spoke, Keith picked up a cake and shoved it in his face.
Moon was then thrown out of the room by the manager. In a drunken stupor Keith
used a fire extinguisher on some random cars and then jumped into the swimming
pool. However, there was no water in the swimming pool. He snapped one of his
teeth completely off and later had it re-glued. The other portion of the car
driving into a swimming pool story obviously comes from the story when Keith was
at his home and had an argument with his wife, he claimed he was going to commit
suicide after the argument heated up. He drove his Rolls-Royce into their home
pond, and Keith came swimming out from under the water, apparently laughing.
Much of his behaviour, though often outrageous, was in a more humorous vein
in the company of his great friend Vivian Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Band. When
Vivian took over the John Peel radio show for awhile, Moon appeared as Lemmy in
Vivian's ongoing saga of Colonel Knutt, idiot adventurer-detective. Moon also
produced Vivian's recorded version of Elvis Presley's "Suspicion".
In 1970, Moon was involved in an incident outside a pub in London in which
his friend and bodyguard, Cornelius "Neil" Boland, was run over and killed.
Although the coroner said that Boland's death was an accident, and Moon was
subsequently given an absolute discharge after having been charged with driving
offenses, those close to him said Moon was haunted by the accident for the rest
of his life. However, Boland's daughter later tried to investigate and reported
that Moon may not have been driving the car.
Moon's penchant for the wild life would eventually be detrimental to both his
drumming ability and his reliability as a band member. His playing deteriorated
as the 1970s progressed, and he would often need to take two or three weeks to
learn how to "play like Keith Moon" again. By 1978, he was only a shadow of what
he once was.
Although his work with the Who dominated Moon's career, he participated in a
few minor side projects. In 1966, he teamed up with Yardbirds guitarist Jeff
Beck and future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones to record an
instrumental, "Beck's Bolero", released as a single later that year. Moon is
also said to have named Led Zeppelin, remarking that the band would "sink like a
lead zeppelin".
In 1974 he released his only solo album, a collection of pop covers entitled
Two Sides of the Moon. Perversely, although this record featured Moon's
atrocious singing, much of the drumming was left to other artists including
Ringo Starr and session musician Jim Keltner.
In 1971 he had a cameo role in Frank Zappa's farcical film 200 Motels. He
acted in drag as a nun fearful of death from overdosing on pills. In 1973 he
appeared in That'll Be the Day, playing a drummer at a holiday camp during the
early days of British rock 'n' roll. The film also co-starred Moon's longtime
friend Ringo Starr of the Beatles. He also appeared as "Uncle Ernie" in the film
adaptation of Tommy, a 1969 Who album. In 1976, he covered the Beatles' "When
I'm Sixty-Four" for the soundtrack of the documentary All This and World War II.
Keith Moon's final night out was as a guest of Paul McCartney at the preview
of the film The Buddy Holly Story. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney,
Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, left the party early and returned
to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson in Curzon Place, London. He died in his
sleep at the age of 32, having overdosed on anti-seizure medication,
Chlormethiazole, taken as part of a program to wean him off alcohol. When the
police investigated the cause of his death they determined that there were about
32 pills in his system. Some of the pills were undissolved. Moon's death was not
the result of suicide, but was later ruled to be the result of "accidential
misadventure," the common explanation being that Moon would take medication,
pass out, and then re-awaken to take his medication again, forgetting that he
had already. Coincidentally, Cass Elliot (singer with The Mamas & the Papas)
had died while staying not only in the same flat a few years earlier, but also
in the same bed. Following the loss of a second friend in the building, a
distraught Nilsson could not face returning there and subsequently sold the flat
to Pete Townshend. Moon's last words were": If you don't like it, you can just
fuck off." after asking his girlfriend to make him steak and eggs for breakfast.
Following his death, Keith Moon was replaced in the Who by Small Faces/Faces
drummer Kenny Jones, and in live reunion appearances by Zak Starkey, son of
Ringo Starr. A number of others, most notably Simon Phillips, have also
temporarily occupied the drummer's chair in the Who. However, both of the
remaining Who members, along with the late John Entwistle, have stated firmly on
separate occasions that The Who died with Keith Moon.
As of September 29, 2005, Comedian/Actor Mike Myers has been signed on to
play the lead role in an upcoming biopic of Moon. The film has been titled See
Me Feel Me: Keith Moon Naked for Your Pleasure. Scheduled for a 2007 release,
See Me Feel Me will be produced by Roger Daltrey, Nigel Sinclair, and Paul
Gerber.
Also, a biography has been written about Moon entitled "Dear Boy: The Life of
Keith Moon". "Dear Boy" became a catchphrase of Moon's when he started affecting
a pompous English accent around 1969, particularly when ordering drinks.
In early 2006, Keith moon's signature Pictures of Lily drum kit was reissued
by Premier Percussion under the name Spirit of Lily. This kit integrated modern
features and hardware in contrast with the vintage appearance.
"
My best investment is my imagination, because it has never
failed to bring me my greatest returns! "
Birth Name: Randolph Frank Castillo Born: December 18, 1950 - Albuquerque, New
Mexico Died: March 26, 2002 - Los Angeles,
California Cause Of Death: Cancer
Biography
Randy Castillo was born to a Spanish mother, Margaret, and Mexican American
father Frank ( Kiko ). He was one of five children, and his sisters, Frances,
Marilyn, Phyllis and Christine, all play music. His first band experience was
playing trumpet in a band that his father was also a member of called Los
Aguilas, which is Spanish for The Eagles. With his father on guitar, they
performed Mariachi music at local weddings and parties, but he soon lost
interest when he realized the kind of bands he liked didn't have trumpet
players; he decided he wanted a drum kit instead, especially after seeing The
Beatles play on the Ed Sullivan Show in early February 1964. However, his father
refused to buy him one, thinking he would only lose interest, as he had already
done with the trumpet.
When he was 18, Randy played in a band called The Tabbs, who wore mustard
coloured Nehru jackets on stage. On 18 June 1970, exactly three months before Jimi Hendrix died, he snuck
into one of Hendrix's concerts and hid under the stage to get a closer look.
After leaving The Tabbs, he then played with The Mudd and began experimenting
heavily with drugs, including mescaline, peyote and heroin. The band's lead
singer, Tommy G, died of kidney failure, which Randy blamed on Tommy's addiction
to heroin. This caused him to shy away from using the drug again.
He joined his first rock band, The Wumblies (
originally called Cottonmouth ),
in the late '70s and he moved to Espanola where they predominantly played covers
of songs by Yes, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull at as many gigs as
possible, including high school proms. He first experienced life on the road
with The Wumblies as they toured around America, playing four 45-minute sets per
night in clubs. Randy became an instant drumming icon in all cities toured. The
band moved to Denver, Colorado where they fell apart in 1980; a year later, his
father Frank died at age 51.
In 1980, Randy recorded an LP with a band called The Offenders. The band also
featured Randy
Rand of Autograph and Glenn Sherba of Badfinger.
Realising he had to move to Los Angeles if he wanted to make it big, he made
the transition in 1981 with Albuquerque-bred guitarist Tim Pierce and they
rented a run-down room together in Hollywood at the Montecito on Franklin
Avenue. Having endured enough of the local hookers and transvestites, they moved
out and Randy began living in his pick-up truck. On the recommendation of
another former Albuquerque musician, singer / songwriter Michael Goodroe, he
joined pop band The Motels, whom Goodroe played bass for, when their drummer
fell sick with a heart condition just as they were about to go on tour. Randy
embarked on his first major arena tour with The Motels in support of The
Cars.
In 1984, Randy was hired to play drums for Lita Ford and was featured on her Dancin' On The Edge album. Lita
introduced Randy to her boyfriend, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and Nikki’s bandmate Tommy Lee. Shortly after the
“ Dancin’ on the Edge ” tour, Tommy called Randy from a party he was at with Ozzy
Osbourne and told him Ozzy was looking for a new drummer. Despite being unable
to audition right away due to a broken leg he suffered while skiing, Randy was
hired by Ozzy a couple months later and ended up staying with the Ozzy Osbourne
band for ten years, recording five albums with Ozzy during that time. These were
The Ultimate
Sin ( 1986 ), No Rest for the
Wicked ( 1988 ), an EP entitled Just Say Ozzy (
1990 ), No More Tears (
1991 ),
and a double-disc live album, Live and Loud (
1993 ).
After recording Ozzy's live album in 1993, he joined Red Square Black.
Castillo also briefly returned to Osbourne's band in 1995 for a tour, and played
drums on several tribute albums during this time. He played with Ronnie James Dio on a
cover of Alice Cooper's
"Welcome To My Nightmare" on the Alice Cooper tribute album Humanary Stew
and performed all drumming duties on a star-studded Def Leppard tribute album titled Leppardmania.
The album featured John
Corabi ( Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe ), Paul Shortino ( Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot
), Kevin DuBrow ( Quiet Riot ), Joe Leste (
Bang Tango ), and Jani Lane ( Warrant, solo artist ), among others.
Guitar and bass duties were handled by Jerry Dixon and Erik Turner of Warrant, and Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns.
In 1999, after Tommy Lee had left Mötley Crüe, Sharon Osbourne called Randy
and told him about the job opening. Mötley Crüe gave him the job without an
audition. He'd previously briefly played with Vince Neil as a touring drummer
for the Vince Neil Band, and was an old friend of the
band. His only recording with the band, 2000's New Tattoo, was somewhat of a return to the
classic Mötley Crüe sound. However, fan reaction was mixed and the album was not
as successful as the band was hoping it would be. Still, there was excitement
over the upcoming tour due to the revival in interest of many '80s hard rock
acts, and the band geared up for their " Maximum Rock " tour with thrash metal
legends Anthrax and Megadeth
A couple of weeks before Mötley Crüe was set to tour the “
New Tattoo ” album,
Randy became ill while performing with his mariachi side project Azul at
the Cat Club in Hollywood. Immediately after the show Randy took a cab to nearby
Cedars Sinai Hospital where he collapsed
as he was being admitted. The doctors discovered a duodenal ulcer that had ruptured his stomach and
performed emergency surgery that saved Randy’s life. While taking time off from
Mötley Crüe to recover from his surgery, Randy discovered a small lump on his
jaw and a month later, after it had grown to roughly the size of a golf ball, he
sought treatment and was diagnosed with Squamous cell Carcinoma,
a common form of cancer that is not usually fatal if it is discovered early but
can spread rapidly if left untreated. The cancer went into remission in
mid - 2001, and he was rumored to be rejoining Osbourne's solo band for that
summer Ozzfest tour ( along with Geezer Butler on bass ), though these rumors were
later revealed to be untrue.
Within a few months the cancer returned, and a few days after returning to
the doctors, Randy Castillo died on March 26, 2002. He was 51 years old. During
the final weeks of his life, Castillo had been working with ex-Ozzy Osbourne and
Alice in Chains
bassist Mike Inez on a new band
and was in the process of hiring a singer.
Eric
Carr
Birth Name:Paul Charles Caravello known as
Eric Carr Born: July 12, 1950 Died: November 24, 1991 Cause Of Death: Heart cancer
StefanHalldin isa hard hitting drummer with lots of
attitude and energy.
Birth place: Sturefors, Sweden. Present recidence: Linköping, Sweden. Influences:
Tommy Lee, Randy Castillo & Vinnie Paul. Band influences: Motley Crue, Ozzy
& Pantera. Equipments: MAPEX drums, Paiste cymbals, Ahead drumsticks, DW /
MAPEX hardware & Evans drumheads. Former bands: Bell´s bottom, Butthead,
Bluesman, Social Scumbags
& Maximum Circus. Favourite records: Motley Crue -
ALL, Ozzy - No more tears, Pantera - Cowboys from hell. Favourite movie:
Butterfly effect. Favourite food: Tacos. Favourite drink: Corona beer &
Jägermeister.
Biography
MarysCreek was founded byMats Nilsson in early 2004 with the goal to start a
powerful band that would make a noise in the world. The first member to join
Mats in the line up was StefanHalldin, a hard hitting drummer with lots of
attitude and energy. Around August 2005 the third member of MarysCreek came
along with Robban Möller, a heavy grooving and dynamic bass player. After having
found guitarist Bobby Ho ( Bobby Who? ) and with his know how, history and musicianship, the
band has become complete and they are now ready to rock the planet. Stefan had
finally found his partners in crime and the new born heavy foundation of
MarysCreek reached a new level of weight which became apparent in many of these
recorded tracks.
About this time the demo songs were already starting to
create a " buzz " in the music community with fantastic reactions from fans,
reviewers, publishers and radio, who often compared them to big guns like
Soundgarden.and Kings X. They also gained live experience and acquired
appreciable reputation within the Swedish live-scene by constantly tour-ing
Sweden and presenting themselves with a powerful and convincing stage show, for
example together with Uriah Heep and From Behind. In December 2005 MarysCreek
began to record the tracks for the debut album " Some Kind OfHate
". Guitar based
me-lodic rock and heavy groove, successfully delivered in a big sounding modern
production with sweet sounding, melodic songs bound to be remembered. It's that
mixture of traditional hardrock with heavy guitar riffs and modern sounding
melodies and hook-lines, ennobled by Mats Nilsson's mighty voice, that
automatically seduces to listen to the songs of MarysCreek. After having
finished the recordings they started collaborating with famous Swedish producer
Fredrik " Fredman " Nordström( In Flames, The Haunted, Dream Evil
) to mix this
powerful debut album. The worldwide release of " Some Kind Of Hate
" is scheduled
for March2007. So be prepared to face the power of a perfect working hard rock
machine! Current
line-up is:
Stefan Halldin: Drums Robban Möller: Bass Mats Nilsson: Vocals Jonas Hallberg: Guitar Peter Bergkvist: Guitar
Tommy
Aldridge
Tommy
Aldridge Born August 15, 1950 in Nashville, TN
is
a veteran heavy metal and hard rock drummer.
Aldridge
is noted for his work with numerous bands and vocalists,
most notable being Black Oak Arkansas,
Pat
Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake,
Ted Nugent and Thin Lizzy.
Aldridge
taught himself how to play drums and was inspired by
Cream, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and
Led
Zeppelin and drummers Joe Morello and John Bonham. Throughout
his career Aldridge has been
regarded
as a double bass drumming pioneer in heavy metal music.
He
didn't have the benefit of affording a private teacher,
and he wasn't attracted to the high school drum corps.
He
grew up listening to albums by Cream, the Beatles, and
Jimi Hendrix, however, and he mimmicked his heroes on
those albums.
He
started playing double bass early on, in order to get
a sound that he had in his head.
He
started out playing in clubs and at frat parties, but
got his break into the majors when he was asked to join
Black Oak Arkansas,
an
up and coming southern rock outfit. However, when he
made the decision to leave the band, he experienced
complications.
After
about a year, he was able to forge ahead, and he began
working with Pat Travers. He worked with him for a few
years,
did
a few tours, and put out a few records, until he left
for England. He wanted to try living and working in
England,
and
he began working with Gary Moore. They put out a couple
of albums, and met Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads during
this time.
Tommy
and Randy became good friends, and eventually got the
chance to work together with Ozzy Osbourne's band.
He
was the drummer on the phenomenal Diary of a Madman
tour, and describes working with Randy " highlight
of my career."
He
stayed on with Ozzy's band as Jake E. Lee joined on
lead guitar, and they put out Bark at the Moon, but
Tommy was ready for a change.
About
this time, Tommy began corresponding with Rudy Sarzo,
who had just finished his successful stint with Quiet
Riot,
and
they began kicking around and trying to make something
happen. They hired Tony MacAlpine and did a couple of
albums,
but
it ended up not being a permanent band situation. Tommy
began hanging around with John Sykes,
who
was in touch with David Coverdale. John and David were
looking for a solid rhythm section to support their
hard-driving sound,
and
eventually, Rudy and Tommy joined Whitesnake. Tommy
toured and enjoyed the ultimate rock and roll fantasy,
but
eventually, it was time to move forward. Since Whitesnake,
Tommy has been working as a freelance drummer,
and
works with many bands, including Ted Nugent.
Tommy
Aldridge has set the standard for double-bass rock drumming.
Career
In
the 1970s, Aldridge joined up and coming rockers Black
Oak Arkansas and recorded nine albums with them between
1972 and 1976.
He
also undertook long tours around the US with the band.
He
spent 1978 to 1981 signed with Canadian blues-rock guitarist
Pat Travers Band, and recorded five albums with him.
Aldridge
was then offered a place in Ozzy Osbourne's band, which
he accepted because of the talent of Randy Rhoads.
Tommy
said it was Randy who pushed him to be the best he could
be.
Although
Aldridge is credited in the liner notes and pictured
on the inner sleeve of Diary Of A Madman, Lee Kerslake
performed
all
the drum parts on the original release. Playing alongside
Ozzy and guitarist Randy Rhoads, the line up is preserved
on 1987's Tribute.
After
Rhoads' death the band continued to record, producing
a live album in 1982 called Speak Of The Devil and a
studio album,
Bark
at the Moon in 1983, after which Aldridge was fired
by Sharon Osbourne. Drummer Carmine Appice was brought
in to tour for this release.
During
this tour, due to some personal differences within the
band, Carmine was let go and Tommy returned to work
with Ozzy for the final leg
of
the Bark At The Moon tour. Tommy finished the touring
cycle with Ozzy with a performance at Brazil's Rock
in Rio music festival in early 1985,
which
also featured bands such as Queen, Scorpions and Whitesnake.
Aldridge
joined Gary Moore to record Dirty Fingers in 1981 before
accepting an offer from David Coverdale of Whitesnake.
However,
before joining Whitesnake for the " Whitesnake
1987 " tour he joined forces with longtime friend
and bass player Rudy Sarzo
and
guitar/keyboard virtuoso Tony MacAlpine to form "
Project Driver ", a Shrapnel Records band which
not only failed commercially but was
a
project he personally financed and cost him his marriage.
He was too late to appear on the successful Whitesnake
album,
but
following the release of that recording, David Coverdale
hired Tommy and Rudy Sarzo to join Whitesnake and they
were part of that band
at
the peak of its success. They toured to sell out crowds
for the next two years supporting the Whitesnake 1987
album.
Tommy
then appeared on Whitesnake's Slip Of The Tongue, released
in 1989, which was less successful and resulted in the
group breaking up a year later.
After
Whitesnake, he played in the band Manic Eden, with his
former Whitesnake bandmates Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy
Sarzo.
The
line-up also included former Little Caesar vocalist
Ron Young.
During
the 1990s Aldridge worked with numerous acts ranging
from Motörhead to Ted Nugent
(
also recording with House of Lords on their 1992 release
Demons Down ) while continuing to tour and record live
albums.
From
2002 Aldridge toured with Whitesnake alongside David
Coverdale ( vocals ), Doug Aldrich ( guitar ), Reb Beach
( guitar ),
Marco
Mendoza/Uriah Duffy ( bass ) and Timothy Drury ( keyboards
). Aldridge left Whitesnake in 2007 to pursue alternate
musical endeavours.
From
2007 to 2009, Aldridge was touring with Thin Lizzy alongside
Scott Gorham, John Sykes and Francesco DiCosmo.
The
latter part of his drum solo in this Thin Lizzy tour
includes a " hands-only " percussion piece
where he plays snare, tomtoms,
and
cymbals without sticks as he also did while touring
with Pat Travers, Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake.
Tommy
has been an in demand drum clinician since the early
1980s, and no matter who he works with,
much
of his work involves drum clinics and festivals each
year. Aldridge plays Yamaha drums, a company he has
been with since 1982.
Yamaha
has made Tommy a custom " soon to be released "
Signature Snare drum that is a 7x14 Stainless Steel
model with die cast hoops
and
black chrome hardware. He also endorses Paiste cymbals.
His cymbal selection can vary, but he strongly prefers
the brighter sounds
of
the 2002 and RUDE cymbals that they offer.
It
had been announced that Thin Lizzy, along with The Answer,
were to support AC/DC at stadium shows in England,
Ireland
and Scotland at the end of June 2009, but these appearances
were cancelled after Aldridge broke his collarbone in
an accident.
On
30 June, the band's website announced that John Sykes
had left Thin Lizzy and all shows for the rest of 2009
were cancelled or postponed.
Gorham
has stated that he will announce Thin Lizzy's future
plans shortly. In May 2010 Thin Lizzy did not include
Aldridge in the new line up,
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