Phil Lynot (thin lizzy) on a rick 4000

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:28 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkNWOIIfMfg

Too bad it's mimed.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:06 pm

He is the reason I decided to take on the bass after I stopped drumming.

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:26 pm

Oh yeah, just like you, I started as a drummer (or a drummer wanna be) and my reason for switching to bass was Suzi Quattro. Go ahead, lough at me. I was 15 years old then.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:35 pm

I drummed from age 14 to age 30, then switched to bass after my hands were unable to take the punishment of drumming any longer.

Had I not been a huge Lynott fan, I probably would have stopped playing music altogether.

My tattoo:

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:55 pm

Cool!

How about a 4001?

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:30 pm

Thin Lizzy are pretty much the reason why I wanted to be in a band (cemented by seeing Hawkwind in '79). Phil and Lemmy were my first two bass heroes.

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:12 am

I love mid to late 70's Lizzy. Awesome live band.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:38 am

I love it. He added the chrome pickguard to everything!

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:01 am

Love Thin Lizzy, but my inspiration came earlier. Yeah, I am an old guy.
I had a big crush on this girl when I was 14 years old and since then - bass was my instrument. I discovered Ric later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SXWgC0SLCA&mode=related&search=

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:27 am

You know at 14 I didn't even know what a bass was....but I sure knew who Suzi was!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:02 am

Kris, I'm right there with you! Suzi tilted the axis upon which my world revolved when I was nine years old. My first concert was December 10, 1974 when I saw Suzi play in Adelaide, South Australia.

She was the first woman I ever loved!

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:09 am

Darren,
Not the first one for me, but yes, I was madly in love with her. It is interesting that she was huge in Europe and Australia, but not much known in the U.S where she is from (Detroit). I can go on and on about her, but this is not a place I guess. Anyway, she is responsible for me playing bass.

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:20 pm

I had to see who this Suzi Quattro was. I too had a massive crush on her but I knew her till tonight as Leather Tuscadero.....