Skid Row (Irish band)
| Skid Row | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Blues rock, psychedelic rock |
| Years active | October 1967–August 1972 1973–1976 2012 |
| Labels | CBS |
| Website | myspace.com/brushshiels |
| Past members |
Brendan "Brush" Shiels Gary Moore Phil Lynott Noel "Nollaig" Bridgeman Bernard "Bernie" Cheevers Paul Chapman Robbie Brennan |
Skid Row was a Dublin based blues rock band of the late 1960s and early 1970s, fronted by bass guitarist Brendan "Brush" Shiels. It was guitarist Gary Moore's first professional band.
The band was formed in August 1967, comprising Brendan 'Brush' Shiels on bass guitar (born in 1946, Dublin, Ireland - formerly of The Uptown Band), Noel 'Nollaig' Bridgeman on drums (born in 1947, Dublin - currently with Van Morrison), Bernard / Ben Cheevers on guitar (born in 1947, Dublin - formerly of The Intruders and Sugarshack), and Phil Lynott on vocals. Brush Shiels and Ben Cheevers had played together in a number of groups in Dublin before forming Skid Row. The band's first gig was in September, 1967 in a basement club in Lower Abbey street in Dublin 1. Ben Cheevers left the band in September 1968 to continue working full-time in the electrical industry. Before his departure, the search for a suitably proficient guitarist resulted in Gary Moore joining the band as a fifth member. Gary Moore and Ben Cheevers both played in the band for a short 'hand-over' period. Robbie Brennan temporarily replaced original drummer Bridgeman until June 1969 and Cheevers was replaced by the 16-year-old Gary Moore in Mid 1968, and the band recorded a single, "New Places, Old Faces" / "Misdemeanour Dream Felicity", for the Irish 'Song Records' label (the only released recording of Lynott with Skid Row).
Later that year Shiels dropped Lynott from the line-up, converting Skid Row to a power trio by making Sheils the lead vocalist. By way of compensation, Shiels gave him a bass guitar he had bought from former musician Robert Ballagh for £49 in 1967 while with the Uptown Band, he taught Lynott to play bass, and after a stint with 'Orphanage' Lynott went on to international fame as founder, bassist and vocalist for Thin Lizzy. The band recorded a second single for 'Song', "Saturday Morning Man" / "Mervyn Aldridge". These two singles, plus three tracks from a BBC recording, were issued on the 'Hux' label as Live and on Song in April 2006. At the end of 2006 a number of Skid Row demo tapes featuring Phil Lynott were discovered. These were his earliest recordings (from 1968) and had been presumed lost for decades.
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