Thin Lizzy Announce Plans To Become Black Star Riders
Friday, 21 December 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Following their upcoming Australian tour with KISS and Motley Crue, Thin Lizzy have announced that their new band name will be Black Star Riders.
"We've got a new band with myself, Ricky Warwick, David Johnson, Marco Mendoza and Jimmy Degrasso. We have started another band called Black Star Riders," guitarist Scott Gorham revealed to Noise11.com.
Fans can expect new music from Black Star Riders early next year. Speaking about a new material, Scott continued: "We are getting into the studio in January. We will be recording that in Los Angeles with the producer Kevin Shirley. Then a month or two after that we'll come out and see you guys. We will be doing the whole Thin Lizzy thing out there. Then we'll come back to the UK, take a couple of weeks off and start the rehearsal for the Black Star Riders tour in the UK and Europe".
Despite retiring the Thin Lizzy name, Black Star Riders will still play homage to its origins. "Obviously because everybody knows where we came from and what we do it is kind of a must. We will be playing most of the Black Star Riders album but I don't think we'd get away without playing a few Thin Lizzy songs," Scott said.
The new banner, Black Star Riders, came about after Thin Lizzy co-founder Brian Downey revealed that he did not want to continue after the Australian tour. "I know that Brian Downey wanted to take a bit of a break from the road because our touring schedule has been grueling for three years,"" Scott says. "He wanted to take a little break from it. Darren Wharton, the keyboard player, he's got his other band and he is also working in a movie. Jimmy Degrasso is on drums. I don't think we are actually going to have keyboards in Black Star Riders. You never know what's going to happen down the road but that is the set-up right now with that".
As to whether or not we will see the return of Thin Lizzy, Scott explains that he hasn't written-off a Thin Lizzy comeback in the future. "Over here there are advertisements saying 'The Farewell Tour'. It's not really a farewell tour. It is more of a farewell to this gruelling touring schedule," he says. "We are taking a break from Thin Lizzy. The Black Star Riders is not just a side-project. It is a well and true and proper band. We'll still go out as Thin Lizzy. There are still certain big festivals that we will do. Thin Lizzy is still on the horizon, we will still go out and do that but in the meantime we have Black Star Riders that we are going to concentrate on also".
Check back to Stereoboard for more news from the new Black Star Riders in 2013.
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