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Eric Wrixon. Eric Wrixon (29 June 1947 – 13 July 2015) was a musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a founding member of Them and Thin Lizzy. He came up with the band name "Them" (from the 1954 sci-fi film Them!), [1] but as he was a minor his parents declined to sign a recording contract on his behalf and he was replaced in July 1964 ...
Website. thinlizzyband.com. Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Thin Lizzy initially consisted of bass guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric Bell and organist Eric Wrixon, although Wrixon left after a few months. Bell left at the end of 1973 and was ...
Jul 14, 2015 · RIP Eric." The Belfast-born Wrixon joined a band called the Gamblers in the early '60s; when it came time for the group to chose a new name, he suggested Them, after a sci-fi film from 1954. The ...
Jul 13, 2015 · Eric Wrixon was not only keyboardist in the first line-up of the seminal rock outfit Thin Lizzy, alongside Eric Bell, Brian Downey and Phil Lynott, but also a founding member of Van Morrison's Them.
Eric Wrixon THIN LIZZY first came about in late 1969, when ERIC BELL (guitarist, former member of Van Morrison's early band THEM) approached BRIAN DOWNEY (drums) about forming a band. Philip Lynott (bass and vocals) was also invited to join.
Feb 28, 2024 · Keyboard player Eric Wrixon was in Lizzy’s earliest line-up too, but he left before their debut single The Farmer (which bombed) was released. Having scored a deal with Decca, the band released their self-tiled debut LP in April 1971.
Aug 18, 2020 · The Dublin Days: 1969 – 1971. One of the defining rock groups of the 20th Century, Thin Lizzy began life in Dublin in 1969 when childhood friends Phil Lynott and Brian Downey were approached by two former members of Van Morrison’s band ‘Them’, Eric Wrixon (keyboards) and Eric Bell (guitar). Prior to this Lynott and Downey had been ...
