Phil lynott thin lizzy skin#

In 1976, the band had to cancel dates when he got hepatitis. She told him to f*** off.вЂќД«ut his lifestyle began to catch up with him. Then Phil tried to get into bed with Paula. Geldof says: вЂњI fell off the stool, crawled up to the loos and threw up.

I thought, вЂthis has got to be uncomfortable for himвЂ™.вЂќД«ob Geldof tells how Lynott got him high on heroin as they wrote a song together and then tried to seduce wife Paula Yates. IвЂ™m looking at Cliff and, God bless him, he didnвЂ™t look. вЂњSo we sat Cliff in front of the desk and right behind him thereвЂ™s this ****ing dealer chopping out a line of smack. вЂњPhil said вЂcome on, letвЂ™s drag over Cliff and see what he thinksвЂ™,вЂќ says Gorham. Guitarist Scott Gorham tells how Lynott once had a dealer cut drugs in front of devout Christian Sir Cliff Richard at a Paris recording studio. But after they moved to London, LynottвЂ™s drug-taking went into overdrive. The wildman founded Thin Lizzy in 1969 with Whisky In The Jar catapulting the band to fame three years later. He told music producer Tony Visconti вЂњshe turned me on to smoking spliffs when I was 13вЂќ.ДЄnd author Graeme Thomson reveals it was while bunking down in Skid Row boss Brian TuiteвЂ™s house that Lynott started talking to teddy bears on wallpaper in a childrenвЂ™s room вЂ“ high on вЂњmagic grassвЂќ. Years later, Lynott blamed his habit on his mother. вЂњIt was something that could keep him going day and night.вЂќ вЂњI donвЂ™t think it was acid, вЂќ says Shiels. Lynott never spoke about his sonвЂ™s birth or adoption вЂ“ and not long afterwards Skid Row bandmate Brush Shiels found he was on drugs. When Carole returned, she says they went to the cinema where вЂњwe sat at the back and sobbedвЂќ. At 17, after fronting several teen bands, he fell in love with pretty Carole Stephen while a member of Irish group Skid Row.Д«ut when she got pregnant she was sent to a home for unmarried mothers 60 miles from Dublin вЂ“ and forced to give their son away. вЂњWe were only babies, there wasnвЂ™t any racism,вЂќ he adds.ДЄnd rascal Lynott used to steal from a school collection box for children in Africa вЂњbecause IвЂ™m one of the black babiesвЂќ, his mum reveals in new biography Cowboy Song. In those early days, pupils lined up to touch his curly hair, says classmate Liam OвЂ™Connor.

Phil lynott thin lizzy skin#

As a mixed-race Catholic lad, his skin colour marked him out at the tough Scoil Colm Christian Brothers school where beatings were rife and вЂњboys vomited with fear in the school yardвЂќ.