Paul Rodgers Pays Tribute To Gary Moore". Blabbermouth.net. 8 February 2011 . Retrieved 7 July 2020.

Moore became frustrated with Skid Row's limitations and quit, though without a clear direction in mind. He made the solo album Grinding Stone (1973), but was happy to accept an offer to join Lynott's group Thin Lizzy, replacing the guitarist Eric Bell. "The pressure was off and I was having fun," Moore recalled, "but after a few months I was doing myself in, drinking and high on the whole thing."But Mark also suggests that with Gary – and with Tony, given his pedigree – maybe there was an overdrive to perfection that Willie found hard to handle. In any case, if the singer is not the leader of the band, then there is every chance that the leader – in this case most definitely Gary – would be telling him what to do and how to perform, none of which would sit easily with most singers. DEF LEPPARD's Vivian Campbell stated: "He was a huge guitar influence. I probably ripped off Gary Moore more than any other guitar player."

The stars were aligned. This was clearly a Gary Moore solo project: the band was originally titled Moore, but for some reason Jet thought this would be confusing, so the name changed to G-Force after Gary told Mark that at school he was known as ‘G’ by some of his friends. While recovering from a bout of hepatitis which saw the band end their previous tour prematurely, Phil Lynott wrote the majority of the follow-up album 'Johnny The Fox', which was released in October 1976. It reached Number 11 on the UK chart and the single 'Don't Believe a Word' reached Number 2 and Number 12 in the Ireland and the UK respectively.a b c d e "Moore's almanac". Belfast Telegraph. 2 May 2007. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. It would have been in August 1979, my twenty-eighth birthday, and Sharon had a party for me at La Dome on Sunset Boulevard. I got really drunk that night, fell into the cake trolley and dislocated my shoulder. Sharon was laughing her arse off, and I got really upset and angry and apparently I said I was leaving the band – which I don’t remember saying, by the way. Bob Geldof pays tribute to Thin Lizzy's Gary Moore after sudden hotel room death". The Telegraph. 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Parker, Matthew (7 February 2011). "11 of the best Gary Moore performances". MusicRadar . Retrieved 3 September 2020. In certain industries, and the music business is a prime example, part of the job description is to be the baddest guy in town, to be in people’s faces, in control and on top of your game. Coke will do that for you in spades – at first. And then all sorts of anxiety and paranoia sets in and, in the end, everything can fall apart, nobody wants to know you. And that can happen in months rather than years.

Bosso, Joe (3 March 2010). "Joe Bonamassa: My 11 favourite blues guitarists". MusicRadar . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Tony goes on to vent his criticism at the way the album sounded because of Gary’s insistence on how the guitar would be recorded: “He was thinking that it would give it a unique sound. And it did give it a unique sound – a horrible, scratchy, piece-of-shit sound. Going through the board destroyed the fidelity of the album.” O'Neill, Eamon. "David Coverdale Whitesnake Eonmusic Interview October 2020 Part 2". Eonmusic . Retrieved 25 November 2020. a b c d e f g Sweeting, Adam (7 February 2011). "Gary Moore obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 August 2020.In Tony’s opinion, because of that, “he was a fantastic composer and guitarist who rose to greatness, but my take anyway is that he didn’t reach his potential”. And given Gary’s clashes with star musicians who were band leaders in their own right, like Phil Lynott, Glenn Hughes and later Cozy Powell, he might have a point. Metallica's Kirk Hammett Remembers Gary Moore". Blabbermouth.net. 9 February 2011 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. So, explains Mark: “We are in a spot because we knew we weren’t going to get another guy like Glenn that does all the singing and playing at such a high level. He was writing as well. He had been working with Ray Gomez and Narada Michael Walden; they had cut some things, so Glenn was bringing some great tunes – hard and heavy, but very melodic and soulful too.”In other words, a perfect complement to Gary’s playing and his approach to composition. But they had to start looking elsewhere. Speaking to writer Chris Welch in 1982, Gary mentioned a Spanish guitar that got busted up by a girlfriend – and this could easily have been Lisa. Sometimes she would go and hide out at Sharon’s place: “She would let me stay but told me I had to go and sort things out.” Mead, David (2 June 2020). "How Gary Moore came to own Peter Green's iconic Les Paul, Greeny". Guitarist . Retrieved 7 July 2020.