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Garrick Roberts (16 June 1950 – 9 November 2022) was an Irish musician best known as the lead guitarist with The Boomtown Rats, a band which came into being in 1976. [1] He and Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) had decided to put a band together and, between them, they recruited the other four members, Pete Briquette (bass), Gerry Cott (guitar ...
Nov 9, 2022 · Garry Roberts (second right), sitting next to Bob Geldof, with his fellow bandmates. Guitarist and founding member of the Boomtown Rats, Garry Roberts, has died aged 72, the band has announced. He ...
Nov 10, 2022 · Garry Roberts, founding guitarist of Irish rock outfit The Boomtown Rats, has died aged 72. No cause of death has been announced as of yet. The band’s remaining members – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Simon Crowe, Darren Beale and Alan Dunne – confirm Roberts’ passing in a statement. “The remaining members of the band, Pete, Bob, Simon ...
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Nov 10, 2022 · Along with Sir Bob Geldof, Roberts was one of the legendary Irish band’s founding members and a big part of their sound. Guitarist and founding member of The Boomtown Rats, Garry Roberts, has ...
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Nov 9, 2022 · published 9 November 2022. The Boomtown Rats have announced the news of the death of founding guitarist Garry Roberts. (Image credit: Fin Costello/Getty Images) Garry Roberts, founding lead guitarist with Irish punk/new wave band The Boomtown Rats, has died at the age of 72. The news was confirmed in a social media post from the band.
Nov 10, 2022 · The Boomtown Rats Guitarist Garry Roberts Dead at 72: 'He Was The Legend' Garry Roberts was a founding member and crucial to the Irish Rock success "who summed up the sense of who The Rats are"
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Nov 9, 2022 · Arts and Media Correspondent. The Boomtown Rats have announced that the guitarist Garry Roberts, a founding member of the Dublin band, has died. He was 72. In a statement on the band's social ...
