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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 ...
Jul 14, 2015 · Eric Wrixon, who played keyboards in the earliest versions of both Them and Thin Lizzy, has died on July at his home in Italy. He was 68. Hot Press is reporting that the news was confirmed by ...
Jul 16, 2015 · Musician Eric Wrixon, who has died aged 68 at his home in Italy, was the talented keyboard player who came up with the name of the band that launched the career of Van Morrison.
Eric Wrixon, still a schoolboy, was the piano player and keyboardist. Morrison played saxophone and harmonica and shared vocals with Billy Harrison. They followed Eric Wrixon's suggestion for a new name, and the Gamblers morphed into Them, their name taken from the 50s horror movie Them!
- Belfast Gypsies (1966–1967), The Belfast Blues Band (1990–2015)
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1964–1972, (one-off reunion: 1979)
Jul 16, 2015 · Them And Thin Lizzy Founding Member Eric Wrixon Has Died At The Age Of 68. Picture: Thin Lizzy perform live at the Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool, England - 20.05.12. The keyboard player passed ...
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.
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 briefly replaced by Gary Moore ...
