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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Brian Downey</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Downey performing with Thin Lizzy at Aberdeen Music Hall, 6 January 2011"><img alt="Downey performing with Thin Lizzy at Aberdeen Music Hall, 6 January 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg/220px-Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg/330px-Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg/440px-Brian_Downey_by_Alec_MacKellaig_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Downey performing with Thin Lizzy at Aberdeen Music Hall, 6 January 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Brian Michael Downey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-01-27</span>) </span>27 January 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Drummer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1967–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thin_Lizzy" title="Thin Lizzy">Thin Lizzy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funky_Junction" title="Funky Junction">Funky Junction</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Brian Michael Downey</b> (born 27 January 1951<sup id="cite_ref-Downeybio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downeybio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Downeybirthdate1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downeybirthdate1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an Irish drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band <a href="/wiki/Thin_Lizzy" title="Thin Lizzy">Thin Lizzy</a> and the only other constant in the band aside from leader <a href="/wiki/Phil_Lynott" title="Phil Lynott">Phil Lynott</a> until their disbandment in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Downey also co-wrote several Thin Lizzy songs. <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a> critic Eduardo Rivadavia has argued that Downey is "certainly one of the most underrated [rock drummers] of his generation".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Downey_(drummer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_%28cropped%29.png/150px-Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_%28cropped%29.png/225px-Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_%28cropped%29.png/300px-Brian_Downey_-_TopPop_1974_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="689" data-file-height="1422" /></a><figcaption>Downey in a 1974 television show</figcaption></figure> <p>Growing up in <a href="/wiki/Crumlin,_Dublin" title="Crumlin, Dublin">Crumlin, Dublin</a>, Brian's early musical influences came from his father who played in a local <a href="/wiki/Pipe_band" title="Pipe band">pipe band</a> and loved jazz, and also from his 1960s heroes: <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Downeybio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downeybio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his youth, Downey met friend, co-founder and bass guitarist <a href="/wiki/Phil_Lynott" title="Phil Lynott">Phil Lynott</a>, who attended the same school. Before forming Thin Lizzy, Downey had been in numerous school bands, beginning with The Liffey Beats, Mod Con Cave Dwellers, and briefly The Black Eagles (with Lynott). He moved on to performing in a local band, Sugar Shack, and then was persuaded by Lynott to join him in another band, Orphanage.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon meeting guitarist <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bell" title="Eric Bell">Eric Bell</a>, the trio formed Thin Lizzy. Although the line-up of musicians within the band changed over the years, with the exception of Lynott, for the next thirteen years Downey remained the only other permanent member of the band, as well as drumming on Lynott's solo albums. </p><p>After Lynott's death in 1986, Downey played in the tribute Thin Lizzy line-up with <a href="/wiki/John_Sykes" title="John Sykes">John Sykes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Gorham" title="Scott Gorham">Scott Gorham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darren_Wharton" title="Darren Wharton">Darren Wharton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marco_Mendoza" title="Marco Mendoza">Marco Mendoza</a>, but had been absent from subsequent Thin Lizzy touring bands. After Sykes' departure from the group in 2009, guitarist Scott Gorham created another line-up of Thin Lizzy. Downey, Mendoza and Wharton rejoined, along with two new members: <a href="/wiki/Def_Leppard" title="Def Leppard">Def Leppard</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Vivian_Campbell" title="Vivian Campbell">Vivian Campbell</a> and former vocalist from <a href="/wiki/The_Almighty_(band)" title="The Almighty (band)">The Almighty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Warwick" title="Ricky Warwick">Ricky Warwick</a>. This version of Thin Lizzy started an extensive world tour in January 2010 and continued to tour until early 2013, with new permanent guitarist <a href="/wiki/Damon_Johnson" title="Damon Johnson">Damon Johnson</a> eventually replacing <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fortus" title="Richard Fortus">Richard Fortus</a>. Gorham had stated that the band members were considering recording new material,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this project eventually emerged under the <a href="/wiki/Black_Star_Riders" title="Black Star Riders">Black Star Riders</a> name, with which Downey chose not to be involved due to the pressures of consistent touring.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Downey was a guest at the unveiling of Lynott's statue in 2005, and drummed for <a href="/wiki/Gary_Moore" title="Gary Moore">Gary Moore</a> at the tribute concert that followed. Downey also appeared on Moore's 2007 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Close_As_You_Get" class="mw-redirect" title="Close As You Get">Close As You Get</a></i>, and subsequent tour. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg/220px-Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg/330px-Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg/440px-Brian_Downey%27s_Alive_%26_Dangerous.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1883" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Brian Downey's Alive and Dangerous in 2022.</figcaption></figure> <p>In early 2016, Downey formed a trio, later a four-piece band, called Brian Downey's Alive and Dangerous. The quartet initially consisted of Downey, bassist/lead vocalist Matt Wilson, and guitarists Brian Grace and Phil Edgar. The band have toured the UK and Europe, and mostly perform Thin Lizzy songs. Grace and Edgar have since been replaced by two new guitarists, Michal Kulbalka and Joe Merriman.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Downey_(drummer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="With_Thin_Lizzy">With Thin Lizzy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Downey_(drummer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: With Thin Lizzy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Thin_Lizzy_discography" title="Thin Lizzy discography">Thin Lizzy discography</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Thin_Lizzy_(album)" title="Thin Lizzy (album)">Thin Lizzy</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shades_of_a_Blue_Orphanage" title="Shades of a Blue Orphanage">Shades of a Blue Orphanage</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vagabonds_of_the_Western_World" title="Vagabonds of the Western World">Vagabonds of the Western World</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nightlife_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="Nightlife (Thin Lizzy album)">Nightlife</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="Fighting (Thin Lizzy album)">Fighting</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jailbreak_(album)" title="Jailbreak (album)">Jailbreak</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_the_Fox" title="Johnny the Fox">Johnny the Fox</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Reputation_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy album)">Bad Reputation</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_and_Dangerous" title="Live and Dangerous">Live and Dangerous</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Rose:_A_Rock_Legend" title="Black Rose: A Rock Legend">Black Rose: A Rock Legend</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chinatown_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album)">Chinatown</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Renegade_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="Renegade (Thin Lizzy album)">Renegade</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_and_Lightning_(album)" title="Thunder and Lightning (album)">Thunder and Lightning</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="Life (Thin Lizzy album)">Life</a></i> (1983)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_albums">Other albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Don't Leave Me (John Sykes song)">Please Don't Leave Me</a>" (1982)</li> <li>Various Artists – <i><a href="/wiki/Straight_to_Hell_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Straight to Hell (soundtrack)">Straight to Hell</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Baby_Snakes" title="The Baby Snakes">The Baby Snakes</a> – <i>Sweet Hunger</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Baker_(musician)" title="Don Baker (musician)">Don Baker</a> – <i>Almost Illegal</i> (1989)</li> <li>Gary Moore – <i><a href="/wiki/After_the_War_(Gary_Moore_album)" title="After the War (Gary Moore album)">After the War</a></i> (1989)</li> <li>Gary Moore – <i><a href="/wiki/Still_Got_the_Blues" title="Still Got the Blues">Still Got the Blues</a></i> (1990)</li> <li>Spirit Nation – <i>Spirit Nation</i> (1992)</li> <li>Blues Up Front – <i>All the Way from Dublin</i> (1999)</li> <li>Gary Moore – <i><a href="/wiki/Close_as_You_Get" title="Close as You Get">Close as You Get</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Marco Mendoza">Marco Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Gregg_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Gregg (musician)">Randy Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_DiCosmo" title="Francesco DiCosmo">Francesco DiCosmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge" title="Tommy Aldridge">Tommy Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lee_(musician)" title="Michael Lee (musician)">Michael Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Campbell" title="Vivian Campbell">Vivian Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fortus" title="Richard Fortus">Richard Fortus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midge_Ure" title="Midge Ure">Midge Ure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hamilton_(musician)" title="Tom Hamilton (musician)">Tom Hamilton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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title="The Peel Sessions (Thin Lizzy album)">The Peel Sessions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thin_Lizzy_Live_at_Sydney_Harbour_%2778" title="Thin Lizzy Live at Sydney Harbour '78">The Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Night_Only_(Thin_Lizzy_album)" title="One Night Only (Thin Lizzy album)">One Night Only</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UK_Tour_%2775" title="UK Tour '75">UK Tour '75</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Dangerous" title="Still Dangerous">Still Dangerous</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Remembering_%E2%80%93_Part_1" title="Remembering – Part 1">Remembering – Part 1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Continuing_Saga_of_the_Ageing_Orphans" title="The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans">The 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