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its-a-rat-trap · 3 months

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The Boomtown Rats c. 1980

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krispyweiss · 1 year

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Boomtown Rats Guitarist Garry Roberts Dies at 72

- “We feel strangely adrift without him tonight,” band says

Garry Roberts, guitarist and co-founder of the Boomtown Rats, died Nov. 9, his bandmates said.

Roberts was 72; no cause was given.

“We have known Garry since we were children and so we feel strangely adrift without him tonight,” band members Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette and Simon Crowe said in a statement issued “with very great grief.”

The Rats formed in Ireland in 1975 and scored hits such as “Like Clockwork” and “I Don’t Like Mondays” before their initial split in 1986. The band reformed in 2013 and released Citizens of Boomtown, its first album since 1984, in 2020.

Imelda May remembered Roberts as a “total legend and thoroughly nice man.

“Sending love to his family, friends and band family,” she wrote on Twitter.

11/9/22

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gone2soon-rip · 1 year

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GARRY ROBERTS (1950-Died November 9th 2022,at 72). Irish musician best known as the lead guitarist with The Boomtown Rats, a New Wave band which came into being in 1976,and had hits with I Don’t Like Mondays,Banana Republic,and Rat Trao. 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), Simon Crowe (drums), and singer Bob Geldof,who became the frontman for the group.and later known for organising the 1985 charity concert,Live Aid,with Midge Ure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Roberts

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longliverockback · 7 years

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The Boomtown Rats 1977 Mulligan ————————————————— Tracks: 1. Lookin’ after No. 1 2. Neon Heart 3. Joey’s on the Street Again 4. Never Bite the Hand that Feeds 5. Mary of the 4th Form 6. (She’s Gonna) Do You In 7. Close as You’ll Ever Be 8. I Can Make It if You Can 9. Kicks —————————————————

Pete Briquette

Gerry Cott

Simon Crowe

Johnnie Fingers

Bob Geldof

Garry Roberts

* Long Live Rock Archive

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hold322 · 1 year

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474 Never pulled the trigger

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, we remember Leslie Phillips, Garry Roberts, Kevin O’Neill, Carlos Pacheco, Gallagher, and Kevin Conroy. In Moving Picture News: Wakanda Forever made $180 Million on its opening weekend. William Shatner endorsed a “Jonah Hex” series pitch. Keanu Reeves and Ian McShane will join Ana de Armas in “Ballerina.” “Partner Tracks” and “The Imperfects”…