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The cause of death whilst citing referrences does not necessarily quote authoratitive medical sources. No competent pathologist or doctor will claim that one event of alcohol poisoning is the sole cause of a heart attack. Of course excessive alcohol consumption is potentially life threatening but to state that Gary Moore had a heart attack as a result of excessive alcohol consumption is a simplistic unqualified remark. Alcohol usually alters blood viscosity and dilates blood vessels effectivly easing any constrictive load on the coronary arteries. "Heart attacks" are caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries to the point where plaque debrie is scoured off the artery wall by blood currents and damns off the blood flow in the vessel to the hearts muscles. This can happen in one, two or three of the hearts arteries. Narrowing of the coronary arteries due to arterial plaque deposition is a progressive condition and the plaque builds up slowly over some years to the point that it causes a heart attack. One alcoholic session will not shut down your coronary arteries. Furthermore stating GM had more than five times the UK drink drive limit is meaningless. "Five times" sounds impressive until you realise how little alcohol that is. The UK drink drive limit is the equivalent of 25ml of alcohol, or one glass of spirts or one pint of strong beer i.e. very little! Most drinkers could handle five times 25ml of spirits fairly easily with no adverse affects especially if you have eaten and are of robust frame. Simply alcohol cannot be the only cause of his heart attack. It has to be more complicated than that. I should point out that men in their mid 50s with unrestricted diets and who perhaps smoke are in the most at risk group for narrowing coronary arteries whither you drink or not. I think it far more likely that GMs sad demise was due to coronary artery disease. It is disrespectful to suggest otherwise without actualy being there yourself. I dont like to hear people saying GM drank himself to death in an alcohol binge when he was suffering from narrowing coronary arteries.
It's reported here [1] that he has 380mG of alcohol / decilitre of blood. That's a lot, not a definite source, but [2] reckons it's pretty damned close to the fatal limit. I'd say he drank a lot and died and there's a link between the two events. 82.34.223.141 ( talk) 18:37, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Amy Winehouse drank 3 bottles of Vodka and had 412mg/decilitre in her blood when she died. Angry drunk Moore had 380. too much Alcohol is fatal. Also, learn how to spell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.179.233.186 ( talk) 22:44, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
IIRC Gary was born in '53. Anyone has the correct data on this? (Also on Skid Row 1st LP it says "He's almost 17". That LP was released in '70 (but may have been recorded in '69) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.170.124.81 ( talk) 16:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
does anyone know what gear uses gary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.78.125.89 ( talk • contribs)
He plays a Les Paul; Gibson made a custom Les Paul with his name on it.
Re Gary moore Band 1972/3: Les Paul TV Guitar (almost exclusively) + Fender Strat, Fender combo amp replaced with Acoustic Padded Blue Metalflake Amp and speaker set (see jackson5 pics at royal variety, as it was loaned to them for the gig): AKG D1000E microphone plus 2 D1000C set to "top": Wem Copycat tape-loop echo unit: Muff Fuzz fuzz box: WEM "Festival" 3-way PA System (from Skid Row) --- I still have the mics (one capsule blown when Bass player fell off stage at Talk in the Town in Leicester) and Muff Fuzz: copycat went to project in Toxteth after the Riots (Marked "mole sound")
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Hi, English Wikipedia community! In Russian Wikipedia I found a page with no interwiki Desperado. It says that Gary Moore had a compilation album that didn't included in official discography. Here in English Wikipedia I didn't found any info about it. Please check this, include in article if needed. If you find any info about this album, please create the article, so I can put iwiki, or just tell me about it. Thank you! ;o) You can find me in RuWiki here: Nagash, 5 of July 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.218.46.111 ( talk) 12:13, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Moore also performs on the 2004 DVD concert to celebrate 50 years of the Fender Strat, along with the likes of Brian May, Hank Marvin, Dave Gilmor, Mike Rutherford, The Crickets, Ronnie Wood and Joe Walsh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.36.220.146 ( talk) 02:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
-- 68.173.2.68 ( talk) 20:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
I notice, not for the first time, that there are no verified references / citations used on either of these sub-sections. As such, even allowing for the little editing war that goes on from time to time - this is all unsourced POV. I suggest these sections are deleted in their entirety; unless someone can provide some sources for their ramblings. Best wishes, Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 19:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
There were something like 680 1959 Les Pauls made during that year - apparently, of the lemon bursts that were made, 23 suffered the same problem. It was an error at the factory where the pickups were simply wired up wrong (in other words the poles were reversed internally by the wires not being soldered correctly) and outwardly the pickups looked normal. Peter Green initially took the guitar back to the shop where he had bought it second hand and had it rewired, but then he asked for it to be put back again as he preferred it reversed after all. Gary Moore had another set of pickups put in replacing the PAFs but didn't get on with them so the originals were put back still with the factory wiring error intact.
The Gary Moore signature guitar can be veiwed @ www.gibson.com , but I was unable to varify weather or Gary Moore was one of the first people to have a signature model. I also located an artical titled "Gary Moore On Peter Green" from Rolling Stone Mag.1995 that can be viewed at Rocks Back Pages library This may help with citations.There are links to all over this artical but very few to the main authors sources in the body of the artical. I think that he or she is the only one that can edit some sections.The link to the page@ gibson.com that features the Gary Moore Les Paul BFG is 15 words long, use the search box.The Gibson company has no record of a Gary Moore signature guitar manufactured in the 1990s. The reference to this in the Wiki. Les Paul artical may be unfounded according to the gibson archives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Detaill ( talk • contribs) 21:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)----
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There is a lot of speculation today that Gary has died while on vacation in Spain. The source of the rumour is an article at hotpress.com [1] but at this point, no reliable source has been found from the major news outlets, and Gary's home page has not been updated with any new info. Hopefully this will turn out to be an unfounded rumour, but the Wiki article should not be updated until a reliable source has been found. Robman94 ( talk) 17:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
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It is with great sadness we hear of the passing of Gary Moore. Our thoughts go out to Gary's family at this time and our memories of Gary and his contribution to Thin Lizzy and music in general will live on forever.
Brian Downey: 'I am in total shock. I have known Gary since 1967 when he was in Platform Three and he's been an amazing friend ever since. It was a pleasure to play with Gary again in 2006 after his days with Lizzy. He will always be in my thoughts and prayers and i just can't believe he is gone'
Scott Gorham: 'Playing with Gary during the Black Rose era was a great experience, he was a great player and a great guy. I will miss him.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.18.220.116 ( talk) 17:31, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
I can find no source which stated where he died or what was the cause, so the 'drug overdose' reference ought to be removed immediately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.1.9.153 ( talk) 18:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone know definitively (not a mate said, a roadie said ... the web is full of those) the story behind the scars on Gary's face ? I ask, because I'm pretty certain I was there when it happened; where and how, but just sketchy on the date. (West London pub around 1975/6 ?) IanGlendinning ( talk) 09:24, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
According to Eric Bell, it was in North Longon [1]: "Bell tells the story of a girlfriend Gary had in the mid-70s.[...] Gary told me that one night they went out to [North London hangout] Dingwalls, and he and his girlfriend were up at the bar having a drink. These two guys were about ten feet away and started mouthing about Gary’s girlfriend. What they’d like to do to her. So Gary said something to them. And one of the guys just smashed a glass on the bar and stuck it in his face. Just like that."-- 88.14.157.34 ( talk) 10:02, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Yep, I saw that article published several years after my query. In that piece Eric Bell is recounting hearsay from memory - seems sure Eric wasn't actually there? The situation I recall is as described there, but I'm pretty sure it was earlier in the evening in the Western Counties, Paddington (more recently renamed The Sawyers Arms). In his memory he may have been going on to Dingwalls (in Camden) later (?) obviously a more memorable / famous venue. But anyway, he'd been in the Counties jamming with Bill Puplett of Scarecrow and was in the upstairs balcony bar with his girlfriend in the break between sets. The only doubt in my own memories was exactly when it was 74/75-ish and whether it was one of the nights he'd been jamming (there were a few) or whether he's just been in the crowd. We certainly saw the scarred Gary again 76/77-ish several times with Jon Hiseman's Colloseum II. IanGlendinning ( talk) 12:14, 9 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by IanGlendinning ( talk • contribs) 12:11, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
I just noticed that the song " Parisienne Walkways" doesn't have a wiki page whereas Out in the Fields does. I know that most singles don't qualify for pages, but I would have thought that "Parisienne Walkways" would qualify as it's possibly the song that Gary is best known for. Thoughts? Robman94 ( talk) 00:06, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
I know I'm getting the title of "Photo Fairy", so forgive this, but someplace in the WP:MOS regarding images on biography pages, photo galleries are frowned upon, so I removed the one from Moore's page. Also, (with some discretion), the infobox should have the best, most representative, recent photo. After that, the photographs should be placed chronologically in the text, hopefully really reflecting the exact text whenever possible, so this is what I have done. Gary Moore was a very, very, talented musician, who overcame many early inner demons to be a great blues player. He deserves more! And, if helpful, here's a link to a commnent on Keith Emerson's website: [3] Use if helpful. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 20:50, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
His official site is confirming it now, could someone please change it? 58.169.108.138 ( talk) 10:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Mondoweiss is a blog and WP:SPS so it can't be used in any article as WP:RS-- Shrike ( talk) 05:08, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
This article could use some significant additions, I think, and perhaps a split of the solo career headline into two parts, dealing with rock and blues, 1980s and 1990s separately. Whilst Gary didn't make it big with his solo career in the States before Still Got the Blues, he was a big star throughout Europe and in Japan. One need only look at the list of people he influenced listed towards the bottom of the article: Most of those were in their formative years as guitarists in the late 70s and 80s, when Gary was touring and recording as a solo rock guitarist. Clearly his earlier years, though not as commercially successful as his blues albums (at least not in the US), deserve to be properly covered?
In more practical terms, I would suggest that we split the Solo career header in two, with the former part being about his rock years, the latter about his blues career and final years. Would this be acceptable? If so, I would be happy to take the main responsibility for shaping the new text. Sirion123 ( talk) 00:53, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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I've found this sketch on YouTube, can somebody add it as a citation please? I've never done one before and it looks complicated :/ Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeIxJzdPD0A Yevad ( talk) 21:54, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
At some point, the header of the section on Gary's 80s output has been relabelled, from ″The Heavy Metal Years″ to ″Hard Rock Years″. Since both genres are quite poorly defined the border between the two can be somewhat blurred. Bretonbanquet argues that ″much more of his output was rock, not metal, and section titles aim for generality″. This has not been argued for, however, but merely asserted; I also notice that s/he uses the term "metal" rather than "heavy metal". I am not sure whom one would consider a source in this case, but the reviews posted in AllMusic labels every single of his 80s albums ″heavy metal″ or ″pop-metal″; in the reviews for Victims of the Future he is specifically labelled a ″heavy metal guitar slinger″. Until the matter can be further clarified I am taking the liberty to revert this section back to the original. Sirion123 ( talk) 11:25, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
I notice the early life section mentions his moving to Dublin at 16 when he joined Skid Row. In Cobh (the port of ) there's a large picture of Gary behind the bar of Ryan's bar. According to the landlord he's remembered there because he stayed in Cobh with a Moore family relative. IanGlendinning ( talk) 12:51, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Cobh is down river from Cork City
Like the page on Declan Donnelly, here we have this 'Northern Irish' rubbish. Wikipedia is meant to be informative, not a platform for typical British xenophobes. I'll assume he's Irish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.65.190.78 ( talk) 21:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
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The cause of death whilst citing referrences does not necessarily quote authoratitive medical sources. No competent pathologist or doctor will claim that one event of alcohol poisoning is the sole cause of a heart attack. Of course excessive alcohol consumption is potentially life threatening but to state that Gary Moore had a heart attack as a result of excessive alcohol consumption is a simplistic unqualified remark. Alcohol usually alters blood viscosity and dilates blood vessels effectivly easing any constrictive load on the coronary arteries. "Heart attacks" are caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries to the point where plaque debrie is scoured off the artery wall by blood currents and damns off the blood flow in the vessel to the hearts muscles. This can happen in one, two or three of the hearts arteries. Narrowing of the coronary arteries due to arterial plaque deposition is a progressive condition and the plaque builds up slowly over some years to the point that it causes a heart attack. One alcoholic session will not shut down your coronary arteries. Furthermore stating GM had more than five times the UK drink drive limit is meaningless. "Five times" sounds impressive until you realise how little alcohol that is. The UK drink drive limit is the equivalent of 25ml of alcohol, or one glass of spirts or one pint of strong beer i.e. very little! Most drinkers could handle five times 25ml of spirits fairly easily with no adverse affects especially if you have eaten and are of robust frame. Simply alcohol cannot be the only cause of his heart attack. It has to be more complicated than that. I should point out that men in their mid 50s with unrestricted diets and who perhaps smoke are in the most at risk group for narrowing coronary arteries whither you drink or not. I think it far more likely that GMs sad demise was due to coronary artery disease. It is disrespectful to suggest otherwise without actualy being there yourself. I dont like to hear people saying GM drank himself to death in an alcohol binge when he was suffering from narrowing coronary arteries.
It's reported here [1] that he has 380mG of alcohol / decilitre of blood. That's a lot, not a definite source, but [2] reckons it's pretty damned close to the fatal limit. I'd say he drank a lot and died and there's a link between the two events. 82.34.223.141 ( talk) 18:37, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Amy Winehouse drank 3 bottles of Vodka and had 412mg/decilitre in her blood when she died. Angry drunk Moore had 380. too much Alcohol is fatal. Also, learn how to spell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.179.233.186 ( talk) 22:44, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
IIRC Gary was born in '53. Anyone has the correct data on this? (Also on Skid Row 1st LP it says "He's almost 17". That LP was released in '70 (but may have been recorded in '69) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.170.124.81 ( talk) 16:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
does anyone know what gear uses gary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.78.125.89 ( talk • contribs)
He plays a Les Paul; Gibson made a custom Les Paul with his name on it.
Re Gary moore Band 1972/3: Les Paul TV Guitar (almost exclusively) + Fender Strat, Fender combo amp replaced with Acoustic Padded Blue Metalflake Amp and speaker set (see jackson5 pics at royal variety, as it was loaned to them for the gig): AKG D1000E microphone plus 2 D1000C set to "top": Wem Copycat tape-loop echo unit: Muff Fuzz fuzz box: WEM "Festival" 3-way PA System (from Skid Row) --- I still have the mics (one capsule blown when Bass player fell off stage at Talk in the Town in Leicester) and Muff Fuzz: copycat went to project in Toxteth after the Riots (Marked "mole sound")
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Hi, English Wikipedia community! In Russian Wikipedia I found a page with no interwiki Desperado. It says that Gary Moore had a compilation album that didn't included in official discography. Here in English Wikipedia I didn't found any info about it. Please check this, include in article if needed. If you find any info about this album, please create the article, so I can put iwiki, or just tell me about it. Thank you! ;o) You can find me in RuWiki here: Nagash, 5 of July 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.218.46.111 ( talk) 12:13, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Moore also performs on the 2004 DVD concert to celebrate 50 years of the Fender Strat, along with the likes of Brian May, Hank Marvin, Dave Gilmor, Mike Rutherford, The Crickets, Ronnie Wood and Joe Walsh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.36.220.146 ( talk) 02:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
-- 68.173.2.68 ( talk) 20:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
I notice, not for the first time, that there are no verified references / citations used on either of these sub-sections. As such, even allowing for the little editing war that goes on from time to time - this is all unsourced POV. I suggest these sections are deleted in their entirety; unless someone can provide some sources for their ramblings. Best wishes, Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 19:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
There were something like 680 1959 Les Pauls made during that year - apparently, of the lemon bursts that were made, 23 suffered the same problem. It was an error at the factory where the pickups were simply wired up wrong (in other words the poles were reversed internally by the wires not being soldered correctly) and outwardly the pickups looked normal. Peter Green initially took the guitar back to the shop where he had bought it second hand and had it rewired, but then he asked for it to be put back again as he preferred it reversed after all. Gary Moore had another set of pickups put in replacing the PAFs but didn't get on with them so the originals were put back still with the factory wiring error intact.
The Gary Moore signature guitar can be veiwed @ www.gibson.com , but I was unable to varify weather or Gary Moore was one of the first people to have a signature model. I also located an artical titled "Gary Moore On Peter Green" from Rolling Stone Mag.1995 that can be viewed at Rocks Back Pages library This may help with citations.There are links to all over this artical but very few to the main authors sources in the body of the artical. I think that he or she is the only one that can edit some sections.The link to the page@ gibson.com that features the Gary Moore Les Paul BFG is 15 words long, use the search box.The Gibson company has no record of a Gary Moore signature guitar manufactured in the 1990s. The reference to this in the Wiki. Les Paul artical may be unfounded according to the gibson archives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Detaill ( talk • contribs) 21:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)----
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There is a lot of speculation today that Gary has died while on vacation in Spain. The source of the rumour is an article at hotpress.com [1] but at this point, no reliable source has been found from the major news outlets, and Gary's home page has not been updated with any new info. Hopefully this will turn out to be an unfounded rumour, but the Wiki article should not be updated until a reliable source has been found. Robman94 ( talk) 17:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
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It is with great sadness we hear of the passing of Gary Moore. Our thoughts go out to Gary's family at this time and our memories of Gary and his contribution to Thin Lizzy and music in general will live on forever.
Brian Downey: 'I am in total shock. I have known Gary since 1967 when he was in Platform Three and he's been an amazing friend ever since. It was a pleasure to play with Gary again in 2006 after his days with Lizzy. He will always be in my thoughts and prayers and i just can't believe he is gone'
Scott Gorham: 'Playing with Gary during the Black Rose era was a great experience, he was a great player and a great guy. I will miss him.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.18.220.116 ( talk) 17:31, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
I can find no source which stated where he died or what was the cause, so the 'drug overdose' reference ought to be removed immediately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.1.9.153 ( talk) 18:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone know definitively (not a mate said, a roadie said ... the web is full of those) the story behind the scars on Gary's face ? I ask, because I'm pretty certain I was there when it happened; where and how, but just sketchy on the date. (West London pub around 1975/6 ?) IanGlendinning ( talk) 09:24, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
According to Eric Bell, it was in North Longon [1]: "Bell tells the story of a girlfriend Gary had in the mid-70s.[...] Gary told me that one night they went out to [North London hangout] Dingwalls, and he and his girlfriend were up at the bar having a drink. These two guys were about ten feet away and started mouthing about Gary’s girlfriend. What they’d like to do to her. So Gary said something to them. And one of the guys just smashed a glass on the bar and stuck it in his face. Just like that."-- 88.14.157.34 ( talk) 10:02, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Yep, I saw that article published several years after my query. In that piece Eric Bell is recounting hearsay from memory - seems sure Eric wasn't actually there? The situation I recall is as described there, but I'm pretty sure it was earlier in the evening in the Western Counties, Paddington (more recently renamed The Sawyers Arms). In his memory he may have been going on to Dingwalls (in Camden) later (?) obviously a more memorable / famous venue. But anyway, he'd been in the Counties jamming with Bill Puplett of Scarecrow and was in the upstairs balcony bar with his girlfriend in the break between sets. The only doubt in my own memories was exactly when it was 74/75-ish and whether it was one of the nights he'd been jamming (there were a few) or whether he's just been in the crowd. We certainly saw the scarred Gary again 76/77-ish several times with Jon Hiseman's Colloseum II. IanGlendinning ( talk) 12:14, 9 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by IanGlendinning ( talk • contribs) 12:11, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
I just noticed that the song " Parisienne Walkways" doesn't have a wiki page whereas Out in the Fields does. I know that most singles don't qualify for pages, but I would have thought that "Parisienne Walkways" would qualify as it's possibly the song that Gary is best known for. Thoughts? Robman94 ( talk) 00:06, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
I know I'm getting the title of "Photo Fairy", so forgive this, but someplace in the WP:MOS regarding images on biography pages, photo galleries are frowned upon, so I removed the one from Moore's page. Also, (with some discretion), the infobox should have the best, most representative, recent photo. After that, the photographs should be placed chronologically in the text, hopefully really reflecting the exact text whenever possible, so this is what I have done. Gary Moore was a very, very, talented musician, who overcame many early inner demons to be a great blues player. He deserves more! And, if helpful, here's a link to a commnent on Keith Emerson's website: [3] Use if helpful. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 20:50, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
His official site is confirming it now, could someone please change it? 58.169.108.138 ( talk) 10:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Mondoweiss is a blog and WP:SPS so it can't be used in any article as WP:RS-- Shrike ( talk) 05:08, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
This article could use some significant additions, I think, and perhaps a split of the solo career headline into two parts, dealing with rock and blues, 1980s and 1990s separately. Whilst Gary didn't make it big with his solo career in the States before Still Got the Blues, he was a big star throughout Europe and in Japan. One need only look at the list of people he influenced listed towards the bottom of the article: Most of those were in their formative years as guitarists in the late 70s and 80s, when Gary was touring and recording as a solo rock guitarist. Clearly his earlier years, though not as commercially successful as his blues albums (at least not in the US), deserve to be properly covered?
In more practical terms, I would suggest that we split the Solo career header in two, with the former part being about his rock years, the latter about his blues career and final years. Would this be acceptable? If so, I would be happy to take the main responsibility for shaping the new text. Sirion123 ( talk) 00:53, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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I've found this sketch on YouTube, can somebody add it as a citation please? I've never done one before and it looks complicated :/ Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeIxJzdPD0A Yevad ( talk) 21:54, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
At some point, the header of the section on Gary's 80s output has been relabelled, from ″The Heavy Metal Years″ to ″Hard Rock Years″. Since both genres are quite poorly defined the border between the two can be somewhat blurred. Bretonbanquet argues that ″much more of his output was rock, not metal, and section titles aim for generality″. This has not been argued for, however, but merely asserted; I also notice that s/he uses the term "metal" rather than "heavy metal". I am not sure whom one would consider a source in this case, but the reviews posted in AllMusic labels every single of his 80s albums ″heavy metal″ or ″pop-metal″; in the reviews for Victims of the Future he is specifically labelled a ″heavy metal guitar slinger″. Until the matter can be further clarified I am taking the liberty to revert this section back to the original. Sirion123 ( talk) 11:25, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
I notice the early life section mentions his moving to Dublin at 16 when he joined Skid Row. In Cobh (the port of ) there's a large picture of Gary behind the bar of Ryan's bar. According to the landlord he's remembered there because he stayed in Cobh with a Moore family relative. IanGlendinning ( talk) 12:51, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Cobh is down river from Cork City
Like the page on Declan Donnelly, here we have this 'Northern Irish' rubbish. Wikipedia is meant to be informative, not a platform for typical British xenophobes. I'll assume he's Irish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.65.190.78 ( talk) 21:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
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