Garry Roberts | |
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 Roberts performing with The Boomtown Rats in 2017. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Garrick Roberts |
| Born | 16 June 1950[1] Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| Died | 9 November 2022 (aged 72) |
| Genres | Rock |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Formerly of | The Boomtown Rats |
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), Simon Crowe (drums), and singer Bob Geldof.
- ^ a b Boomtownrats.co.uk – accessed December 2010 His date of birth is variously cited elsewhere as either 15 or 16 June 1954