Brian Robertson

What I admire most about Brian Robertson is his refusal to stay in one lane. Stepping into Thin Lizzy as a teenager and later answering the call from Motorhead is no small feat; few guitarists can straddle melodic hard rock and raw punk-edged aggression so convincingly. To me he embodies the working-class craftsman side of rock, the kind of player who lets the fretboard do the talking rather than chasing the spotlight. His Scottish roots feel audible in that gritty, no-nonsense tone. I think Robertson deserves more recognition as a genuine architect of seventies and eighties guitar.

Name (English)

Brian Robertson

Name (Japanese)

ブライアン・ロバートソン

Reading

ぶらいあん・ろばーとそん

Born

February 12, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Clarkston, United Kingdom

Occupation

rock guitarist / songwriter / composer / musician / guitarist

High school

Eastwood High School

• Official sitehttps://robbo.thin-lizzy.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Robertson%20(guitarist)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q588175

Tags

• rock guitarist
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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