Gary Moore - Nuclear Attack - Pinkpop 1983

Went through some recordings of old Pinkpop performances from 1983 which were broadcasted last summer.
Ran into one of my guitar heroes Gary Moore performing "Nuclear Attack", including keyboard intro. I was and still am a big fan of his guitar sound and work.
Band members:
Gary Moore - Guitar, Vocals
Ian Paice - Drums
Neil Murray - Bass
Don Airey - Keyboards
I thought I better share it. Enjoy it.

[@frankhern9708]

An all star band: Ian Paice on drums, Neil Murray on bass, Don Airey on keyboards and Gary Moore on guitars ... Amazing... RIP Gary.

[@MarceloSilva-bs7nu]

AMAZING! ALL STAR!!! GREAT STUFF!

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

Moore's best band ever IMO. Got to see him in '87 for Wild Frontier release in Chicago.

[@themainmanify]

well said

[@michaelcavallacci2945]

Wow that is some lineup. Awesome

[@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117]

Half Purple

[@muneskii5496]

Gary Moore was more metal than we ever will be. This line-up was more than amazing

[@michaelschmidt9708]

Gary totally disassociated himself from his 80s metal stuff later on.

[@burningheart84]

Crazy how some guitar players who have nothing to do with metal are more fuckin metal than any of the shredders. Always felt that way about Nugent, intensity and presence like Maiden in spite of cornball shit like cat scratch. It's his playing and Gary's playing, their phrasing and tone is all I'm after, they sounded like giants.

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

This was laughably shite

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

​@@michaelschmidt9708Steve lukather did the same thing after the 90s when he got cleaned up off some of the drugs and the booze.

[@michaeldean7220]

​@@michaelschmidt9708I always thought that was a shame. His obvious love of blues meant his shredding was never mindless and he slowed down when it right for the song. He knew when one carefully chosen note could be better than half a dozen. Now with all his skills if only Yngwie understood that!

[@bryanclarke1927]

No one's ever really come along and matched Gary's fiery brilliance.

[@shanesthief]

Damn Right

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

Moore was shite

[@stevehalling816]

They broke the mold when Gary came along

[@donnorante7358]

Gary moore is one of the best hard rock guitar ever

[@MusicMotivator]

Not to mention his blues!!

[@stephaneehrhart8707]

Agree

[@blndrckr]

Gary Moore did not fuck around. Gary Moore was always intense. Gary Moore worked hard and played hard. Gary Moore was a true fighting Irishman. Gary Moore took no prisoners

[@robbuildt8284]

Right on

[@johnlannikk2701]

I know, if ever you try and play like him you have to pump yourself up first, I only manage short bursts, its very intense and a full metal jacket workout. His incredible guitaring really stems from his own dynamic personality like many great artists.

[@stephaneehrhart8707]

Was a true guy

[@danmenez]

Guys like Gary Moore are legends for a reason! These guys just gave everything they got on stage! RIP Gary. God bless.

[@courtbeall7768]

Agreed

[@yvoheaton6402]

Ian Paice, one of the greatest wasp chewers of all time.....and certainly one of the greatest drummers....great to see him on stage with Gary and the others. What a line-up

[@Finsami71]

He left the group partly because of rejoining DP but also because 'it was too loud' ;

[@stephaneehrhart8707]

Agree

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Let NOBODY tell you that Fender guitars are not metal.

[@uyauabing]

and no humbuckers in sight!

[@JS-ij3sv]

Strats CUT way better!!!!!! Then ANY guitar!!!! Hum buckers CUT the high end and nice upper frequencies...:-(

[@blackie75]

yuck, can't stand jangly single coil sound

[@markmcmurry6357]

It's not just the guitar, it's the player, Gary was great no matter what he played. Given the right player and enough distortion any good guitar can sound metal. The Les Paul Jr. with the soapbar pickup he used sometimes had a great tone too. So did his humbucker Gibsons.

[@narakchristopher1785]

It's because you don't know how to make them sound. That's all ! ^_^ Think about Blackmore, Tommy Bolin, Rory Gallagher, Uli Jon Roth, Hendrix of couse... killer tons !

[@aintmanyofusleft]

there are 3-4 "metal" albums from Gary in the early 80's, had them all at the time, came after lizzy, showcased his ability and then his blues era stuff, the guy was just......just. long live GM and his music!

[@Sasa-ec1vz]

I am from Belgrade. Serbia. I saw Gary as he had Held a concert here on Belgrade. And that was the first and the last time i saw and Heard him playing . Was Amazing. He hit the notes like you played cd. Perfect. I am glad i was there. Thank you Gary. And RIP my childhood dream idol. 😢❤

[@qsuzukiq]

First live band I saw was Gary Moore 1986 ish Hammersmith Odeon. My ears are still ringing today! I didnt know much about him, but I have been a fan ever since.

[@MrFrostien]

Back then the bands have at least one supergroup line up in their time. I mean come on! Gary Moore, Neil Murray, Ian Paice and Don Airey.... if that is not a supergroup I really dont know what it is

[@markgibbins4143]

Super dooper group😂😂😂

[@roberthamel1176]

Check out a young Don Airey. Quite the keyboard technician. Single handedly, he created a "audio war" landscape. He's like the Gary Moore of the Keyboard. Mad props!

[@dadozele4523]

bigest blackmore's mistake was to let him go from Rainbow; nothing new, Black is full of mistakes in bizz sense...

[@tedmich]

Check Marino's Guit War, Frank reenacts an entire air raid on his guitar

[@jerrywoods4066]

He's no Jon lord. But he still one of the best

[@ericm4426]

​@jerrywoods4066 😊what could john do that he couldn't?he actually played in more bands than john

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@ericm4426 Jon lord was better period.

[@ludedude5228]

Personally when everyone was having a hard on for Eddie van Halen back then , I just smiled and put Gary's tape in my car as I drove to work and knew Gary was the real deal 👍

[@jandvadams]

Love it or leave it. I love it. This is when a band went out there and played their asses off. And it was real. No sample tracks or overdubs. This is great. I was just a kid then and remember how true music used to be played. Not like not now when they sample their own crap and lip sync to it. True musicianship is becoming a lost art.

[@grahamgray2421]

Gary more was one of the best Rock guitarists in the world Rip

[@sld67869801]

Amazing performance by an amazing band. Gary's playing during this period just blows my mind.

[@julianbenedict9720]

What a monster on that guitar! How he could make that Strat Metal and tune all the time. What a talented guy...RIP

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

a horrible loss. fuck

[@xumbacampos1844]

Makes me sick fuck shite fuck crap fuck caralho to the bone at what music has become nowadays. Just talentless crap...

[@clivesilk3501]

what i love about gary moore was his ability to play heavy metal and blues as well !!! amazing guy amazing guitarist !!!!

[@CelticSaint]

And jazz.

[@stephaneehrhart8707]

He was a master... Rip

[@lewisdolgin6369]

You have to love the fans head banging!

[@guitardudeguy3139]

Man,brings back great memories Gary Moore rocking it out in the early 80s..fantastic!..RIP Gary, sorely missed..one of the greatest guitarists of all time!

[@Ehabinator]

Gary Moore (the lord of the strings), Ian Paice (the lord of the drums), Don Airey and Neil Murray...what else can you ask for

[@pythonflying]

Don and Neil were not yet promoted to lord yet.

[@stuforty2]

Epic playing from the whole band 👍 saw Don airey with purple recently - was great 😬

[@johanlohr6626]

Boy, I'm getting old . . . I was there back in 1983. Nevertheless, the best version ever played by Gary (R.I.P.).

[@michaelstephen819]

So glad to have seen Gary on this tour, and the next one with Bob Daisley and Phil Lynott making a guest appearance in Belfast! Those were the days...

[@Leatherfaceism]

He could play ANYTHING! Blues, rock, even shred with the best of them...and sound GREAT doing it!!!

[@MrCrrispy]

And ballads :-)

[@mikebarker7626]

​@@MrCrrispycolosseum II also playing fusion

[@toffeeriot4219]

Could he play Jazz?

[@dannym5345]

​@@toffeeriot4219yes he could play jazz as well there's a video somewhere him playing all styles

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

He could play anything and made them all sound totally shite

[@kingdom777866]

Gary had that pink strat for a very long time, it launched his career and made some fantastic masterpieces !! RIP Gary

[@russellbotoitchi520]

Not starting anything but I think you mean red instead of pink.

[@georgeorwell6066]

@@russellbotoitchi520it’s pink

[@supernothing77]

Metal with single coils!

[@lelin70]

Its a Fiesta red stratocaster from the early 60’s. End of discussion.

[@kingdom777866]

@@lelin70 Hey girls.. who gives a Fock. !!

[@nealevans8647]

Killer keyboard intro. Strat tone is ripping!

[@joe-ti8cj]

Man, Gary rips!, you are missed

[@novola1972]

Few guitar players have put more emotion in their solos. Studio or Live Gary just rips your soul apart with those notes and then you start listening close it’s pretty complex playing technically as well. Best of both worlds, I personally just don’t care for 5 million note solos if they have no emotion.

[@profilercms]

Look at the crowds reaction. Priceless!

[@heavenlyguitar5913]

Probably one of the best ever.

[@Graavigala85]

imagine that 1983 was only 9 years ago when this video was put to youtube...

[@shatnershairpiece]

Terribly dated and bad lyrics. This is a problem with a lot of Gary Moore material when he was on his own and didn’t have Phil Lynott to kick him in the ass. Murder in the skies was even worse. Unfortunately, bad lyrics makes a lot of this old music unlistenable.

[@niramarin]

this is the most awesome live performance. And guitar playing is so otherwordly. ⚡⚡🎸🎸⚡⚡

[@gunsdf]

Look that passion. Hard to believe Gary Moore come to think that kind of music and playing was shit. I mean the blues is great too but Gary Indeed loved to play that

[@chrishopkins209]

My favourite Gary Moore lineup

[@trilogyopus]

This is the real deal. Excellent, excellent, excellent.

[@hawkwind8468]

love the version of this song on Greg Lakes Solo album best ever! !they were great together

[@merttopel595]

Amazing synthesizer intro! The CS-80 sounds glorious

[@MrLinki1212]

Thanks for sharing

[@WeGachaMetal]

As great as this performance is, I’m actually MORE impressed by the dudes in the front row, enjoying this like it’s their last day on Earth. That’s rock n roll!!!!

[@cango5679]

those were the days.... long before the boring phone crowd of today (except fans from South America)

[@WeGachaMetal]

@@cango5679 LOL. soooo right

[@shorerocks]

Those were the days... GM is one of the reason I started playing guitar. Huge influence.

[@pacg1]

What a great line-up!!

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Funny, 3/4 of Colosseum 2 is on that stage. Yeah, they’re a pretty solid band alright.

[@ValéryPESTEL]

Amazing !!!!

[@grumberfwarcraft7282]

what amaze me anyone of these Musicians could have headlined they were this good

[@zenmaestro04]

Now this, for instance, is f%$#ing awesome.

[@leoarmando646]

Great musicians at the stage!

[@BigKexpress]

Gary Moore beast of a player!! Yeah those other cats are not to shabby either ;-)

[@andrewcowie9344]

Saw Gary Moore Grangemouth Town Hall.1979.brilliant.anybody there also.😮

[@zmb5501]

Good keyboard intro

[@gabrielthornmusic]

Amazing. No zombies staring at phones. Oh, it's 1983...

[@martyndunn6337]

And no chicks too

[@surfdigby]

I've never seen anyone tune their guitar whilst wiggling the wammy bar before.

[@tonypowell250]

😂😂😂

[@mikegayda715]

Wanna know what tone and perfection is? Listen to this guy, the Shapes of Things solo should be required listening

[@pattodd7784]

I saw Gary in Buffalo, NY 1984. Awesome show

[@markbro4427]

Was that Neil Carter standing behind Don Airey at the start.. getting some tips before he joined Garys band?

[@martymcfly3159]

80's forever!!!!! Great music, great musicians!!!! Best decade ever!!!! Rip Gary Moore. Greetings from Italy

[@imunchienandalusia]

dude... is that a stock strat? Killer tone.

[@maxg.-musician02]

Yes, 1961!

[@horushellblood8828]

!!! so fucking great one of the most memorable performances of this killer anthem song R.I.P. robert william gary moore (04/04/1952+06/02/2011),one of the most finest guitarist from the british isles,a true guitar hero keep rocking gary !!! brilliant upload many thanks \m/...\m/...\m/...

[@jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712]

damm right bro love gary moore.

[@horushellblood8828]

Jamie Warrior Warlord McCallum me too bro and i love to death,definitely gary is a great guitar hero.

[@jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712]

horus hellblood a guitar god. love the way he plays blues too, and of course his magic with thin lizzy, and his magic solo work.

[@horushellblood8828]

Jamie Warrior Warlord McCallum hell yeah damn right bro he was a virtuoso guitarist and rediscovered the blues that had inspired him in the first place and he playing with skid row(phil lynott),was in the band

[@Looneytunesization]

Haha he wouldnt be happy with you calling him from the british isles though, Gary considered himself irish!

[@oldgit4260]

I can't describe what hearing this does for me, just nostalgia for great times long dead.....

[@ZZombyWooff]

lol the stage is too high

[@frankie.d1127]

ZZombyWooff lol!!!!!!!

[@theseekerndestroyer]

The most under rated guitar player. Got to love his work.

[@elmarbohl6879]

I don´t think he´s underrated but reduced to "empty rooms". All musicians in the world, esp. guitarists will keep his memory.

[@jasonladd6400]

I like he never dabbled in the Yngwie stuff. Was purely focused on intense undiluted emotion.

[@charliesaucier3352]

Yngvie gives me a headache! 😂

[@dennishattabaugh4205]

So F'n amazing!!

[@eddiemuniz443]

When Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash in1982 they had to hold don airy back from running into the airplane to rescue the three that perished.They were on the diary of a madman tour in Orlando.

[@GlenorchyHarleyRider]

2 members of Deep Purple

[@yurigeorgiev7540]

And 3 of Whitesnake ;)

[@jessphiliprodriquez7381]

This song was on my mind, so I clicked this live version. Great song from a great artist Gary Moore.

[@takayamafujiyama]

ゲイリー・・いきなりチューニングが狂っているし・・。 しかし・・勢いがスゲー！！。 UP感謝します！。

[@massimilianocampana3951]

...the analog power....

[@vietnamoi8066]

Great！

[@ZalMoxis]

Those were the days eh???

[@zontyr6]

3:32 Ian Paice is the lawyer of Carlitos Way

[@ricardojosearruda8052]

Twenty years after that i saw Don airey and Ian paice on the Deep purple in 2003 kaiser music in BH BRASIL with Sepultura and Hellacopters

[@rogerrogers143]

Der war schon einer der besten RIP Mr Moore

[@meself349]

Pretty eerie listening to this song considering what's going on with Russia and the Ukraine right now.

[@garysondrini4911]

Gary commanded the guitar with many different styles. His tone was second to none!!!

[@guitarhack210]

Is that Ian Paice on the drums ?

[@ДенисШевчук-щ8з]

Yes!!!

[@jfo3000]

Ian! One of THE best!

[@charlyguty6066]

Vaya superbanda!!!

[@nicolauferreira3448]

Those keyboards sound so psychedelic. Know I know where the psytrance pioneers got the influence from, probably

[@DavidRDavidRoss]

Ian Paice and Gary Moore. Awesome song.

[@erwinsmit440]

Mr. Moore fantastic guitarist!

[@bobomud1273]

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! RIP Gary!

[@vaneipontes3824]

Mr. Robert William Gary Moore Mr. Donald Smith Airey Mr. Ian Anderson Paice Mr. Neil John Murray

[@henkiehengst5150]

I was there, awesome sounding Fender. Gary is on fire. Those were the days.

[@GembaDocs]

When rock was about music and not hairspray.

[@Martinsteichelke]

Parabéns pelo canal E parabéns pelo vídeo Super raro Um abraço Sucesso

[@clivesilk3501]

ive never seen gary moore playing a fender strat before ! normally in them days he had ibanez's and ive seen him play jacksons around this time !!

[@ivc5150]

Neil Carter sitting down behind Don Airey !!!

[@kazsteinkreis8570]

golden members

[@MrWilly2204]

Has anyone ever had a thicker Strat tone than Gary? (The answer is no.)

[@muhammadnoorbinrohani39]

Neil Murray is the world best hard rock & heavy metal Bass Guitarist in the world.

[@TeleCaster66]

I remember the early/mid 80's when stupid bands like Poison or Warrant or 10 bands just like them were big and me and my musician friends were all about the real players and Gary Moore was truly as bad-ass as it got. Glad to see him get some airplay later and I like that stuff but this is my favorite era.

[@brendannahor1460]

Nuclear Attack! Written by Gary, originally song by Greg Lake! 🤔

[@tonyflorez703]

40 years ago😭

[@duncan-rmi]

while I'm here, I'm here because I'm filling in some gaps of my knowledge of the great man's career, from skid row through lizzy & colloseum 2, & the later blues albums, & had avoided this part completely. it's alright, innit?! but so I've been reading the new harry shapiro biography of gary, & it's pretty good. go get.

[@duncan-rmi]

you ever see another guitarist do this? tuning strings- presumably from memory of the last time he heard them, because he's tuning them without playing them- while he's doing something else? maybe hendrix. never seen anyone else do this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oni9eIx4mJejpqs

[@effsixteenblock50]

@@duncan-rmi We all do this. E.g. the G string's a little flat? Just give it a quick tiny bit of a turn and you're good.

[@mrJimCharles]

I'd never seen anyone tune themselves while jerking the whammy bar, until now

[@b.murenthaler]

They all will be sadly missed in comin Future because that Generation "will never comeback" !!☝️

[@RaymondPeckIII]

Great song! I prefer Greg Lake singing it (they did it when Gary was in Greg's band ca. 1981).The live versions from that period are great.

[@charliesaucier3352]

I agree! Greg Lake kills the vocals on this song. Had that album and wore out this song. Although this is a heavier rendition of this song by Gary and the Boys.

[@strat1969usa]

I like his hard rock era.