Brush Shiels

Brendan Francis "Brush" Shiels (born 24 October 1945, Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland) is a musician best known for being the frontman of Gary Moore's first rock band, Skid Row. He had a show on RTÉ Television called Off yer Brush and was twice managed by boyband mentor Louis Walsh. Shiels has played at such American music venues as Fillmore West in San Francisco and Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, and in 1986 he played at the Self Aid benefit concert for unemployed people in Ireland.

In October 2012, he suffered heart failure caused by a viral infection and was admitted to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin for two weeks.

Discography

With Skid Row Skid Row (CBS, 1970) Skid (CBS, 1970) 34 Hours (CBS, 1971) Alive and Kicking (Release Records, 1976) Skid Row (a.k.a. Gary Moore/Brush Shiels/Noel Bridgeman) (Castle Classics, 1990) Live And On Song (Hux, 2006) Bon Jovi Never Rang Me (Bruised Records, 2012)

Solo Brush Shiels (Hawk, 1977) Old Pal (CMR, 1986) Fields of Athenry (Bruised Records, 1988) Bad Bob's Country Boogie (as "Brush Shiels & The Dublin Outlaws") (Bruised Records, 1990) Wrapped Silage (Tractor, 1994) Celtic Road Warrior (BUS Records, 1997) 18 Celtic Rock Classics (BUS Records, 1999) Mad Dog Woman originally titled Skid Row Revisited (Brush Music, 2009) A Brush With Life (Bruised Records, 2012)