Laurence Archer

Laurence Archer (born 9 November 1961 from  London)is a British guitarist and songwriter notable for his work with British rock bands UFO and Phil Lynott's Grand Slam.  He wrote many of the Grandslam song together with Phil Lynott and Mark Stanway, some of which were released as Thin Lizzy songs.  Archer was also a member of British band Wild Horses, Stampede, Lautrec, Medicine Head and Rhode Island Red with Gary Leiderman on bass (ex Talk Talk, Thin Lizzy), Manolo Antonana on drums and frontman/actor/writer Mike Dyer. 

While Archer was in Stampede, the band recorded two albums for Polydor Records: The Official Bootleg and Hurricane Town.  Before that, Archer was in Lautrec with his stepfather, singer Reuben Archer. 

Stampede re-formed in 2009 in the wake of renewed interest and the CD re-issues of both The Official Bootleg and Hurricane Town via UK-based Rock Candy Records and Universal Music in Japan.  The line-up consisted of original members Laurence Archer, Reuben Archer, and Colin Bond, with Steve Graystone replacing Eddie Parsons on drums, and new guitarist Chris Clowsley. 

In 2011, Archer also began playing in the band X-UFO, alongside fellow former members of UFO, Danny Peyronel and Clive Edwards, with Rocky Newton (ex-McAuley Schenker Group) on bass. 

In May 2016 Mark Stanway announced the reformation of Phil Lynott's Grand Slam together with Laurence Archer, Micky Barker, Neil Murray and Stefan Berggren. 

In March 2019 Laurence Archer confirmed he was recording new material for Grandslam, with Mike Dyer, David Boyce, Benji Reid and Mark Stanway. 

On 30 August 2019 BBC Radio 2 played the world premiere of the new Grandslam single "Gone are the Days"

Discography

w/ Lautrec
 Mean Gasoline EP (1980)

Solo
 LA (1986)

w/ Stampede
 Days of Wine and Roses EP (1982)
 The Official Bootleg (1982)
 Hurricane Town (1983)
 The Other Side 7" single (1983)
 A Sudden Impulse (2013)

with UFO
 High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992)
 Lights Out In Tokyo (1992)

with Phil Lynott's Grand Slam
 Studio Sessions (2002)
 Live 1984 (2003, recorded 1984)
 Twilight's Last Gleaming (2003, recorded 1984)

References

Category:Living people
Category:British rock guitarists
Category:British male guitarists
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:1961 births