Song · Gary Moore
“Led Clones” by Gary Moore
From the album After the War (1988)
“Led Clones” by Gary Moore appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1988 on the album After the War. Its best result is #648 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,766 hard rock song of all time.
Gary Moore brought in Ozzy Osbourne to share the lead vocal on "Led Clones", a track on After the War, the Northern Irish guitarist's seventh solo album, out on Virgin. The two went back a ways: Moore had worked with Ozzy before the singer teamed up with Randy Rhoads. Moore wrote it with Neil Carter, and Peter Collins produced.
It's a wisecrack set to music, sending up bands like Kingdom Come, big at the time, by borrowing a Led Zeppelin-type sound and image. Ozzy remembered the song as great fun and called recording with Gary an honour. Around it, After the War keeps to Moore's hard rock and heavy metal path, with the Celtic touches he'd already worked into Wild Frontier.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 648 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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