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2 unusual facts about Black Rose


Black Rose: A Rock Legend

The song "Will You Go Lassie, Go" (Wild Mountain Thyme) is sometimes mistakenly credited as a traditional song, but was in fact written by William McPeake, and first recorded by Francis McPeake (and is credited on the album to F. McPeak).

Róisín

The Thin Lizzy Album Black Rose: A Rock Legend references Róisín Dubh in both title and the final track.


Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection

This title should not to be confused with Williams Pinball Classics (2001) by Encore, Inc. that features four tables (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Black Rose and Lost World) for Windows.


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Camden Market

These shops include Black Rose, which caters for goths, with items such as coffin-shaped handbags, and Cyberdog, which houses much cyber-style "neon" PVC and rubber clothing.

Corpse paint

In the 1980s, Hellhammer, Venom, Death SS and King Diamond of Mercyful Fate (who used corpse paint as early as 1978 in his band Black Rose) were the first extreme metal groups to use corpse paint.

Thomas B. Costain

His most popular novel was The Black Rose (1945), centred in the time and actions of Bayan of the Baarin also known as Bayan of the Hundred Eyes.