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ALBUMThe Acoustic Sessions - EPThin Lizzy
Albums by Thin Lizzy
ALBUMThunder and LightningThin Lizzy
ALBUMRenegadeThin Lizzy
ALBUMChinatownThin Lizzy
ALBUMBlack Rose: A Rock LegendThin Lizzy
ALBUMBad ReputationThin Lizzy
ALBUMJohnny the Fox (Deluxe Edition)Thin Lizzy
ALBUMJailbreakThin Lizzy
ALBUMFighting (Deluxe Edition)Thin Lizzy
ALBUMNightlife (Deluxe Edition)Thin Lizzy
ALBUMVagabonds Of The Western WorldThin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy's Popular Music Videos
The Boys Are Back In Town (Live)
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Wild One (Live)
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Thin Lizzy Essentials
Blazing guitars and killer melodies defined this iconic Irish band.
Inspired by Thin Lizzy
Rockers of every stripe worship the great Phil Lynott and crew.
Thin Lizzy: Live
They were one of rock's epic acts.
Thin Lizzy: Deep Cuts
Rebellious rocker Phil Lynott was also a sad-eyed balladeer.
Artist Biography
Irish outfit Thin Lizzy was one of the most influential hard rock bands of the 1970s, thanks to their iconic frontman-bassist Phil Lynott and their riff-heavy, multi-guitar grooves.
∙ The band’s twin-guitar take on the traditional Irish folk song “Whiskey In the Jar” was their breakout single in 1972, hitting No. 1 in Ireland and making the Top 10 in the UK and Germany.
∙ Their signature song, “The Boys Are Back In Town,” was awarded Best Single by NME in 1976 and was later named one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone.
∙ In 1977, “Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)” was a Top 5 single, driven by the saxophone-fueled groove provided by John Helliwell of fellow ’70s rockers Supertramp.
∙ As a testament to their reputation as an explosive live act, the band’s most commercially successful LP was 1978’s Live and Dangerous, which ended up going double Platinum in the UK.
∙ During the late-’70s UK punk explosion, members of Thin Lizzy and Sex Pistols joined forces (under the band moniker The Greedies) to release the 1979 holiday hit “A Merry Jingle.”
Hometown
Dublin, Ireland
Genre
Hard Rock