Thin Lizzy was a unique combination of hard rocking songs about fighting & cool characters, epic guitar parts & harmonies, and sensitive, thoughtful and wide-ranging songwriting. ![]() The current lineup only performs as Thin Lizzy occasionally, instead opting to record and tour as Black Star Riders. The band regrouped in 1996 without Lynott, but are essentially now just a live tribute to his life and work with no new material recorded or released. The band led a career that lasted until 1983, when the band split, and all hopes of recording more original material were crushed forever when Phil Lynott died in 1986, aged just 36. They finally found international recognition with 1976's Jailbreak, and Thin Lizzy's other hit, "The Boys Are Back in Town". Joining Scott in the other guitar role was Glaswegian Brian Robertson, a hot-headed Scottish guitar prodigy, and between them they developed the ground-breaking distinctive twin lead guitar attack which characterizes Thin Lizzy's sound. ![]() When he joined the band in 1974, the original guitarist Eric Bell had been and gone, recording the hit single "Whiskey in the Jar", Thin Lizzy's first major success. The core members were Lynott and Drummer Brian Downey, with guitar spots filled by a long list of ever changing names, the longest serving of which is Californian guitarist Scott Gorham, who moved to the UK to fill a guitar spot in Supertramp, but was unsuccessful. The name was lifted from The Dandy comic's character "Tin Lizzie", with an alteration of spelling (Dubliners pronounce "th" as "t"). ![]() Thin Lizzy are a (mostly) Irish rock band originating in 1969, Led by co-founder, bass player/singer and main songwriter Phil Lynott. " Renegade", from the 1981 album of the same name
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