Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums. Thin Lizzy are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", all major international hits still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band have emerged over the years based around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009.
Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of hard rock music. Thin Lizzy boasted some of the most critically acclaimed guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including country music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".
Allmusic critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition." Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included the pioneering twin lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash and American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.
Read more about Thin Lizzy: Other Thin Lizzy Releases and Tributes, Origin of The Band Name, Style and Legacy, Band Members, Discography
Other articles related to "thin lizzy":
... In 1993 Tench sang lead vocals for An Evening With The Thin Lizzy Band, which featured former Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey, later member and guitarist Brian ...
... Various projects subsequently appeared presenting themselves as tributes to Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy ... Band members Releases 1984–1986 Band Split Thin Lizzy – Self Aid Reunion Show 1986 Bob Geldof - lead vocals Gary Moore - guitar, lead vocals Scott Gorham - guitar ...
... Thin Lizzy (1971) Shades of a Blue Orphanage (1972) Vagabonds of the Western World (1973) Nightlife (1974) Fighting (1975) Jailbreak (1976) Johnny ...
... Still in Love with You" is a song originally recorded by Thin Lizzy, first released on their 1974 album Nightlife, and later released on the live albums Live and Dangerous, Life, BBC ... Allmusic's review of the song says it "is widely considered to be Thin Lizzy's greatest, most romantic ballad." On all Thin Lizzy releases, the song is credited solely to ... had not recorded the song himself prior to his brief involvement with Thin Lizzy in early 1974, and it is his guitar solo on the finished recording on the Nightlife album ...
... In 1996 John Sykes decided to put together a fully reformed Thin Lizzy that would survive as a long term project rather than a brief set of reunion concerts ... Name/Period Band members Releases Thin Lizzy 1996–1998 John Sykes - guitar, lead vocals Scott Gorham - guitar, backing vocals Marco Mendoza - bass Brian Downey - drums Darren Wharton ...
Famous quotes containing the word thin:
“If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would
teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict
themselves to sack.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)