Latest Release
- NOV 1, 2024
- 1 Song
- Jailbreak (Deluxe Edition) · 1976
- Jailbreak · 1976
- Jailbreak · 1976
- Chinatown · 1980
- Bad Reputation (Deluxe Edition) · 1977
- Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy · 1991
- Jailbreak (Deluxe Edition) · 1976
- Jailbreak · 1976
- Jailbreak · 1976
- Nightlife (Deluxe Edition) · 1974
Essential Albums
- Following the ambitious concept album Johnny the Fox and the world tour that followed its release, Thin Lizzy decamped to Canada to write and record Bad Reputation. The band appears as a trio on the album cover, as lead guitarist Brian Robertson was incapacitated for most of the sessions due to a hand injury sustained in a barroom brawl. Ironically, Robertson’s leave of absence enabled second guitarist Scott Gorham to craft some of the finest examples of Lizzy’s gilded dual-guitar harmonies, especially on “Solider of Fortune” and the sublime “South Bound.” Phil Lynott also led the band into some new musical territory, including the Motown strut of “Dancing in the Moonlight” and the swift acoustic heartbreak of “That Woman’s Gonna Break Your Heart.” Though Lynott’s sensitive side was in full force, Bad Reputation is best remembered as Lizzy’s leanest, toughest effort. Bands like Guns N’ Roses would hear the seething title song and use it to formulate their own brand of untamed hard rock.
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- Blazing guitars and killer melodies defined this iconic Irish band.
- Rockers of every stripe worship the great Phil Lynott and crew.
- They were one of rock's epic acts.
- Rebellious rocker Phil Lynott was also a sad-eyed balladeer.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
- 1983
About Thin Lizzy
Hard-rock pioneers Thin Lizzy paved the way for generations of heavy bands with a riff-centric attack based around dueling guitarists. Co-founded in Dublin in 1969 by vocalist-bassist Phil Lynott, the group reached No. 1 on the Irish singles chart with a revved-up 1972 cover of the traditional folk song “Whiskey In the Jar.” In subsequent years, Lynott became the first Black Irishman to achieve rock stardom as Thin Lizzy refined their sound around guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson; this pair can be heard wailing on hard-charging hits like “The Boys Are Back In Town” and “Jailbreak.” In the late ’70s, Robertson was replaced by a returning ferocious talent, the influential blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore, as Thin Lizzy once again stretched out sonically, including by tackling rock arrangements of traditional folk-leaning songs. The band broke up in 1983, and although Lynott died three years later, various incarnations of Thin Lizzy appeared over the years—notably Black Star Riders, who coalesced when Gorham and a new lineup wanted to record new music.
- ORIGIN
- Dublin, Ireland
- FORMED
- 1969
- GENRE
- Hard Rock