The fact is, Phil Lynott never fit in anywhere else besides being a rocker and a renegade. Set aside for the moment that he was a brilliant bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Just look at the dude. As ...

Thin Lizzy's classic lineup graphic doppelgangers on the "Jailbreak" cover: Brian Robertson, Brian Downey, Phil Lynott, and Scott Gorham. Credit: Record cover/Art by Jim Fitzpatrick On many a Classic ...

A treasure trove of tapes stashed away by Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott will be released as a boxed set later this year. Twenty six years after the Dublin rocker’s death at the age of 36, more of ...

Irish rock outfit Thin Lizzy spent the 1970s ripping up the rulebook in favor of a harder-edged, more ferocious sound—something the group achieved with captivating slice-of-life lyrics and enrapturing ...

Looks like 2012 kicked off with a little luck of the Irish. The Belfast Telegraph reported the recent discovery “treasure trove” of up to 700 unreleased recordings by the massively underappreciated ...

John Sykes, the electrifying guitarist who rocked the world in legendary bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died. He was 65. The rocker’s death was confirmed by both bands on social media Monday, ...

With some two dozen co-writes on Thin Lizzy songs, Scott Gorham must certainly have a favorite. Indeed he does, and it's a tune released 50 years ago today: "She Knows," the opening cut on Nightlife, ...

Thin Lizzy released their fifth album on Sept. 12, 1975, but Fighting may as well have been their first considering all the challenges it overcame. After a convoluted couple of years that saw Thin ...

Phil Lynott (1949-1986) embodied contradiction. As portrayed in Cowboy Song, Irish journalist Graeme Thomson's account of his life, Thin Lizzy himself was a family man enamored of behavioral rock star ...

US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney soon won't be able to use the music of Irish rockers Thin Lizzy to add excitement to his campaign stops. According to the Independent, the wife of the ...