Thin Lizzy Facts: Thin Lizzy was an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Led by the charismatic and talented frontman, bassist, and songwriter Phil Lynott, the band achieved international success and acclaim for their unique blend of hard rock, folk influences, and Lynott’s storytelling lyrics.
Thin Lizzy’s early sound was characterized by twin lead guitar harmonies, a driving rhythm section, and Lynott’s soulful vocals. The band released their debut album, “Thin Lizzy,” in 1971, but it wasn’t until the mid-1970s that they gained widespread recognition with the release of their albums “Jailbreak” (1976) and “Bad Reputation” (1977).
Thin Lizzy Facts
1- Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969
2- lead vocalist Phil Lynott , drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist met while still in school
3- Phil Lynott died on January 4th 1986, aged 36. The official cause of death was “multiple internal abscesses causing blood poisoning leading to kidney, liver and heart failure.”
4- Phil Lynott played bass on Johnny Thunder’s album ‘So Alone’
5- Thin Lizzy were listed at number 51 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
6- A statue of Phil Lynott was put up off Grafton street in Dublin in 2005
7- Phil Lynott, described in the Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul as a “brash black musician-poet from Dublin,”
8- Thin Lizzy are also a major inspiration for modern heavy metal bands such as Metallica, Alice in Chains, Mastodon and Testament
9- Phil Lynott was a Big fan of Marvel Comics .the band was named after a character..’tin lizzy’..in his favourite comic.
10- Band influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition
11- When Phil Lynott first met Gary Moore he was briefly in Skid Row
12- The band’s music showed many musical styles including: country music, psychedelic rock, Celtic music and folk music which Lynott mixed with hard rock and heavy metal styles.
13- Thin Lizzy’s most successful songs, “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Jailbreak,” and “The Boys Are Back in Town,” were all major international hits which are still played regularly on radio stations today
14- Phil Lynott’s Favourite Movie was “Casablanca”
15- Phil Lynott published two books of poetry “Songs for while I’m away” and “Philip in 1977”
16- Tin Lizzie is either a reference to a character from the Dandy Comic or a nickname for the Model T Ford
