Anti-Christmas Song: Phil Lynott got together with some ex-Sex Pistols and recorded a medley of Christmas tunes in a hard rocking style that comes off very ironic.All Drummers Are Animals: Inverted Downey was "the quiet one", the others.Album Title Drop: There is a title track (or a track whose name includes the album title) on most Thin Lizzy albums.However, other people appreciate the album's diversity. Nightlife is basically "Thin Lizzy makes a soul album", and so diehard hard rock fans regard the preponderance of softer tracks as this.
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There is a 1972 song called "I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive" from Shades of a Blue Orphanage, which doesn't even clock the two-minute mark. Those who don't like Thin Lizzy's ballads consider them this, although there are some who think that the ballads are even better than the more up-tempo numbers. Abusive Parents: "Frankie Carroll" is about an alcoholic man who beats his kids. Lineup 1 (Phil Lynott on bass & vocals, Brian Downey on drums. They were also one of the few '70s rock bands who weren't dismissed by Punk Rock bands the punks appreciated Lizzy's directness and grit. * Despite the long-running controversy over just how "live" the album is - see Looping Lines below. Thin Lizzy are unfortunately still under-appreciated and lesser known compared to their world-famous '70's and '80's contemporaries (they're still mainly only known for two songs, "Whiskey In The Jar" and "The Boys Are Back In Town"), but in their heyday they developed a reputation for being one of the best live bands in the world and once played to a gigantic crowd on the steps of the Sydney Opera House their Live Album Live and Dangerous is widely regarded as one of the best live albums ever recorded. 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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