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Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell: Metallica are a pack of b*******
By Scott Munro last updated
Co-founding member of Thin Lizzy Eric Bell says he expected to make £2000 playing a live show with Metallica in 1999 but received no payment

The 20 best rock albums of 1979
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
The 1970s crash out in style with AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Clash producing some of their best work, and Led Zeppelin’s last hurrah

That time Thin Lizzy recorded an album of Deep Purple covers and saved their career
By Fraser Lewry last updated
It's late 1972, and Thin Lizzy are about to lose their record contract - then along comes an offer they can't afford to refuse

Ultravox's Midge Ure on his short-lived time in Thin Lizzy: "Was it fun? Was it ever!"
By Paul Brannigan published
Drafted into Thin Lizzy as a super-sub in 1979, Midge Ure was thrilled to witness how Phil Lynott charmed rock fans worldwide: "Life doesn’t get much cooler!"

The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was
By Max Bell last updated
"Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play" - the story of the Thin Lizzy-Deep Purple supergroup that could have been

The story of Thin Lizzy's first hit, the "huge embarrassment" that Phil Lynott hated
By Mick Wall published
Thin Lizzy were on the road to nowhere when they recorded a dusty old folk tune titled Whiskey In The Jar, intended as a B-side. Result: a 70s classic

15 landmark albums turning 50 in 2022
By Rich Hobson published
Heavy metal was still finding its feet in 1972, but that didn't stop the year producing some incredible albums that would shape the genre going forward

Watch Thin Lizzy and the Sex Pistols join forces for riotous 1979 TV performance
By Paul Brannigan published
Watch Thin Lizzy/Sex Pistols supergroup The Greedies perform their only single, A Merry Jingle, on UK TV to usher in the 1980s
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