Alan Byrne

Alan Byrne is the author of several books on Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, including Are You Ready? Thin Lizzy Album by Album, Thin Lizzy: Soldiers of Fortune, Thin Lizzy :Don't Believe A Word and Philip Lynott: Renegade. He lives in County Cork, Ireland.

Latest articles by Alan Byrne

Phil Lynott onstage

How Thin Lizzy made the albums that saved them, only to be plunged into chaos

By Alan Byrne published

Thin Lizzy went from being stone broke to recording the two albums that came to define their career, but bad luck always seemed to be lurking in the shadows

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