Thin Lizzy

Hard Rock Remembrance Rock 

John Sykes Gone at 65

January 20, 2025January 21, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blue Murder. Tygers of Pan Tang, Carmine Appice, John Sykes, Thin Lizzy, Tony Franklin, Whitesnake

Acclaimed guitarist for Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and Blue Murder remembered

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

You Fool No One: Deep Purple’s Burn Turns 50

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Blackmore’s Night, Burn, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Mark III, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake

Looking back at the blistering debut of the band’s celebrated Mark III lineup

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Hard Rock Rock 

Mama Nature Said: Thin Lizzy’s Vagabonds of the Western World at 50

September 24, 2023September 30, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Brian Downey, Decca Records, Ireland, Irish, Peter Eustace, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Vagabonds of the Western World

For the Irish band, it was the end of one era and the beginning of another

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Heart and Soul: Sports by Huey Lewis & The News Turns 40

September 15, 2023September 16, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Chrysalis Records, Clover, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Heart and Soul, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis & The News, Huey Lewis and the News, I Want a New Drug, If This Is It, Nick Lowe, sports, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Thin Lizzy

Looking back on their classic third album

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Irish Rock 

This Is The One: Thin Lizzy’s Thunder and Lightning at 40

March 28, 2023March 30, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Brian Downey, Ireland, Irish, John Sykes, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Thunder and Lightning, Warner Bros. Records

Reflecting on the Irish greats’ final studio album

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Disco Dub/Reggae Irish New Wave Pop Rock 

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With The Philip Lynott Album 

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dire Straits, Ireland, Irish, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott, Robert Palmer, St. Patrick's Day, Thin Lizzy

Listen to the Thin Lizzy frontman’s second solo album right now

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Music Journalism Rock Rock Docs 

Mick Rock, 1948–2021

November 19, 2021April 3, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Blondie, Bob Marley, Brian May, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Ian Hunter, Iggy and the Stooges, Jack White, Joan Jett, John Cale, Johnny Marr, Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Madonna, Matthew Kassel, Michael Stipe, Mick Rock, Mötley Crüe, New York Observer, Ozzy, Peter Gabriel, Pharrell Williams, Phil Collins, Ray Davies, Roxy Music, Squeeze, Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Tina Turner, Transformer

Rock’s greatest photographer chronicled rock’s greatest era

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Alternative Rock Funk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop New Wave Progressive Rock Punk Rock Soul 

NEWS: 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

October 15, 2019February 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Chaka Khan, Dave Matthews Band, Depeche Mode, Jann Wenner, John Sykes, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, MC5, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rufus, Soundgarden, T.Rex, the Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Whitney Houston

Whitney, Biggie, T.Rex, Pat Benatar, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails and Thin Lizzy among those included on this year’s list of potential inductees

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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

Thirty Years After the War

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 Meghan Roos 2 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy

Gary Moore’s political conscience rose to the surface on the last metal album of his career

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