Irish rock band formed in 1969 in Dublin. The band took this name at the suggestion of Eric Bell (2), derived from the character 'Tin Lizzie' in the comic "The Beano" which Bell had been reading during rehearsals. They made their debut performance at St. Anthony's Hall, Dublin in January 1970. They made their UK concert debut at The Speakeasy on 20 March 1971.
The band was disbanded on September 4th 1983 but reformed including various combinations of former members after the death of Phil Lynott (vocals & bass guitar) who was one of the founding members and frontman of the group. He passed away in 1986.
During the whole Lizzy existence, they had several guitar players: Eric Bell (2), Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson, Gary Moore, John Sykes, Snowy White, John Cann, Andy Gee and Midge Ure.
Drummer Mark Nauseef replaced Brian Downey on a few gigs.
Keyboard players were Eric Wrixon (only first recordings of Lizzy) and Darren Wharton (from Renegade till the end).
The most famous and most known line-up was during the 1974-1978 period with Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson on lead guitar.
Up to 2019, John Sykes and Scott Gorham were touring as Thin Lizzy with a revolving line-up. The last known show was at Alcatraz Festival in Belgium in 2019 with the line-up Gorham, Wharton, Damon Johnson (guitar), Scott Travis (drums), Ricky Warwick (vocals and guitar).