Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. The band were led throughout their recording career by bassist, songwriter and singer Phil Lynott, and are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", all major international hits still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations. After Lynott died, various incarnations of the band have emerged over the years culminating in a more stable line-up based around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes. Sykes left the band in June 2009.

Thin Lizzy's leader, Lynott was composer or co-composer of almost all their songs. He was also one of the few black men to achieve significant success in hard rock. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities.Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy to play Sun City West | GetOutAZ.comThe Irish World : music : (Irish News) Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including country music, psychedelic rock, Irish music and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rockuk.real.com - Thin Lizzy or sometimes [[heavy metal music|heavy metal].Encyclopaedia Metallum - Thin Lizzy Rolling Stone describe the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".[1] Thin Lizzy at Rolling Stone