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After being pulled from the wreckage of a car crash, John Sykes ran back to his burning vehicle to save his beloved '76 Les Paul
By Jackson Maxwell published
What would ~you~ do for your favorite guitar?

Eric Bell reveals the real reason why Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy
By Janelle Borg published
Moore's stints with Thin Lizzy continue to inform the band's legacy

When Midge Ure joined Thin Lizzy on a make-or-break US tour, he had just one day’s notice and no rehearsals
By Naomi Baker published
The Live Aid orchestrator and Ultravox synth-pop pioneer looks back at his trial by fire with Thin Lizzy, swapping out his Yamaha electric because it wasn’t cool enough, refusing to join the Sex Pistols, and how The Edge might have changed Band Aid’s charity single

A guide to every guitarist who's played with Thin Lizzy
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Thin Lizzy are tough enough for punks, heavy enough for metalheads, poetic enough for romantics – and their catchy riffs and licks have been played by some of the finest guitarists on earth

Thin Lizzy guitarist and Live Aid mastermind Midge Ure was asked to join the Sex Pistols – but he didn’t think twice about turning them down
By Janelle Borg published
Ure claims he was scouted for his look by Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and his punk co-conspirator (and later, the Clash manager) Bernard Rhodes

On Gary Moore's full-length tribute to Phil Lynott, Greeny took a backseat to Superstrats
By Harold Mac Wonderlea, Christine Rebmann published
On his own after a number of short-lived bands and the death of his friend, Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott, the late guitar hero ditched the ‘hard rock’ sound he'd grown tired of for something with more modern ingredients

Remembering John Sykes, the powerhouse rock journeyman who breathed new life into Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy
By Nick Bowcott published
A personal tribute to the Tygers of Pan Tang and Blue Murder guitarist, who passed in January at 65

Tributes pour in for Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang guitarist John Sykes
By Jackson Maxwell published
The hard rock guitar great passed away earlier this week after a battle with cancer
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