Thin Lizzy

Be honest. You want to know why Thin Lizzy aren't bigger than Seger and Springsteen combined. Well, here's a viable theory: Phil Lynott was an authentic street poet, right up there with the Boss and the Ramblin' Gamblin' Man. But unlike them, Thin Lizzy didn't pander to critics and their nostalgic notions about rock 'n' roll. As Live and Dangerous proves, these dudes played hard rock for post-Vietnam teens who didn't give a rat's butt for "the '60s" or Rolling Stone magazine.

Live and dangerous is Thin Lizzy's first album for Warner Bros. While it effectively
documents the boys-with-blazing-guitars style of the five previous Mercury discs from
which most of these songs were taken, it's also clearly meant to be the breakout,
double-LP sampler from a group that failed to consolidate the front-line success of their
1976 single, "The Boys Are Back in Town." Though such a package is ideal for th... More >