Thin Lizzy met while at school in Dublin in the early 1960s. Lynott, born 20 August 1949 in West Bromwich, England to an Irish mother Philomena (1930– ) and Guyanese father Cecil Parris (1925–2010), was brought up in Dublin from the age of three. Downey, born 27 January 1951, is a Dublin native. Lynott joined a local band, The Black Eagles, as vocalist in 1963, and Downey was recruited as their drummer in 1965. In 1967, Lynott was asked to join Skid Row by bass guitarist Brush Shiels, who brought teenage Belfast guitarist Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011)
Thin Lizzy "Live and Dangerous" also comes as a double CD set, with two bonus tracks which are both unused live recordings. Previous CD editions of "Live and Dangerous" were single discs. Universal followed this with remasters of "Bad Reputation", "Black Rose" and "Chinatown", and in early 2012, "Nightlife" and "Fighting". Finally, "Renegade" and "Thunder and Lightning" were remastered and re-released in 2013. From 1974, Thin Lizzy switched from using one lead guitarist to two. This style was later refined and popularised in the mid-1970s by bands like Thin Lizzy and Judas Priest, and later by the emerging new wave of British