Revered rock writers Mick Wall and Joel McIver, scrutinise the Bad Reputation of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, singer, songwriter, rocker and romantic, bard and brawler. An illegitimate child of mixed race, Phil escaped his tough Dublin childhood to travel the planet fronting the powerhouse hard rockers Thin Lizzy... a band who should have conquered the planet but who never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.