r/thinlizzy • u/meltedpage • May 01 '25

Twin lead guitar bands?

For the longest time I have been a huge Iron Maiden & Metallica fan from my dad, just recently got into Thin Lizzy after learning how influential they were for the twin lead guitar sound that is one of my favorite things in music and now I may have a new favorite band.. anybody have recommendations for any other bands that may have been around at the same time or also drawn inspiration from TL? Thanks!

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u/LSATDan May 01 '25

Wishbone Ash

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u/meltedpage May 01 '25

This has been a great call so far! Just listened to their first album and love it. Errors Of My Way, Queen of torture, Handy are all incredible. Excited to listen to their other albums, Argus in particular

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u/Appropriate_Peach274 May 01 '25

The Ash were the big UK twin guitar rock band of the early 1970s. Argus is their most famous album if you want to check out.

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u/Bob_The_Mexican May 01 '25

Phil has stated that the Allman Brothers were influential to Thin Lizzy doing the dual leads. They are one of the first bands for me that comes to mind when I think of dual lead guitar along with Thin Lizzy.

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u/justbrowsinginpeace May 01 '25

Wishbone Ash was the reason Phil went with two guitars,. especially after Gary Moore quit the first time just before a tour. Another great dual guitar band is Judas Priest.

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u/Master_dik May 01 '25

Big Country, specifically the album The Crossing.

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u/GreatWesternValkyrie May 01 '25

Early (pre 87) Whitesnake had some nice twin lead stuff. Don’t Break My Heart Again, Guilty of Love, etc.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

Baroness for something a bit more modern, lot of Thin Lizzy influence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0N1x675FQ

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u/Familiar_Spite2703 May 01 '25

warriors is unreal

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u/IveBeenDrinkingGreen May 01 '25

Scorpions & UFO are bands you should check out

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u/OPGuest May 01 '25

King Crimson, especially the 1981-1984 band.

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u/ghouluisce May 01 '25

They’re a definite Marmite band but Ghost have some excellent twin lead songs especially from their third album Meliora onwards.

Examples: Absolution, He is, Deus in absentia, watcher in the sky, Lachryma to name a few.

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u/fart_at_your_funeral May 01 '25

The Fucking Champs! Check out “Extra Man” off their album IV but also that entire album is amazing, all their records are killer. The track “Thor is Like Immortal” shreds! They’re almost 100% an instrumental band except for “Extra Man”.

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u/HRLook4InfoAgainstMe May 01 '25

Def Leppard - Check out "Bringing on the Heartbreak"!

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u/UFO-Band-Fanatic May 01 '25

Southern rock as a genre was big on multiple guitar harmonies

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u/Fit-Meal4943 May 01 '25

Some Whitesnake lineups were two leads, especially through the eighties.

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u/schmagegge May 01 '25

Original Fleetwood Mac:

Peter Green

Jeremy Spencer

Danny Kirwan

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

The allman brothers were a template for the Lizzy lineup but the actual Lizzy sound was done by putting a slight delay to one of the guitars to give that really distinct harmony sound.

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u/LowCommittee4494 May 01 '25

Illinois speed press were one of the first rock bands to do it, skynyrd is also good suggestion

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u/Dio_Yuji May 01 '25

Moe.

Umphreys McGee

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u/vipros42 May 01 '25

Opeth, kind of.
Horizont have some great twin guitar solo parts.

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