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Black Star Riders is a hard rock band formed in December 2012. 
The band began when members of the most recent line-up of Thin Lizzy decided to record new material, 
but chose not to release it under the Thin Lizzy name. 
While Thin Lizzy continues on an occasional basis, Black Star Riders is a full-time band, described 
as "the next step in the evolution of the Thin Lizzy story". 
The band's first album, All Hell Breaks Loose, was released on May 21, 2013, and the follow-up album, 
The Killer Instinct was released on February 20, 2015. 
The band's third album, Heavy Fire, was released on February 3, 2017, and reached number six on the UK 
Albums Chart.

Black Star Riders is fronted by Ricky Warwick, and originally featured lead guitarist Scott Gorham and 
bass guitarist Marco Mendoza. 
Mendoza was replaced by Robbie Crane in 2014. Drummer and founding member Jimmy DeGrasso left the band 
in March 2017, and was replaced a few weeks later by Chad Szeliga. 
Another founding member, lead guitarist Damon Johnson, left the band at the end of 2018 to be replaced 
by Christian Martucci. 
Gorham and Szeliga left the band in September 2021, the latter being replaced by Zak St John. Gorham 
was not replaced, leaving the band as a quartet. 
Martucci left in June 2022, and a permanent replacement has not yet been announced.

2013 - Black Star Riders - All Hell Breaks Loose (S.E)
2015 - Black Star Riders - Acoustic (E.P)
2015 - Black Star Riders - The Killer Instinct (S.E)
2017 - Black Star Riders - Heavy Fire (S.E)
2019 - Black Star Riders - Another State of Grace (S.E)
2022 - Black Star Riders - Right Side of Paradise (E.P)
2022 - Black Star Riders - Collected (PYC)