Although “Whiskey In The Jar” was always huge in Ireland, the U.K., and Europe, the song surged worldwide in the late ’90s thanks to Metallica’s slash-and-burn take on Thin Lizzy’s ...

Thin Lizzy’s recording of “Whiskey in the Jar” was something of a lark, guitarist Eric Bell told the A.V. Club. They had been rehearsing their own material in a London pub and "were going to ...