Ricky Warwick (The Almighty / Thin Lizzy / Black Star Riders)

Growing up in northern Ireland on a diet of Johnny Cash, Steve Earle, Motörhead, and the Ramones, Ricky Warwick started performing with New Model Army in the late '80s before helping to form U.K. punk band the Almighty in 1988. After a lengthy stint with several successful records in the '80s and '90s, the group disbanded in 2001. Shortly thereafter, Warwick teamed up with Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott to record and produce his solo debut, Tattoos & Alibis, in early 2003.

Warwick went back to his singer/songwriter roots, crafting songs resembling his country-rock heroes more than his punk roots before joining the L.A. hard rock unit Circus Diablo, in 2006. He was invited to join the latest incarnation of Thin Lizzy in 2009 as the guitarist and lead vocalist. He left the group in 2012 and formed the spin-off band Black Star Riders, before assembling The Fighting Hearts in 2014 to perform both acoustic and hard rock songs.