John Sykes

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John Sykes

Background information
Born July 29, 1959 (1959-07-29) (age 48)
in Reading, Berkshire, England
Genre(s) Hard rock, Heavy metal
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist
Instrument(s) Guitar, Vocals
Years active 1980 - present
Associated acts Streetfighter, Badlands, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder
Website Official Website
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson Les Paul

John Sykes (born July 29, 1959 in Reading, Berkshire), is an English heavy metal/hard rock guitarist who has played with Streetfighter, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, and his solo project John Sykes.

He was in a band called Badlands, with his one time Whitesnake bandmate Neil Murray (not to be confused with the band Badlands featuring guitarist Jake E. Lee).

Sykes played on the 1987 Whitesnake self titled album. This was Whitesnake's most successful recording, selling over eight million copies in the USA alone, and contained the hit singles "Still of the Night", "Is This Love?" and "Here I Go Again". For the Whitesnake record John Sykes used two Mesa/Boogie Coliseum heads and his favourite Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar.

In 1999, John Sykes's solo song "Cautionary Warning" was used in the anime series Black Heaven. The footage accompanying the song was rotoscoped from one of Sykes' concerts, which was a very striking statement for use in previews. Sykes' involvement in the series was the key feature of Pioneer USA's marketing.[citation needed]

Sykes made rare guest appearances on the Glenn Hughes/Joe Lynn Turner project first HTP album on the track "Heaven's missing an angel" and later on keyboardist Derek Sherinian's 2004 solo album "Mythology", playing alongside Zakk Wylde on the track "God Of War".

In 2006, he got his own signature Gibson Les Paul Custom which was modeled after his favourite guitar[1]

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] With Tygers Of Pan Tang

[edit] With Badlands

Badlands demo tape (1982)

[edit] With Thin Lizzy

[edit] With Phil Lynott

  • Live In Sweden 1983 (1983)

[edit] With Whitesnake

[edit] With Blue Murder

[edit] Solo

[edit] References

  1. ^ Custom Les Paul (Gibson).

[edit] External links

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