JOHN SYKES (Tygers Of Pan Tang,Thin Lizzy,Whitesnake,Blue Murder)
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.
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
With Tygers Of Pan Tang
Crazy Nights (1981)
Live At Nottingham Rock City (1981)
Spellbound (1981)
With Badlands
Badlands demo tape (1982)
With Thin Lizzy
Thunder and Lightning (1983)
Thin Lizzy - BBC Radio One Live In Concert (1983)
Life (1983)
One Night Only (2000)
With Phil Lynott
Live In Sweden 1983 (1983)
With Whitesnake
Slide It In (U.S. version) (1984)
Demo (1987)
Whitesnake (1987)
With Blue Murder
Demo (1988)
Blue Murder (1989)
Nothin' But Trouble (1993)
Screaming Blue Murder (1994)
Solo
Please Don't Leave Me (1982)
Out Of My Tree (1995)
I Don't Wanna Live My Life Like You (1995)
Loveland (1997)
20th Century (1997)
Chapter One (1998)
Best Of John Sykes (2000)
Nuclear Cowboy (2000)
Bad Boy Live! (2004)
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