John Sykes

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John Sykes (born July 29, 1959 in Reading, Berkshire), is a British heavy metal/hard rock guitarist who has played with Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Blue Murder and his solo project John Sykes. He was also in a band called Badlands, with his one time Whitesnake bandmate Neil Murray, but this was not the same Badlands that guitarist Jake E. Lee was in.

His most acclaimed playing is on the 1987 Whitesnake self titled album, also known simply as 1987. This was Whitesnake's most successful recording, and songs like "Crying in the Rain", "Still of the Night", "Is This Love?", "Here I Go Again" and "Children of the Night" were hits.

For the Whitesnake record John Sykes used two Mesa Boogie Colliseum heads and his favourite Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar.

In 1999, John Sykes' 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.

In 2004, John made a rare guest appearance on keyboardist Derek Sherinian's solo record "Mythology" on the song "God Of War" where he plays alongside Zakk Wylde.

In 2006, he got his own signature Gibson Les Paul Custom which was modeled after his favourite guitar, and has used it when touring with Thin Lizzy all around the UK and Ireland.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 With Tygers Of Pan Tang 1.2 With Badlands 1.3 With Thin Lizzy 1.4 With Whitesnake 1.5 With Blue Murder 1.6 Solo 2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] With Tygers Of Pan Tang

• Crazy Nights
• Live At Nottingham Rock City
• Spellbound

[edit] With Badlands

Badlands demo tape

[edit] With Thin Lizzy

• Thunder and Lightning
• Life
• One Night Only

[edit] With Whitesnake

• Slide It In (U.S. version)
• Whitesnake

[edit] With Blue Murder

• Blue Murder
• Nothin' But Trouble
• Screaming Blue Murder

[edit] Solo

• Out of My Tree (1995) (Japan only)
• Loveland (1997)
• Please Don't Leave Me (1999)
• 20th Century (2000)
• Nuclear Cowboy (2003)
• Bad Boy Live! (2005)

[edit] External links

• John Sykes' official website with news, merchandise, and information about his guitars
• John Sykes Info - unofficial site for info about John: interviews, reviews etc.

Thin Lizzy
John Sykes | Scott Gorham | Marco Mendoza | Michael Lee
Phil Lynott | Brian Downey | Eric Bell | Gary Moore | Brian Robertson | Snowy White | Darren Wharton | Tommy Aldridge | Randy Gregg
Discography
Studio albums: Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage | Vagabonds of the Western World | Nightlife | Fighting | Jailbreak | Johnny the Fox | Bad Reputation | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | Chinatown | Renegade | Thunder and Lightning
Live albums: Live and Dangerous | Life | BBC Radio One Live in Concert | The Peel Sessions | Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia | One Night Only
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Members
David Coverdale - Doug Aldrich - Reb Beach - Uriah Duffy - Tommy Aldridge - Timothy Drury
Former members: Jon Lord - Dave Dowle - Ian Paice - Cozy Powell - Denny Carmassi - Aynsley Dunbar - Neil Murray - Rudy Sarzo
Bernie Marsden - Mel Galley - Micky Moody - John Sykes - Adrian Vandenberg - Vivian Campbell - Steve Vai - Warren DeMartini - Marco Mendoza
Discography
Studio albums: Snakebite - Trouble - Lovehunter - Ready an' Willing - Come an' Get It - Saints & Sinners - Slide It In - Whitesnake - Slip of the Tongue - Restless Heart -
Live albums: Live...In the Heart of the City - Starkers in Tokyo - Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues