JOHN SYKES

'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's acclaimed playing is on the 1987 Whitesnake self titled album, also known simply as ''1987''. This was Whitesnake's most successful recording, carrying hit tracks such as "Crying in the Rain", "Still of the Night", "Is This Love?", "Here I Go Again" and "Children of the Night". 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 a rare guest appearance 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] and has used it when touring with Thin Lizzy all around the UK and Ireland.

Contents

Discography

With Tygers Of Pan Tang

With Badlands

With Thin Lizzy

With Whitesnake

With Blue Murder

Solo

References

External links

Discography

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)

★ ''Life'' (1983)

★ ''One Night Only'' (2000)

With Whitesnake

★ ''Slide It In'' (U.S. version) (1984)

★ ''Whitesnake'' (1987)

With Blue Murder

★ Demo

★ ''Blue Murder'' (1989)

★ ''Nothin' But Trouble'' (1993)

★ ''Screaming Blue Murder'' (1994)

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)

References

1. Custom Les Paul (Gibson), retrieved 06 July 2007

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.

★ The Official John Sykes My Space page