John Sykes, a guitarist who played with Thin Lizzy before joining Whitesnake for its smash 1987 album and later forming Blue ...

No additional details were immediately available. The British guitarist started his career with The Tygers of Pan Tang in ...

Friedman has called the late guitarist a “game changer” when it came to solos, while Vai says he could never play guitar like ...

Sykes went on to release five solo albums, including strong live effort “Bad Boy Live!” in 2004. But for much of his later ...

It is with great sorrow we share that John Sykes has passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer,' a statement on his ...

Sykes joined Whitesnake in 1984 when the band's frontman, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale, asked him to replace ...

British rock guitarist John Sykes was known for his work with Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, and has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer ...

A gifted guitarist who played with some of the biggest rock bands and who lived in Blackpool for many years has died, aged 65 ...

John Sykes, who played guitar with rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died. He was 65. The Reading -born musician was ...

The music world and its fans saw plenty of heartbreak and tragedy in January with at least 20 notable musicians having lost ...

It has been a brutal year for rock music fans with an ever-growing list of musicians and influential figures who have already ...