The English guitarist arrived in the 1980s' New Wave of British Heavy Metal, toting a Les Paul Custom and a vibrato wider than the English Channel ...

Sykes co-wrote "Is This Love," one of Whitesnake's biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and more on the band's chart-topping, self-titled 1987 album.

John’s next move was Blue Murder project – a power-trio supergroup with Tony Franklin of The Firm on bass and the legendary ...

John Sykes, guitarist for acclaimed rock bands ... last releasing the ‘Dawning of a Brand New Day’ and ‘Out Alive’, in 2021. The two songs marked his first solo material in two decades ...

John Sykes -- guitarist for Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, among other bands -- has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.

Ex- Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes has died at the age of 65. According to a post on Sykes’ official social media pages, the veteran U.K. musician “passed away after a hard fought ...

In 2021 he released two tracks, Out Alive and Dawning of a Brand New Day for his album Sy-Ops, which was intended for release later this year. John Sykes married Jennifer Brooks in 1989 ...

Iconic guitarist John Sykes, known for his work with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, dies at 65 after a battle with cancer.

John Sykes, the former guitarist for Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy has died at the age of 65 from cancer.