Due to this Sykes was fired from the band before it even hit the shelves. His bitter breakup with frontman, David Coverdale, evolved into one of rock history's most well known tales. While Sykes ...

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

Following the death of former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake star John Sykes on 20 January, his former bandmate and fellow guitarist Scott Gorham has hailed Sykes as "a great musician". Gorham and Sykes ...

While he'd intended to continue working with Lynott, Sykes instead opted to join Whitesnake in early 1984. He added guitar parts to the band's "Slide It In" album and played with them for a world tour ...

Vai was following in the footsteps of John Sykes, who passed away earlier this week (January 20) at the age of 65. In tandem with frontman David Coverdale, Sykes had pushed the already-successful ...

The guitarist then joined Whitesnake, founded by David Coverdale. Sykes played for the group's album "Slide It In" before co-writing some of the band's greatest hits including, "Still of the Night ...

After the group’s farewell tour in 1983, Sykes joined Lynott on his solo tour. Before long, his talents were noticed by Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, who invited Sykes to join his group.

The guitarist died after a 'hard fought' health battle, according to an official statement.

Messages paying tribute to Sykes poured in from across the rock world. In an Instagram post Monday, David Coverdale, lead singer and founder of Whitesnake, posted several photos of himself and Sykes ...