friends & fans…” Sykes started his career in Blackpool-based band Streetfighter before joining heavy metal group the Tygers Of Pan Tang in 1980. After two years of albums and tours ...

John Sykes, a hard-rock guitarist and singer who played with Thin Lizzy before joining Whitesnake for its smash 1987 album and later forming Blue Murder, has died of cancer. He was 65. The news ...

(NEXSTAR) — Guitarist John Sykes, well-known for his time with rock ... The British guitarist started his career with The Tygers of Pan Tang in 1980, his bio explains. He spent two years with ...

Sykes was born in Reading, England, in 1959 and started playing guitar as a teenager. He performed with the bands Streetfighter and Tygers of Pan Tang before joining a latter-day version of Thin ...

British guitarist John Sykes, known for his roles in rock bands ... He began his career in 1980 with the heavy metal band The Tygers of Pan Tang, before joining Thin Lizzy as lead guitarist ...

Sykes began his career in 1980 with British band The Tygers of Pan Tang, before successfully auditioning to be the lead guitarist in Thin Lizzy. The classic rock band had already reached the peak ...

Born in Reading, England, in 1959, Sykes cut his teeth as a young rocker in bands like Streetfighter and Badlands before he was tapped to join heavy metal outfit Tygers of Pan Tang in 1980.

Sykes began his music career with the band The Tygers of Pan Tang in 1980. He went on to audition for Thin Lizzy. While the band was already popular, Sykes performed during the group's farewell ...

He was a member of the seminal early metal group Tygers of Pan Tang, with whom he played until 1982 before leaving the band. But Sykes’ Pan Tang contract still required two more original songs ...

Yesterday (January 20), it was announced that John Sykes – a hugely influential mainstay of '80s hard rock guitar who had stints in Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Tygers of Pan Tang – had died at 65.

The rocker was an integral part of Whitesnake's hit self-titled album in 1987 Paul Natkin/Getty Guitarist John Sykes, who played ... in 1980 with Tygers of Pan Tang, a British heavy metal band.

John Sykes, best known for his stints with Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy, died at the age of 65. A statement issued on his official website Monday confirmed the legendary ...