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Within Vinony's link graph, John Sykes is referenced by 271 other articles, and connects out to Good to Be Bad, string harmonic and Live... in the Shadow of the Blues.
It sits within the topics 1959 births, 2024 deaths and 20th-century English guitarists.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Works
- 29
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1906-01-31
- Active to
- 1983-07-17
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,886
- Total plays
- 373,735
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John Sykes (born John James Sykes in Reading, Berkshire, on 20 July 29 1959; died December 2024) was a British heavy metal/hard rock guitarist remembered for playing with Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Blue Murder and for his solo work. His most well known playing is on the 1987 Whitesnake self-titled album, also known simply as 1987. For the Whitesnake record John Sykes used two Mesa Boogie Coliseum heads and his favorite Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar. <a href="https://www.last
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Reading
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Official website
- johnsykes.com
- Image
- John Sykes 1984.jpg
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- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- Commons category
- John Sykes
- date of birth
- 1959-07-29
- member of
- Blue Murder
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- social media followers
- 10303
- date of death
- 2024-12-00
- birth name
- John James Sykes
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