THE LIFE & CAREER OF JOHN SYKES, BIO, NET WORTH, FAMILY, 20 INTERESTING FACTS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW

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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2020
  • JOHN SYKES, IS ONE OF ROCKS GREATEST & TALENTED GUITARISTS HAVING BEEN PART OF THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE & BLUE MURDER TODAY WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIFE & CAREER OF JOHN SYKES AND BRING YOU 20 TRUE FACTS ABOUT HIS CAREER, FAMILY, NET WORTH & MORE.
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  • @AngelGuanchez
    @AngelGuanchez 3 года назад +32

    John is a Master class guitar player ... Extraordinaire!

  • @lacssbb
    @lacssbb 3 года назад +41

    Fucking great guitar player, underrated by most, but for me it's a hero, a legend!

    • @dh1474
      @dh1474 3 года назад +1

      Underrated? He's one of the most respected players in rock. Come on man!

  • @wightangel
    @wightangel 3 года назад +11

    Will people not forget that he also helped put Tygers of Pan Tang in the public eye. His guitar playing was unmistakable and ummissable. Awesome.

  • @thedanksavatron7782
    @thedanksavatron7782 2 года назад +4

    One of my fav Guitarists! Blue Murder's debut album is in my top 10 fav albums of all time!

  • @RMGCBG
    @RMGCBG 3 года назад +42

    Most underrated ever. Made Whitesnake one of the biggest bands in the world. Thin Lizzy, Thunder and Lightning is their heaviest album

    • @dh1474
      @dh1474 3 года назад +1

      Underrated? He's one of the most respected players in rock. Come on man!

    • @nicholastotoro7721
      @nicholastotoro7721 3 года назад

      He wouldn’t be so under-appreciated if he actually put out new music.

    • @nicolasarbogast2739
      @nicolasarbogast2739 3 года назад

      Never as underrated than Jeff Waters.

    • @daveg4236
      @daveg4236 3 года назад

      There's that guy...he's not underrated you moron

  • @yianniszcovers
    @yianniszcovers 3 года назад +21

    We greatly miss John publishing new music!! All time great songwriter and guitar player!!!!

  • @heavymetalhero08
    @heavymetalhero08 3 года назад +10

    All-time most underrated/unacknowledged

    • @dh1474
      @dh1474 3 года назад +1

      Underrated? He's one of the most respected players in rock. Come on man!

  • @394pjo
    @394pjo 2 года назад +6

    John's hair has remained a powerhouse of style and substance forging its own bouffant coiffure of light feathering and blondness. It doesn't get much better than this.

    • @zoso73
      @zoso73 2 года назад

      Back to you, Cotton. 😆

  • @montierobertson3449
    @montierobertson3449 3 года назад +21

    John Sykes is one of the most underrated guitar players of all time, I saw his incredible work with Thin Lizzy with Phil,
    The exceptional blues based and metal dream Work with White Snake and Coverdale and the unique sound of Blue Murder
    I think he’s an extraordinary writer and a really artistic lead guitar guru, one of the best of all time

    • @dgs931
      @dgs931 3 года назад +2

      Well said

    • @dannymcmince
      @dannymcmince 3 года назад +1

      Definitely not underrated!

  • @peterevans2779
    @peterevans2779 3 года назад +14

    John please put your new stuff out.🤘

    • @megaduck7965
      @megaduck7965 3 года назад +1

      He’s got a new track out called dawning of a brand new day came out January this year

  • @martylee5551
    @martylee5551 2 года назад +10

    I saw Sykes in Blue Murder twice, both times within the first 5 rows. He is a monster guitar player, killer tone and can play either soft, slow with that woman tone or just plain shredding. Plus I like his voice better than Coverdale plus he plays the guitar at the same time he sings.

    • @jayrusnak
      @jayrusnak 2 года назад

      How you can sing a song like Blue Murder while playing a completely different riff I have no idea.

  • @souflikar6702
    @souflikar6702 3 года назад +23

    I hope he had publishing rights to all the songs he wrote for Coverdale. Whitesnake would have never hit like they did without Sykes. Coverdale knows that!!!!

    • @chircoj1
      @chircoj1 3 года назад +3

      He made his $ thankfully

    • @justdead99
      @justdead99 2 года назад +2

      Get off the drugs whitesnake was around doing just fine before the walking ego sykes joined and they are doing just fine without him. Sykes is one of the most over rated musos out there .

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      Why would he have publishing rights?

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      @@justdead99 totally agree.

    • @patricksheppard585
      @patricksheppard585 2 года назад +5

      @@mozartsmate6358 Because he cowrote the material… So you get writing credit which Would result in publishing rights… DA

  • @bathtubgeorge
    @bathtubgeorge 3 года назад +12

    Scott Gorham wasn't part of the Three Musketeers line up that toured Scandinavia, and not Europe, for a few shows when Lizzy had time off mid summer of 1983. The line up was Phil and
    John Sykes with Brian Downey on drums and Mark Stanway on keys and Doish Nagle on guitar.
    John has also mainly used that Black 1978 Les Paul Custom for more like 40 years

  • @geoarthur6593
    @geoarthur6593 3 года назад +16

    Sykes kicks ass, simple as ..

  • @markstoneman1585
    @markstoneman1585 3 года назад +17

    John Sykes is Magnificent ✌

  • @dannymcmince
    @dannymcmince 3 года назад +3

    This era will never produce Guitarists like Sykes....its all different now ......what a shame!

  • @budgiemcleod4443
    @budgiemcleod4443 3 года назад +6

    Thunder and Lightning is a monster album!

  • @hwy1310
    @hwy1310 3 года назад +3

    Best guitar player you’ve never heard of.

  • @nickhewitt6344
    @nickhewitt6344 3 года назад +6

    John Sykes has been my favorite guitar player since I was 11 i am 39 his sound puts me at peace he is one of the few who can shred with the best but throw down one of the best ballads ever to me his sound is unrivaled!

  • @jubankta1627
    @jubankta1627 2 года назад +2

    Good for John I’m so happy for this master guitar player to rise up from betrayal at the highest level only to come back and create his own legacy and become the ROCKSTAR we know and admire today!!If John needs a drummer for his next recording sessions and or his live endeavors Id gladly offer my services!!WAY TO GO MR SYKES!!!

  • @johncole015
    @johncole015 3 года назад +45

    Blue Murder was a much better follow up than Slip Of The Tongue.

    • @dgs931
      @dgs931 3 года назад

      Best comment

    • @ziggylayneable
      @ziggylayneable 3 года назад +7

      I think you're correct in my opinion. But I would not discredit "slip of the tongue", simply for the fact that Steve Vai played guitar on that record and it had some incredible guitar playing.

    • @lecturehc
      @lecturehc 3 года назад +8

      @@ziggylayneable Yeah but it simply wasn't Whitesnake. All that slick sound and flashy playing came at the expense of the band's true soul and identity. The success didn't last long either, as Covardale & co struggled to put out a single good song in the 90's and 2000's let alone a good album, Sykes kept churning out great stuff every few years. Sykes was the man who gave Whitesnake the huge push that they needed and he proved his worth time and again, while also paying the price for it.

    • @MilesAnastasios87
      @MilesAnastasios87 3 года назад +2

      @@ziggylayneable Whitesnake's albums after 2008 are great, featuring Doug Aldrich, Reb Beach, Joel Hoekstra. Wish Coverdale and Sykes reunited again though

    • @victorlloyd6529
      @victorlloyd6529 3 года назад

      Fa’ Show !

  • @kmcewenguitar
    @kmcewenguitar 3 года назад +16

    Sykes is a god

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      God is a far better guitarist though....

  • @hasrinmacintoshjawie
    @hasrinmacintoshjawie 2 года назад

    Positively Sykes👍🇧🇳

  • @kevinmullins4919
    @kevinmullins4919 3 года назад +5

    I'd buy a new Blue Murder album!!!

  • @ThunderFalcon333
    @ThunderFalcon333 3 года назад +5

    John Sykes my ultimate influence and inspiration

  • @maclaybill1967
    @maclaybill1967 2 года назад

    keep going MR SYKES!!!!!

  • @DemskePaul2017
    @DemskePaul2017 2 года назад

    Would be nice if you had Sykes' music in the background to go along with the stories.

  • @chadbarker4023
    @chadbarker4023 3 года назад +5

    Man, my favorite! Wish he would come back but must have got rich and said fck my fans. But on the other hand maybe fighting some shit we don't know or understand. Wish him the best

    • @MrIgorek13
      @MrIgorek13 3 года назад +1

      2 days ago was news in loudwire John gets on tour with Tony Franklin and New drummer

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      Your 1st line was correct.

  • @cymro6537
    @cymro6537 2 года назад

    One of my favourite guitar players.
    Another fact :
    After Slash's departure ,Sykes auditioned for Guns 'n' Roses - but the gig was given to Buckethead.

  • @tsquaredterry4754
    @tsquaredterry4754 3 года назад

    Sykes... nuff said...

  • @raffg8185
    @raffg8185 2 года назад

    The most under rated guitarist in rock ,A true guitar god .

  • @wendyhetherington7402
    @wendyhetherington7402 3 года назад +1

    I still own one of his back up les Paul customs,blue murder era

    • @thedigitalemotion
      @thedigitalemotion 2 года назад

      If thats the truth it would be worth an absolute fortune, easily 6 figures.

  • @erichaheidrich4593
    @erichaheidrich4593 3 года назад +1

    King.

  • @schnugelischnugg
    @schnugelischnugg 3 года назад

    he is fantastic, great video!

  • @markjackson8261
    @markjackson8261 3 года назад +6

    Hes great, along with schenker these two write awesome riffs, anyone wanting to learn how to play rock guitar should just follow these two guys, im no where near the class but boy do i love playing it, still of the night is an amazing riff as is cold sweat and the bluesy crying in the rain, totally impossible is bad boys, how the fk do you moce your fingers that quick!!

  • @Madmaz70Bo87
    @Madmaz70Bo87 3 года назад +11

    I think its terrible what David Coverdale did to John Sykes. That whitesnake album is great! Thin Lizzy Cold Sweat is possibly my favorite song of all time. I'm happy to know that Sykes is worth 10 million dollars.

    • @SuperWhitesnake1
      @SuperWhitesnake1 3 года назад +1

      Both of them cite different reasons. The truth is probably some where in the middle. DC said Sykes owed him $100,000. Also that Sykes wanted a spotlight on him at all times. He also claimed 80% of anything written by Coverdale/Sykes was his.
      Sykes cites tremendous ego on DC. Also that the rest of the band that recorded the album grew to hate DC. Sykes was also really upset that Adrian Vandenberg was brought in to do the solo on Here I Go Again.
      I also heard that because the album was so far behind schedule, and Coverdale had to recover from nasal surgery, that DC and Geffen fired them all, due to lack of funding.

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      Yep, and he's been sitting on that 10 ml for 20 years.

  • @maclaybill1967
    @maclaybill1967 2 года назад

    John Sykes was great...he could hold one not for a while and make it sing!!

  • @wolfgangrittner6637
    @wolfgangrittner6637 3 года назад +2

    A guitar god! Everyone knows who he is and how awesome his playing and singing are! Underrated, no fucking way! Top of the guitar chain for sure! (had to edit this in): better be making more music. Now is the time to kick it in the ass uno mass! Cmon please put some super group together and murder(blue)...

  • @timsmith7899
    @timsmith7899 2 года назад +1

    John and Steve Lukather my 2 favourite guitarists.

  • @ziegunerweiser
    @ziegunerweiser 2 года назад

    a friend of mine had a bootleg video of thin lizzy with gary moore and john sykes

  • @macdaddy1149
    @macdaddy1149 3 года назад +2

    John is a Guitar God and was one of my biggest influences as a guitarist. He wrote an album that sold 20 million plus but got screwed by Coverdale as did Neil Murray and Anynsly Dunbar. Luckily John got credit on the album and got royalties but him playing with Whitesnake live would have been so much better. Slip of the Tongue probably would have been a much better Album had he been in the chair. I love Steve Vai but John gave WhiteSnake the sound that put them on the map world wide. You can find him playing Crying in the Rain live online . It was before he Recorded the 87 release. Also listen to the original version of Crying in the Rain by WhiteSnake then what John did to it and you’ll see why John is held in such high regard among Guitarist

  • @maclaybill1967
    @maclaybill1967 2 года назад

    Blue Murder was CRAZY GOOD!!!!

  • @jesgarcia9556
    @jesgarcia9556 2 года назад +1

    Im glad he has money n is doing ok wish him the best

  • @AB-ou2xl
    @AB-ou2xl 2 года назад

    In the beginning it was dark...and out of the dark came the light...and out of the light came John Sykes..and so it was on that day..

  • @dgs931
    @dgs931 3 года назад +3

    Thunderfingers

  • @drockny
    @drockny 2 года назад

    Great facts and info but that background music was dreadful.

  • @paffalconsvoice4883
    @paffalconsvoice4883 3 года назад

    Music link plz

  • @tangerinerose3724
    @tangerinerose3724 3 года назад +1

    John is a roaring lion and his music shows that!!
    Love you John ❤️🌹

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      Not been doin much roaring in the last 20 years though eh Rosie.? More like a hibernating tortoise who forgets to wake up...

  • @craigpriceguitarist
    @craigpriceguitarist 3 года назад +9

    No 21 for the last 13 years he hasn't done jack

    • @Madmaz70Bo87
      @Madmaz70Bo87 3 года назад

      That name is so familiar who are you?

    • @megaduck7965
      @megaduck7965 3 года назад +1

      I suspect depression will do that to you , as apparently you can’t get him out the house a lot of the time

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      @@Madmaz70Bo87 what.!! You know Pricey.? .... guitar player with Slack Babbath, Deep Turtle, Starey Stan,
      Black Coat Wythenshaw, Rod Tungsten, Fishbone Rash and Slightshake.. I love him..

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      @@megaduck7965 I think I saw him puttin the bins out last Tuesday....

    • @2760ade
      @2760ade 2 года назад

      @@mozartsmate6358 Naah! That was his mom! He was hiding under the bed.....

  • @micheladerry5681
    @micheladerry5681 2 года назад

    John is hot

  • @shamitbikramshah8577
    @shamitbikramshah8577 3 года назад +3

    He was in Thin Lizzy when he auditioned for Ozzy?

  • @maclaybill1967
    @maclaybill1967 2 года назад +1

    Ok JOHN BACK TO WORK NOW!!!!!

  • @rodrigofrigo4509
    @rodrigofrigo4509 2 года назад +2

    ...unsuccesfull for auditioning for Ozzy, was that madman came for rehearsal completely drunk...Sykes drop out for Dio due to low payment...U$ 200 week and no rights and fair splits till fourth record...he did not have audition for Thin Lizzy, he met Phill and record a solo track for him...bad facts...try harder next time...

  • @nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251
    @nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251 3 года назад +1

    Should never have left the tygers

    • @DoubleD72
      @DoubleD72 3 года назад +2

      Then he would have never made those millions.

    • @chircoj1
      @chircoj1 3 года назад

      The first two albums are extraordinary. Jess Cox!

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      Or the lions, elephants, giraffes, and penguins... He should never have quit that job at Blackpool Zoo in 1979.....

  • @ejdtm
    @ejdtm 3 года назад

    10 million? No wonder he hasn’t done shit in years.

  • @rjlong89
    @rjlong89 3 года назад +2

    Youd think hed be a great fit for Ozzy

    • @mikewalker1885
      @mikewalker1885 3 года назад +6

      I think ozzy, or more likely Sharon, preferred to work with people they could push around, yes men.. I think John is too much his own man to be bossed about, they probably realised this and chose Jake e lee instead.

    • @MrIgorek13
      @MrIgorek13 3 года назад

      Nope he is not

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад

      faIled the audition years ago.

    • @dududu5189
      @dududu5189 2 года назад +2

      Ozzy & Sharon both act as Mongy as they look.

  • @chuckwagon5518
    @chuckwagon5518 3 года назад +1

    I've been playing guitar for 30 years and I've never heard of this guy.

    • @DoubleD72
      @DoubleD72 3 года назад +6

      then that is 30 years wasted or you simply don't pay attention. this guys tone and playing is second to none. one of the most underrated Guitar players in Rock.

    • @thedigitalemotion
      @thedigitalemotion 3 года назад +5

      Where the hell have you been Chuck?

    • @megaduck7965
      @megaduck7965 3 года назад +3

      @@DoubleD72 30 years wasted because they haven’t heard of one player 😂😂

    • @mozartsmate6358
      @mozartsmate6358 2 года назад +1

      @@thedigitalemotion he's been with me in the land of real music.

    • @dududu5189
      @dududu5189 2 года назад

      Next you'll be telling us you haven't heard of *Hasil Adkins...*

  • @andymartin813
    @andymartin813 2 года назад +1

    When Sykes and Vai left the band… Whitesnake kinda went downhill.