5 KILLER RIFFS - Whitesnake 1987
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It’s a great video. Your tone is amazing.
You have beautiful hair, friend
Love ain't no strange!!???
Very, very nice! Persevere all you guys! And you are a great guitar player and know how to tone a guitar, amazing haha
They had balls when they created ,stuff it was not all push button crap !
Like it is today!😢
A lot of people make fun of 80s metal because of the hairstyles and fashion but the 80s did produce some of the most technically proficient guitar players rock music has ever seen.
80s and Earlies 90s Hard Rock >>>> 90s grunge and Alt Rock
90s Guitarists: Bill Leverty, Pete Lesperance, Steve Brown.
Everything about the 80’s was awesome.. I unfortunately was born a little too late to enjoy it lol.
Let’s remember how powerful the 80’s was. Even US politicians had senate hearings over rock lyrics. Man those lyrics and sus chords powered that whole genre of music.
Who? LOL.
Sykes is way more tasteful and restrained with his pinch harmonics than Wylde is.
coda creator I agree. I’m surprised more people don’t agree.
totally agree, plus he had a wide, sick, controlled vibrato that for me is second to none.
bradford knights I know....and without fail hits them on the low E...up and down the neck...
I agree but Zakk's early style is more tasteful than his later stuff with BLS in my opinion. Sykes and Wylde are my top 2 guitarist!
John Sykes was the most underrated guitarist of the 80's. He's definitely my #2 favorite guitarist right behind Eddie.
Agreed
Chad Hudson just a killer player
I totally agree. Listen to his Thin Lizzy stuff.
Whitesnake > Led Zeppelin Yeah I said it! (in some ways, IMO, but not as prolific) :-)
Sykes is an amazing guitarist with tone and riffs to die for. His stint with Thin Lizzy on the Thunder & Lightning album is brilliant. Some of his earlier stuff with Tygers of Pan Tang also worth checking out.
Sykes is like the personification of what the perfect badass rock player is . Great melodic taste . Perfect balance between feeling and agreesive chops . Instinct to write timeless songs . Along Randy Rhoads And king Edward make the great trinity of 80s . For me the most underrated of the greatests of all times
Precisely!
Sykes is the complete package. Killer player, singer, and can be a front man. Writes insane riffs. He is the truth.
To be fair the whole album is killer.
TestarossaRocks, absolutely! Still one of my favorites to this day and I’ve had it since its release. I was 13 years old when it was released and I moved on to heavier and darker Metal but I continued to love this album and I still play it often.
Julian Ortiz right on!
Whitesnake´s "1987" is propably one of the greatest heavy-rock albums of all time.
It´s just a shame,all the bullshit that happened behind the scenes of the production of this record,which culminated with Coverdale firing Sykes and pretty much the entire band.
P.S. Zakk Wylde actually mentions John Sykes often,when he´s asked about influences.
Had that not happened, we might not have gotten that first Blue Murder album, and that would be a damn shame.
John Sykes was such a badass. That album would have never been without him imo. Great video!!
George Lynch, John Sykes, jake e lee. the best from the 80's
You forgot Randy roads and eddie van halen for starters!
warren demartini
Matthias Jabs from Scorpions I would add on the list
My three favs too...
Vito!!
Whitesnake seriously has 2 songs called 'Don't break my heart again' and 'You're gonna break my heart again'
ffs David hahahaha
Yeah, and they're in the same key. Probably the later one originated as a jam of the earlier. David admitted that Children Of The Night was born with him and Sykes just messing around with Burn. And David really likes to revisit his earlier works to reinvent them in some way.
Yes I always get confused between those two 😅😂
Now I want to listen to the whole Whitesnake album again after thirty years of not hearing it.
Excellent job.
In a year of AMAZING albums I believe the Eponymous Whitesnake album was the best of the year. One of the last of the true great albums with hardly a poorly written (none of the songs were bad, imo!) song in the entire collection. It definitely required a full listening of every song unlike the incredibly abysmal shite cobbled together today just to be able to claim the album status.
@@KCJAM1 musically and guitar wise, the albums id kust as great as it gets. Lyrically, i think its pretty shit, Coverdale's lyrics are not really the strongest point in the band haha but great singer thats for sure!
FireHouse had some badass riffs too yes hair metal but the guitarist shreds those 80 grind chords. Next maybe? .\m/.
Definitely! Bill Leverty is amazing and one of my favorites, right up there with Satriani, Criss Oliva, Matthias Jabs, and Zakk Wylde.
That opening Still of the Night riff has always been one of my favorites. You've just inspired me to go learn some of the other riffs from that album.
True story, I mentioned the word "riff" one time and my wife was like "what's a riff?" -- I said, "okay, hold on" and then proceeded to play Still of the Night. Asked and answered!
The riff you play when you want to explain riffs! It is that good.
Give Me All Your Love Tonight is SUCH a proto-John Sykes riff! Killer!
So many great WS riffs. Love the wide and fat tone in those songs. Great stuff 🎸😎👍
John Sykes, those riffs, those harmonies, it made me come back to guitar in 87 and Here I go again now ! I just need a les paul now ! Blue Murder is one of my favorites too !
Thank you raiding John Sykes’s name. It breaks my heart that he’s not mentioned in magazines or most online pages. What he did and created as a musician is one of a kind. He’s directly from Mount Olympus. Eddie Trunk is one of the few people from that era who still talks to John. More people should praise the name of the British Lion, Sir John Sykes. Cheers!
So true
These are the best riffs of all time. Sykes is such a monster player.
I’m so glad to see some love for John Sykes! HUGE tone. Dan Gower gets that huge tone with his modded plexis. I want one but a Les Paul custom is calling my name
John Sykes is one of my all time favorites. Great playing man. Cheers.
In my opinion 80s guitar hasn't been beaten, I love it, so many great bands.
IMO, Whitesnake one of the very best heavy Rock bands ever.. They took a step backwards when Sykes was politicked out, but are now once again in good hands with Joel Hoekstra..
Crying in the Rain is my favorite solo of all time. It's really beautiful and vicious!
“ Featuring Mr John Sykes on guitar while the rest of us look on meekly “
Love that the hair configuration serves as a visual aid to indicate talking or playing moments of the video. Like, "damn, his hair is loose, here comes the song!"
Hahaha exactly!
This is one of your best videos! Sykes is my favorite along with the boys from Queensryche. You should do a QR 5 favorite riffs.
QR is next!
Dude, you are bang on. Sykes is a master! And QR are metal architects!
Awesome, I can’t wait to watch it.
I could NEVER choose 5 for QueensRyche. They have a KILLER riff in literally every song since the Prophecy. DeGarmo was 1 of my biggest guitar idols from 84 until Promised Land. I was literally at their 1st EVER show in Portland, Oregon. If you choose to do QR next you'd better choose wisely. You know EVER QR fan on Earth is going to put you under a microscope. Choosing 5 riffs from them would be impossible for me, and I know every riff they ever done, front & back.
Looking forward to seeing what you choose. And don't choose ANY After DeGarmo left of course. That will piss all QR fans off lol.
Sykes' prominent left hand slides (ala the glissando opening to Still of the Night) blew my fragile little mind back in '88. lol
Man, all his noises blew my mind, i was just getting in to guitar and I had no idea how he was getting some of the sounds on that album (and to some some extent still don't :D) The guitar sound on this album is unbelievable.......and that vibrato.........and those harmonics........the palm muting.......the HUGE bends......ok, i'll stop now :D
I was expecting children of the night. That riff is epic 🤘
My god I love those riffs! That sounds so good man, great video as always mate!
And please more from Gary Moore 🎸🎸🎸
Soon!
* puts Emperor Palpatine voice on *
*DEWWWWWW IT!!!*
Gary Moore, Corridors of Power album, with its own Gonna Break My Heart Again
Btw, I completely wrote this whole part (indie tune) on that C/D opening chord, the “whitesnake queensryche dokken whitelion pinkfloyd chord”... ruclips.net/video/3l7xdStLvg4/видео.html
The commentary in between riffs is valuable. Keep it up.
Absolutely superb content. I love Whitesnake and am old enough to remember when the 1987 album was first released. This video brought back so many memories and immediately made me pick up my LP and crank my JCM 800. You play these riffs with genuine enthusiasm and I loved the expression you made when picking those natural harmonics on Bad Boys. Well done Leon.
Love the content and it’s always refreshing to hear someone else’s take on another amazing guitarist and their tone. You’ve given so much to the art and your love for it shows!
Screw the haters Leon.
50k subs can’t be wrong!
KILLER! and your playing and tone are spot-on! JOHN SYKES - the original ZAKK WYLDE!
People always kinda crap on John Sykes lead playing but he is the whole package, you ALWAYS know when John Sykes is playing and that is the true test of a Guitar Hero!
Do they? I've only always LOVED his stuff.
Yea I’m in a couple Facebook groups for Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore and a lot of people don’t like Sykes. And maybe it’s really just him with Lizzy they don’t like.
I can always tell the sound of Sykes, even from my Tygers of Pantang albums.
This video was effin great! I love Whitesnake and always thought they had killer riffs. Great job!
Straight for the heart is my favorite track, just as good now as when I heard it at age 16 back in 1987...
Great tune!
a fellow 71 model
Great song. Probably the cheesiest one (sounds like a very happy Japanese anime song lmao), but its a banger for sure!
Great vid! I'm a huge Sykes fan as well. Rock on!
„Play authentic“😁😂😎
@Rumy 73 think he's pointing out the black tape over the headstock.
Rumy 73 I do, believe me 🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸
4,000 guitar and goes out of tune with a couple of riffs..🎩
He was pointing out that his “authentic “ guitar was going out of tune!! Lol
“My guitar is going out of tune. Play “authentic”!!
Sorry I want my guitars staying in tune, got rid of all my “authentic” junk for actual quality guitars, and they cost less money too!! LOL
Awesome playing! I love it that you enjoy some killer 80's double stop riffs
Sykes, golden Riff Master. Great as always Todd!🤘 and your ending words are spot on..
Stunning, thank you Leon. Enjoy your solos more than the song themselves, amazing clarity and what an album!
Bad Boys is my favourite Whitesnake riff too! Just sick!
Leon, Smokin!! Sir That Tone Is Just Superb!
“ZZ Top on cocaine and Aquanet.” 🤣🤣🤣🤘
I've listened to this killer album MANY times over, and I was scratching my head in confusion on that last track "You're gonna break my heart again". Then, I went down the rabbit hole, and found out, it wasn't released on the North American version of the album (at least not the original 1987 version). So, looks like it's time to listen to the 2 tracks I missed out on.
Anyhow, great video, loved it!
2 of my faves!
WhiteSnake is such an amazing band. Coverdale was an absolutely insanely incredible singer. And he’s had some of the best guitarist ever aligned. Sykes, Vandenberg, Vai and Campbell? I mean come on now. 4 of the best in history. Freakn amazing songs that are just as good or even better decades later.
Awesome video as always dude! John Sykes has always been one of my all time favourite guitarists too! So glad you included "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" - super under appreciated track!
John Sykes was brilliant, incredible player and writer
Listen to his playing with ‘Blue Murder’. ✌🏽
Awsome, One Of My Favorite Hard Rock Albums!
I just learned (like you have) John is very versatile......who knew he could sing so well and play so great too?
Another great video Leon, thanks man! We love the same music mate, if you weren't on the other side of the world we could jam Sykes riffs all day! I was in a band with Chris Tsangarides (Thunder and Lightening producer and many others) so I know a bit about Sykes and his sound, you did an awesome job
You mentioned your love for Queensryche ,would love hear you break down some of their early albums, so much variety in those albums
thanks for mentioning "you're gonna break my heart again" it's probably my favorite from the record.
Great playing Leon, i also loved John Sykes in a Blue Murder too. I’m a little bummed bc I was really hoping for more instruction on playing these killer riffs, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Your tone is spot on.
I'll do a video soon!
You did this perfectly. Listening to you boiling this album down was sublime...!
Thankyou!!
A tutorial would be good on these few killer riffs , great video leon
This album is a real gem! Great job, congrats!
Makin' the 80s Great Again!
Holy Hell! That tone! It's f-cking HUGE! Is that the Axe-FX?
Yes indeed. It's the MK IV model in there
Totally get the thing when you wrote your own riffs years ago and now you get where borrowed, lend or stole it from. In my case that being George Lynch riffs and The Black Crowes harmonies. Great Video on the master John Sykes. The 1987 and the Blue Murder debut album are treasures.
John Sykes rules show us some tygers as well
Awesome stuff. I am glad to have found this channel. I will definitely check out your band!
"You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" unfortunately was not on the original 1987 US release. :( Related, (and I am sure you have) check out "Don't Break My Heart Again" from 1981's Come An Get It.
One of my favorites off 1987 is the outro to "Don't Turn Away". If I really had to choose, 1987 and Still Of The Night I would say are my favorite album and song of all time.
That chord in there you said sounds like something you'd hear in Queensryche, when you played it immediately my mind went to early grunge -- Pearl Jam/Temple of the Dog stuff. I am sure that is no coincidence.
*BAD BOYS!!!* Awesome playing and interpretations! Sykes is one of the best ever, he took Coverdale to the next level and Dave never forgave him for it!!!
I so wished they would get back together, but they break was permament. Imagine if Sykes was on Slip of thr Tongue?
Love that tone and clearly you enjoy playing them. 👍👍👍
Complexity and emotion through simplicity. Take note every Kiezel guitarist ever.
I'm seventeen(going to be 18 there months later), and when I was twelve or so, I remember my uncle playing songs on his car. Three bands stuck out for me(Rasmus, Judas Priest and White Snake). I asked him for these three bands. And I must say. When I heard the entire Whitesnake album(especially Still On The Night, Crying In The Rain and Looking for Love), my head was spinning at the end. I wanted it more. That was my first intro to shred.
What an introduction!
@@LeonTodd well, I heard scorpions before, but man, Whitesnake was just next level to me. And that's how I discovered Steve Vai, when I searched for the band members.
At present I'm into some prog stuffs, like Jason Becker, Jason Richardson, Symphony X, Dream Theater, Angel Vivaldi, Polyphia, etc.
@@an_38kitkashyap that's really cool. I did a very similar thing back when I was teenager back before you had RUclips and music streaming sites, so it felt like a secret world discovering that stuff.
On 1987 there's also a killer clean guitar part on "Is this love" Demo that sometime! :)
Simply.....AwEsOmE ! ! ! Love hearing your John Sykes thoughts and videos. His style along with Gary Moore during his aggressive days, shaped me as a guitarist. John's riff writing along with Ty Tabor and Jerry Cantrell brought it all together :-) :-)
I've never seen anyone cover Sykes so effectively or accurately. Awesome playing, man!
Thanks man! I loved this album growing up so it was a lot of fun to get in to the details with it.
@@LeonTodd I keep coming back. 87 is my all time favorite album, hands down. I was 22 when it came out and RUINED everything I'd been listening to... Saw Whitesnake with Motley Crue headlining and argued with some random 12 year old who thought Mick Mars was the most gifted guitarist to grace planet Earth... The other thing that stood out to me about that show was that while I'd been a fan of both Vandenberg and Dio, I really, really wanted to see Sykes. Now, I wouldn't bother to spend the money. Coverdale has been touring with a cover band since '88...
I have loved white snake forever! Remember screaming down the highway in my 68 Mustang White Snake blaring!
So many memories of this album when I was a teenager. Sykes was a monster. Loved some of his solo stuff too.
that album still in rotation on my playlist great album
Great demo. I loved Whitesnake. When this album came out I was 13-14 years old and was totally blown away by it. My friends and I spent a lot of time figuring out the riffs and solos. John Sykes is such an underrated guitarist.
Fantastic video Leon..one of the greatest records ever!
Blue Murder is amazing.
Great video Leon! I’ve learned a few of my favorite riffs from your channel. Thanks man🤘🏻
You mention Zakk but so much of this reminded me of Jake E Lee.
The double picked stuff is very Jake
@@LeonTodd soon as I heard the double picked bit, my old brain screamed bark at the moon.
Hell, most of my stuff is recycled Zeppelin if Blackmore filled in for Ozzy. I'll let you ponder on that.
Great video Leon.
All sykes sons sykes was the real epitome of 80 guitar and if he play today is still scary real deal dude
Awesome Leon! All hail! Wow!
Holy fcuk - aced it, best riff based record, bar none! The huge tone is a must as well, and you had that as well. Kudos.
Amazing Guitar Skills. 👍🏻 Great Man 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Why is your Tokai logo blacked out? Nice riffage.
not tokai but gibson, tokai have a love rock decal, gibson have les paul decal, its diffrent
You will find your answer at the end of the video...
@@riopermadi3509 looks like I need to get my eyes tested
I was fortunate to watch Whitesnake on that tour in 1987. Great White opened up. Of course, Sykes wasn't in the band at the time of the tour however I was fortunate to see Sykes play with Blue Murder back in 1989. IIRC he played this song.
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Loved that! Big fan of the album. You’re an awesome player!
Still of the night is legendary
John Sykes is one of my all time heroes! Great player, and a very cool guy on stage! And even a very good singer, too. So thank's a lot for spreading those riffs!! BTW: I was wondering why you taped over the Gibson Logo on your guitar?
I always thought that Sykes was underrated. To be honest, i didnt know him til this album came out, but man, his riffs were deadly!
Bravo great chords technique on song writings. Thank you LT
Thank you too!
their "Slip of the Tongue" is the best hard rock album of all times :) "Whitesnake 87" is very good too!
Slip of the Tongue was the beginning of the end
@@j1shot2 unfortunately :(
Dude you have an awesome channel, you don't talk to much for peats sake.....your playing is spot on and sounds bad ass... Happy holidays to u and yours...
Thanks man, happy holidays!
I remember buying a Blue Murder album that was crazy good. Anyone have that?
That was an amazing album. Tony Franklin's fretless bass under Sykes guitar and driven by Appice's drums.... That was a hidden gem in the 80's.
@@Easy_Skanking Definitely!
Great video. I always thought "Still of the Night" was more like Deep Purple's "Rat Bat Blue". I think I've still got 1987 on vinyl in the cupboard. 🤘😁🎸
Killer tone mate. One of all time favorite albums.
Great tone Leon!
your tone and the whole youre gonna break my heart again riff is absolutely RIPPIN!! im totally hooked, great stuff dude!
Thanks so much for checking it out!
Amazing compositions my friend.
John Sykes!!! 🤘🤘
Just found this. This inspired me to pull out that album and disect these songs. I had forgotten just how killer they were. Great playing BTW and great tone.
Thankyou! It's my favourite album from that era
Me: notices tape over Gibson logo, Thinks Leon must be pissed at Gibson for some reason...keeps watching video for possible explanation...*11 minutes into video* still no explanation. I then pause video and read comments hoping to find answer then see question about backwards 3-way switch...wtf?... scroll back to video to confirm. indeed it is. I then proceed channel page to scan the titles of last few videos made seeking explanation. none found. alas, I unpause video. *30 secs later * Leon: "I know some of you are dying to know..." Me: You Dirty Bastard!
Same here. I thought it was because he picked up a Chibson and didn't want to pass it off as a real Gibson...hence the upside down 3-way switch.
love the album and your versions sound great 😬 loads of feel