(July,29th 1959 – December 2024)
was an English guitarist
and singer,
best known as
a member of
Whitesnake,
Thin Lizzy
and
Tygers of Pan Tang.
He also fronted
the hard rock group
Blue Murder
and released
several solo albums.
Following a stint in the
heavy metal band
Tygers of Pan Tang
in the early 1980s,
Sykes joined Irish
hard rock group
Thin Lizzy
for their 1983 album
Thunder and Lightning.
He then joined
Whitesnake
with whom he
recorded the
multi-platinum-selling self-titled
1987 album.
However,
Sykes was fired
from the band
before the record's release
under acrimonious circumstances,
which led to him
forming his own group
Blue Murder.
After two albums
and a live record,
he embarked on a
solo career.
For the remainder
of the 1990s
and early 2000s,
Sykes split his time
between his solo career
and a reformed
Thin Lizzy,
which he fronted
until 2009,
when he left to
focus on
his solo career.
