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“Excuse me, Mr. Dylan”: How Reb Beach introduced Bob Dylan to the Floyd Rose – and taught him how to tune his guitar

The Whitesnake, Winger and Alice Cooper guitarist joined Dylan for a 1987 movie, and they jammed every day

Guitar World

“I saw something coming at me and was about to catch it, then it blew up about six feet in front of me. I went up in the air. I was totally out, unconscious on my back”: Steve Vai recalls his on-stage calamities with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake

“You can call this The Tale Of Two Davids!” Vai says

MusicRadar

"A glossy heavy metal album that doesn't quite have the songs to make it stand out from the crowd, despite the talent of the players": John Sykes, Carmine Appice and Tony Franklin conjure up a cult favourite on debut Blue Murder album

After being let go by Whitesnake, John Sykes returned with supergroup Blue Murder and a debut album that failed at the box office

Louder

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"Roses are pink, violets are blue, I love Whitesnake and these are for you!" David Coverdale would like to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day

Melodic rock's most romantic frontman has a lovin' message to share

Louder

“I was completely blown away... He’d only just joined the band! He was the same age as me but he totally left me choking in his dust”: Remembering John Sykes, the powerhouse rock journeyman who breathed new life into Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy

A personal tribute to the Tygers of Pan Tang and Blue Murder guitarist, who passed in January at 65

Guitar World

John Sykes obituary

Guitarist and songwriter who worked with Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake

The Guardian - UK

“His thumbprint is an indelible part of the Whitesnake record he did. The fatness of that record and the rock integrity it had was all him”: Steve Vai followed John Sykes in Whitesnake – and he quickly decided what not to do when playing his parts

Of course, it wasn't a chops issue so much as it was the late guitarist's unique six-string footprint

Guitar World

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"I never wanted it to be just about me": John Sykes on Blue Murder, the band he formed after leaving Whitesnake

A rare interview with the late John Sykes, who died this week at the age of 65 – and some personal memories from Myles Kennedy

Louder

“John introduced a heavier, more intense element that Phil Lynott absolutely embraced”: How guitar hero John Sykes revitalised Thin Lizzy

A personal tribute from fellow Thin Lizzy member Darren Wharton

MusicRadar

“His work with Tygers of Pan Tang was by far my favorite of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal”: Tributes pour in for Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang guitarist John Sykes

The hard rock guitar great passed away earlier this week after a battle with cancer

Guitar World

“He and I played some sweet music together. He was a great musician”: Thin Lizzy legend Scott Gorham pays tribute to his former bandmate John Sykes

Sykes also starred for Whitesnake in the '80s

MusicRadar

Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes dies

Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes has died of cancer at the age of 65.

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Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dies aged 65 after cancer battle

The musician died after a ‘hard-fought battle with cancer’, a statement said.

The Independent UK

“Always one of my favorite guitarists – what a loss”: John Sykes, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang guitarist, dies at 65

The hard rock guitar legend had been suffering from cancer

Guitar World

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Former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dead at 65

The death of John Sykes, whose contributions to Whitesnake spurred them to become one of the biggest-selling bands of the eighties, has been confirmed

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“I fell off the bed laughing!” Why Jimmy Page thought a Whitesnake video was hilarious - and why he ended up making an album with that band’s singer David Coverdale

“Shall we get this story straight?” Page said

Guitar World

“We knew listeners usually wanted a memorable song rather than an insane guitar solo or riff, but we wanted to be extreme”: Jason Becker and Marty Friedman on their wild ride making Cacophony’s Go Off! – one of the Eighties’ most in-your-face shred albums

With dreams of being the next Poison or Whitesnake, two young shred virtuosos took their songwriting to the next level for their 1988 Shrapnel Records classic

Metal Hammer

“We had a plan. Jesus Christ, are you kidding? My whole plan was to make an album that sells more than the last one”: How Whitesnake shed their skin and made a solid gold hard rock classic with the 1987 album

David Coverdale looks back on the making of Whitesnake’s hair metal-era classic 1987

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“There was a 50/50 chance that I’d be able to sing again - and we were $3m in debt!”: The dramatic story of an ’80s rock blockbuster

You know things are bad when your guitarist tries to kick you out of your own band!

Metal Hammer

“People gravitate towards success. They say, ‘I want to play with Dio.’ I’ve always been able to surround myself with the top guys”: How Ronnie James Dio escaped Black Sabbath and launched one of metal‘s greatest solo careers

Singer, band leader, icon – this is the story of Ronnie James Dio’s epic solo career

Louder

Wonderful high-def clips of old Top Of The Pops performances are appearing on YouTube

Featuring Gillan, Thin Lizzy, Suzi Quatro, Whitesnake, Motörhead, Meat Loaf, 10cc, The Who, Max Webster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Queen and more

Louder

Dead Daisies guitarist Doug Aldrich diagnosed with throat cancer

Former Whitesnake, Dio and Revolution Saints guitarist Doug Aldrich will be replaced for upcoming Dead Daisies shows in Europe

Metal Hammer

“Were Black Sabbath heavy metal? They were? Then I guess we are too”: How Tool pushed back the boundaries of metal and prog with 10,000 Days

Mystery, secrecy and Arsenal FC – the world of prog metal heavyweights Tool is like no other

Louder

"There has been no better ambassador for the electric guitar": Bernie Marsden, remembered

Best known for co-founding Whitesnake and as a writer of some of their classic songs, Bernie Marsden spent a lifetime walking in the shadow of the blues

Guitar World

“He came over and he said, 'You did a really good job up there.' I thought, 'Man, my guitar was off…’” Whitesnake’s Joel Hoekstra on the time Ace Frehley complimented his guitar playing… even though he wasn’t actually playing anything

Hoekstra says he only “really understood” the KISS veteran after partaking in an intimate and exclusive jam, during which Frehley insisted on cranking his amp to ear-splitting volumes

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