It described him as a "thoughtful, kind, and charismatic man whose presence lit up the room" and said that, in his final days, he had expressed a "sincere love and gratitude for his fans". Sykes ...

A fiery guitarist and strong singer with a mane of wavy blond hair, Sykes is best known for his work on Whitesnake's eponymous 1987 seventh album, for which he cowrote nearly every track - including ...

Sykes appeared on two Whitesnake albums and co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs, including Still Of The Night and Is This Love. He began his career in 1980 with heavy metal band Tygers Of ...