true..

He was robbed of his rightful fame. I'm sure he received his money, but that's not the most important thing in life, is it?

He fuck, i remember him with thin lizzy in 1983 at Reading rock. Was pretty average at the best. Brainwashed fan boys🤔😂😂. Its a wonder he can play at all with all the fan boys crawling in and out of his arse, must b bloody painful 🤣.

Meh…

@@multiversos1 Money is very important, since he hasn’t released an album or done anything music wise in 15 years that money comes in handy.

He was impossible to copy. His vibrato is immense and unique

cold sweat ... in the bar

@@theonlyredspecial vibrato, is in his finger or equipment, I am not professional. I saw so many Great guitar heroes even SRV live in Austin, but I am obviously obsessed with John tight and heavy playing. One and Only!

@@MrIgorek13 all in his fingers he has such a wide and expressive vibrato. Love his playing.

@@theonlyredspecial ty much!

That's why he had to go, I guess. 😒

Awesome..great memories with dad

damn right . sexy tone

helped created by none other than Bob rock.

Gibson Les Paul with Dirty Fingers pickups into a Mesa Boogie amp. Yes. THAT is the tone.

@@Hehehe-hf7rq Nice! It was Bob Rock that also created the legendary guitar tone on Crüe's Dr Feelgood. The man is a metal genius.

Album title???

Agreed! Took Steve Vai & Adrian Vandenberg both at the same time to replace him.

Who

Absolutely.

@sumdyude Vai yes. Vandenberg no.

John wasn't underrated at all. Those of us who grew up with him and followed his progress, always ranked him amongst the best.

Well said I totally agree!!

AsThey ALL Stand meekly by!!!!!!

I only own two Whitesnake albums. The rest are unnecessary.

I realize Im kind of randomly asking but do anybody know a good website to watch new tv shows online ?

@Decker Fletcher Flixportal

John Paul exactly .

Sykes is sick !!!

Because John is Godlike .

When he says, "as we look meekly on..." that means just what everyone is saying, that Sykes is "God like" on the guitar - so much that all we can do is simply look "meekly" on. meek·ly /ˈmēklē/ Learn to pronounce adverb in a quiet, gentle, and submissive manner. "to keep the peace, she nodded meekly and smiled" Coverdale committed probably one of the biggest injustice to rock n roll by replacing this guy. At the same time, Coverdale summed up his stint with the great John Sykes by saying, "If John (Sykes) just acted on .02 common sense, he will be alright..."

Meekly is not jealousy , it is being submissive to the power present . David acknowledges the talent of john .. It isn't necessarily jealousy here.

Just a pity he was a bit of a knob cheese. Unfortunately it seems like most Legends are

@@jackshit3355 His lack of output is indicative of somebody who very inconsistent or annoys enough people to get stuck with himself

@@jackshit3355 - What makes you say that? I met John Sykes several times and he was about as cool and humble as you would hope.

quite right

@@CaribSurfKing1 He's released a number of 'Sykes' albums that only saw US releases. He also spent a large part of the mid - late 90s and 2000s on the road with the boys from Thin Lizzy

well said

Both ego’s you mean?

@@ericnootebos5855 why did they part ways?

@@Hehehe-hf7rq i did read it was because coverdale wasn't really happy about the fact, that he shared the spotlight with sykes... but not sure about that 100%

100% agree. David said in a recent interview that he has been reaching out to everyone he has ever had a problem with to bury the hatchet, and he said so far, Sykes is the only one who hasn't replied to him. It is a total shame. Egos suck.

The master rite here

Good taste 😊👌🏼

Add Uli Roth and the list is done

Frank Marino!

You had me at Rhoads, Schenker, and Sykes! Throw in some Bettencourt, Dimebag Darrel, Zakk Wylde, Lynch and EVH!

Best decade ever

💯 agree

The Golden Age of Guitar and Rock / Metal. It could only go one way after that.........down.

a natural

@@drpaulmasonphd Once again it’s Dr. Know it all... the guy ranting about Eric Sykes the English tv writer while everyone else is talking about John Sykes the guitarist. What better way to embarrass yourself by not knowing what the hell you’re talking about while trying to pretend you do!

Dr Paul Mason. JS made Whitesnake in the US. Him and Bob Rock created the sound that is legendary.

hes unreal, but there are literally dozens who are "better". he did create an amazing album with WS, yes, & his sound & solos were awesome, but come on?

Roberto Crescenza Where do you think Zakk Wylde got his crazy pitch harmonic bends?? He took that straight outta Syke's playbook...

@@ChucksterOLove and of course Zakks idol Randy Rhoads.

Check out Tigers of Pan Tang to.

One of the best vibratos in the history of guitar playing!

Mike N ow yeah i think his way better tbh just not credited enough. For sure his top in the world.

me too

that's how real rock guitarist does it

No wonder why Coverdale was quite jealous of him! 😅

Thomas Ericson hahaha yeah

@@JohnSykesFan you sir are a genius and that Album is one of the best ever thanks to you!

I believe John was a multiple threat to David..John Sykes can shredd like no other, sing, compose and very easy on the eyes. Total rockstar package!

@@REDWASP777 mmmmm if i do say so myself. so right pamela even to this day he still looks good. It's hard to believe he is 61 now. I could listen to him play guitar all day . i just love his tone and his voice to.

@@JohnSykesFan 🎸 John is the best player ❤

ahahaha...indeed!! both on beast mode ! ..while David was desperately looking for his lost tune! Poor Davie! 😂

IKR! He couldn't handle JS's talent. So obvious. I see that DC is a catty, borderline petty musician. He sabotaged JS when he saw that once the songwriting, guitar playing and JS's looks (yes, DC petty AF) would be in the same spotlight as his very good but not great singing, he gutted JS and formed a radio friendly band with guys who couldn't/didn't overshadow him.

Terribly off!

Coverversion is way overrated. Sykes, Murry & Powell could have done thos without him. DC should have stayed backstage doing rails of Rio blow and primping his hair.

You high???

He’s consistently flat. 😬

He was good during early Whitesnake years...from the Slide it In album tour on with MTV and worldwide concerts he really went downhill...he changed his singing style a lot over the years too from a deeper and thunderous voice to a higher and screaming tone...I think that was not his natural and most suitable range and it ended up totally ruining his voice...

Yeah he might have wrote some rhythm parts for songs like Looking for Love, Is This Love, Don't Turn Away etc. but it's very obvious the bulk of the riffs are pure John.. especially shit like Children Of The Night, Bad Boys, You're Gonna Break My Heart Again.. just oozing pure Sykes goodness!

Shit's about as true as Mustaine saying he sang Marty's solos to him lmao..

@@FerusZaz i dont think he really did. If you listen to the debut Blue Murder album you'll see every single riff composed on the 1987 sounds 100% like him. Sykes has also stated that Coverdale could barely play the guitar when he joined, so nah. I dont know if he can play any other instrument but if he couldnt, then he just wrote the lyrics which are pretty shit if you ask me lmao. But he was a great singer (here... Not really lol)

@@madden7732 Oh I don't disagree that at LEAST the overwhelming majority of guitar parts on 1987 were written by Sykes. Even the main part of Is This Love is more than slightly evoked in Runaway by Blue Murder. I just mean I wouldn't be in complete disbelief if Coverdale wrote something like the chorus to Don't Turn Away or something more subtle like that.

There is also the BS that Keith Olsen brought in Dan Huff to perform a lot of the guitar parts. This solo here proves Keith was full of shit. It's about note for note the same one on the album.

Pure jealousy 🤣. You don't hold a candle to John. He's better than you, Dave, in every way possible!

Hahah yeah, Fil comments very fucking well what's happening on the video :D

It's called, 'autotune'.

Coverdale. I loved him as a singer. But you are right. Live he struggled immensely. Studio was his forte.

@@theonlyredspecial must b a different Coverdale to the 1 i remember seeing live HEADLINING monsters of rock in 1983 with meatloaf and zz top supporting, and 1n 1990 with Aerosmith supporting them. The same Coverdale who never once struggled to sing. The same Coverdale who fronted deep purple with Ritchie Blackmore on guitar in early 70s, a REAL guitar god of the highest standards,and was never overshadowed by or jealous of him. Dont know now old you are, but ur knowledge of whitesnake and David Coverdale is very limited.

@@glenturney4750 Autotune is for pop stars who suck, lol.

You can tell he's having trouble with his monitors - right about three minutes in he makes a couple of signals to indicate that

huskvarsm did u meet him

it's Cozy on drums

John is pretty fast tbh, I think those who try to dig deeper on 1987, eventually find Sykes like I did. The guitarwork just blew me away I had to know!