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John Sykes, a hard-rock guitarist and singer who played with Thin Lizzy before joining Whitesnake for its smash 1987 album and later forming Blue Murder, has died of cancer. He was 65. The news ...

Toby Myers, longtime bassist for John Mellencamp and the Todd Rundgren-discovered band Roadmaster, died on Jan. 16 at age 75. “Sadness has entered the Mellencamp band and John over the passing ...

Guitarist John Sykes, who played with the rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65. He helped compose one of the defining power ballads of the late-1980s hair-metal scene in “Is This ...

British guitarist John Sykes, known for his roles in rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65 after a “hard fought battle with cancer.” His death was announced in a statement on ...

Musician John Sykes, the guitarist for Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and more, has died. He was 65. Sykes passed away after battling cancer, according to a post shared on his verified social media ...

Myers joined Mellencamp’s band in 1982 and played bass on everyone of the singer/songwriter’s studio albums from Uh-Huh (1983) through Rough Harvest (1999). Toby also contributed upright bass ...

Bernie Marsdenformer Whitesnake guitarist and 'Here I Go Again' co-writer, dies at 72 Sykes began his career with the heavy-metal band Tygers of Pan Tang before softening his sound slightly for an ...