David Coverdale, founder and lead singer of Whitesnake, posted a slideshow Monday featuring photos of Sykes and himself in the ‘80s.

John Sykes, an English guitarist who was a member of both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, died after a hard fought battle with cancer, his official Facebook page said Monday. He was 65. “He will be ...

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 ...