john sykes is just the best guitar player ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i "physycally"! love him for he is one with his instrument and can take out the soul out of it making you cry,laugh,get horny,anything..AWESOME!!
jimi hendrix 's soul jumped off when he died...and it landed in john sykes body,for he represents hendrix very emotional intentions with his playing....man! he cries with that guitar and he masturbates it at the same time...it's overwhelming,i love this man...
@rockhurstalum09 pluck a natural harmonic on an open string, then put pressure (push or pull) the string behind the nut. It's difficult but with practice you can get it. It has to be done on a guitar without a locking trem system. Hope this helps.
@comebackus Actually, yes I am a guitar player of 30 years. I just meant my comment as a joke of sorts. As I said, I LOVE Sykes playing and look forward to more of his music. I never noticed the faces I make when I'm playing live until I saw video of myself. I actually got that comment I made from my buddy who took the video of my band playing. He said the same about me and thought it was hilarious when I saw it.
He doesnt use his pinky, like Reb Beach that doest use his pinky too...and they are still better than anyone here, Reb Beach is FUCKING awesome too...
Oh, and they gave the drummer a solo spot too. And what do drummers play every time they have a solo? They start playing some super fast double bass things that audience loves of course. It's the same thing as shredding on guitar: Audience loves it and it's the easiest way to play a solo. I think the guitarists or drummers don't really think what they are going to play before their solo and that's another reason why they shred. I liked this solo a lot and like John Sykes too.
If you have a solo spot what else can you do than shred to entertain the audience. They want you to play that fast. If you start doing something extra prog random thing that sounds cool but you have to listen to it carefully the audience doesn't like it that much. Simple shredding is the way to go when you have a solo spot. And somebody said he is selfish. Well I think the band gave him the solo spot. That's where you show your skills. And when you play alone, shredding is the easiest way.
I can honestly say i am willing to go deaf to hearing from 1:26 all the way to 2:45... Like if i were to die listening to my mp3 player... That what i would want to be eternally looped into my hearing
People on Youtube need to grow up and accept someones opinion. You do not have to agree. But cursing someone out over an opinion....Come on, get a life! I certainly don't think Coverdale is going to bury Sykes solos , compromising the quality of the record over jealousy or spite. Never the less get a better mentality than to curse someone out over their opinion. None of us are right all the time. We should be able to express our opinions on here without hateful retaliation.
@1norville oh i'm sorry if ur offended. but u know what? i still think ur either dumb or deaf to say "his solos are just fast and sloppy". ur right, none of us are right all the time but in this case, i know i'm right and ur wrong. thank you.
Do you even play guitar? Dio checked out Vivian Campbell and John Sykes. He picked Vivian Campbell! Because he liked his approach to playing solos. Vivian's solos on Holy Diver and The Last In Line are awesome!!! If you listen to John Sykes on the Still Of The Night cd, most of the solos are mixed at a low volume. This is because his solos are just fast and sloppy! Vivian is actually playing something with great articulation. Sykes has a very fast picking hand, but he is picking nothing special.
@1norville u dumbass LOL. sykes' solos on 1987 are buried after sykes got out of the band because coverdale was jealous. however he couldn't throw sykes' stuff away becauese it was too good. "just fast and sloppy" hahaha. who the fuck do u think ur talking about? do YOU even play guitar? go practice ur retarded ears first.
@ilmasticatore999 Eddie is great, but Sykes is in a league of his own. He played for legendary bands like Tygers of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy, before joining Whitesnake and making them famous. And then there is the matter of Zakk Wylde. No John Sykes, no Zakk Wylde, no bullshit.
Ad hominem attacks...the weakest of all logical fallacies. Attacking the person rather than focusing on the point of the subject matter is intellectually banal.
Hairband or not, and at this time WS was still playing straight up 70's style hard rock, John Sykes was and still is an absolute beast.
Sh1t Hot! One of the UK's finest ever. I know from one of his previous band mates that back in those days he came into practise late, flipped his LP over rolled and smoked a 3 skin J before he even played a note. Legend.
Want to talk about underrated? This guy was before his time. I would put him up against any other guitar player. That Blue Murder album is a masterpiece. Valley of the Kings and Jellyroll are off the chain!
Best guitar player of all time. If it weren't for him, Whitesnake would not be where they are today. His sound is very unique and the way he blends certain notes is just amazing! A lot of people can play guitar, but if the notes don't really blend together, it's useless noise. I hope to be as good a guitar player as he is someday.
@80smetalgal -of all time? not sure id go there, but i agree that hes a very good guitar player--unique sound and he gets alot out of the instrument........
I don't care what any one else thinks. John sykes is a talented guy. To play consistenly for 9 or so minutes, he is amazing. He is brilliant in whitesnake, tygers of pan tang, thin lizzy, blue murder and his self named band john sykes. He may like being in the spotlight but he bloody well deserves it!!
Some guys will feel like cutting me into pieces after what I say now: I cannot relate to that way of burning the fretboard. Back in 1983, when he was in Thin Lizzy I liked his playing, but then, he was kept in check by Phil Lynott and couldn't do that kind of self-display. Many parts of this (yawn) 9-minute-showing-off are pure fretboard wanking. I used to think myself that this was cool before I joined a band and found out that you've got to be a team player instead of a selfish speed king.
Well, the people in Rio seemed to like it pretty well...and 99 other people.
So what if its fret board yanking...its skillful and entertaining fretboard yanking. This was back when every front man on guitar had to be able to stand out there for a few minutes on his won and let it all hang out.
So much unlike the 90s...when Guitar solos disappeared because popular musicians went for selling "radio" hits and ditched guitar solos (mostly because they couldnt play any).
I speak as a guitarist, so don't blame me for this :D
I mean, the skills and the entertaiment are DEFINITELY there, no doubt bout that...
But I think you should play notes of one pound each instead of playing pounds of notes.
You have to give weight and relevance to what you're playing. Back in the 80s was quite difficult to find someone that didn't play TOO much and in the 90s it was the opposite, almost none played ENOUGH :S
Scusa, ma qual'è il problema? Semplicemente non mi piacciono gli eccessi, nè in un modo (assoli dove conta solo fare tutto e in fretta) nè in un altro (non sapere fare nulla e spacciarlo per voluto minimalismo), perchè ritengo più importante suonare note da un chilo piuttosto che chili di note (pensa a Becker accostato a Batio... Stesso genere, ma Jason è molto più rilevante quando suona)
Dov'è il problema?
Se non la pensi come me non c'è bisogno di essere così aggressivo ;)
It's really too bad Coverdale fired Sykes before they really blew up. I would have liked to hear what Whitesnake would have been with him in the group. I guess Coverdale didn't want to have to share the stage with someone who commanded as much presence as John Sykes did. This was pretty impressive.
John is my favorite living guitarist. Criss Oliva is my biggest influence, but John Sykes and Dave Mustaine have had the next biggest impact on my rhythm and soloing.
I'm 19 and I love old metal and heavy rock, today's music blows.
I couldn't help but notice Coverdale's runny nose on stage, it's such a problem with these rock stars. Not sure why.
{coke}
I could hear every guitar part done on the '87 WS record in this solo, and all the other guys (Vandenberg, etc.) in the videos were posing, in every sense of the word.
@AndrewKapper23 To get the notes behind the nut u just pick a harmonic and bend the string behind the nut, works the same as pullin the tremolo out, increasing the pitch...
@jspartacus Ha ha yeah.... but you can tell he's really feeling every note of what he's playing---none of that strapping the guitar under his chin and staring at his fingers, stone faced like a current very popular guitarist whose name I won't mention.
john sykes has always been my favorite guitarist, and everytime i watch this it reminds me why. zakks good but sykes is one of the originators of this style and was playing like this a good ten years before anyone had even heard of zakk. gary moore and john sykes are the best imo :-)
@SpartnPride Al Di Meola or Gary Moore would be fantastic examples of guys who can "shred" like that on a Les Paul. Look up Gary Moore's "The Messiah Will Come".........the 10:12 second version or Al Di Meola "Race With The Devil/Jumping Jack Flash. Enjoy!
@SpartnPride You ain't seen much then, brother. And i mean you no disrespect, but there are plenty of axemen out there, who shred the shit out of Les Paul - Zakk Wylde, Doug Aldrich (also from whitesnake) Buckethead (although I don't like that fucker).. there's a lot, I tell ya ;)
This guy is an ex-girlfriend's ex boyfriend from the early eighties. I used to practice at a studio in his house in a town called Blackpool.
NoFaithNoPain 23 hours ago
Gary 好きのギター弾きはやっぱり、
皆スカッとしてて上手い！
kaz196974 1 week ago
any one notice, ( not in this video) he can sing better than Coverdale?
BAJARACER43X 2 weeks ago
S
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LoveTubeUSA 2 weeks ago
esta mas para un comercial de shampoo que para tocar con Coverdale, horrible
navegante1962 3 weeks ago
Jon Sykes is too epic, Blue Murder far outweighed Whitesnake.
ElChevelle 1 month ago
3:25 did he broke his string???
hahaha omgg
bleedstraker1995meta 1 month ago
Sykes is about a thousand times better than John petrucci , Sykes plays with tons of emotion
MichaelsPortraits 1 month ago
john sykes is just the best guitar player ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i "physycally"! love him for he is one with his instrument and can take out the soul out of it making you cry,laugh,get horny,anything..AWESOME!!
superbatfirenze 1 month ago 2
@superbatfirenze You nailed it!!!
TheShredfester 3 weeks ago
jimi hendrix 's soul jumped off when he died...and it landed in john sykes body,for he represents hendrix very emotional intentions with his playing....man! he cries with that guitar and he masturbates it at the same time...it's overwhelming,i love this man...
superbatfirenze 1 month ago
repetitive
Leadista08 1 month ago
2:02-2:12 is he alternate picking all of that??? isnt that like freaking michael angelo batio speed if he is??
EvaSlash 2 months ago
holy shit indeed :O:O:O:O:O:O (bow)
WhyThePussyGivTheAss 2 months ago
EPIC!
johandsrz 2 months ago 3
All i can say is holy shit!
bigman12583 2 months ago
More pinky!
AceOfHeart2012 3 months ago
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No one ever sees your tears.
VoidTerraFirma 3 months ago
crying in the rain!!!
greed343 3 months ago
PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO DO THOSE @ 6:05
rockhurstalum09 3 months ago
@rockhurstalum09 pluck a natural harmonic on an open string, then put pressure (push or pull) the string behind the nut. It's difficult but with practice you can get it. It has to be done on a guitar without a locking trem system. Hope this helps.
CoffeeDrinker71 2 months ago
EPIC PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!
rockhurstalum09 3 months ago
brits rock!
sedakoc 3 months ago
Hard to believe this kind of silly wanksterism was the norm back then. What were we thinking? Talk about a lost decade.
1Doz 3 months ago
is it me is there feedback coming at 0:07 ?
shadowmark27 3 months ago
at 240p and John Sykes still sound fucking awesome!!! Sign of a God =)
remm55 3 months ago
@comebackus Actually, yes I am a guitar player of 30 years. I just meant my comment as a joke of sorts. As I said, I LOVE Sykes playing and look forward to more of his music. I never noticed the faces I make when I'm playing live until I saw video of myself. I actually got that comment I made from my buddy who took the video of my band playing. He said the same about me and thought it was hilarious when I saw it.
TheAxe4Ever 4 months ago
I can't wait to see Sykes with Mike Portnoy. That's going to be so epic!
Fluffypopcicle 4 months ago 15
John Sykes - the guitar master
CaptNemo100 4 months ago
picked trills...pentatonic runs...hardcore pinch harmonics.... I think I know who Zakk Wylde copied.
guitarzan7898 4 months ago 3
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Sykes playing. But why does he always look like he's getting a prostate exam when he's playing? Looks painful.
TheAxe4Ever 4 months ago
John Sykes is so underated!!!
kvkop 4 months ago
@kvkop No hes not. :P People who know off him all agree that his awesome. At least from my experiance off talking about him.
RobinIvarsson 4 months ago
He doesnt use his pinky, like Reb Beach that doest use his pinky too...and they are still better than anyone here, Reb Beach is FUCKING awesome too...
MrShinigami7 4 months ago
Bass player is good too
Xiolablu3 4 months ago
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4:50 and beyond, simply hypnotic
rowddy 5 months ago
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rowddy 5 months ago
I used to babysit for John. His wife paid quite well...
sagehateseverything 5 months ago
Oh, and they gave the drummer a solo spot too. And what do drummers play every time they have a solo? They start playing some super fast double bass things that audience loves of course. It's the same thing as shredding on guitar: Audience loves it and it's the easiest way to play a solo. I think the guitarists or drummers don't really think what they are going to play before their solo and that's another reason why they shred. I liked this solo a lot and like John Sykes too.
MaggaraMarine 5 months ago
If you have a solo spot what else can you do than shred to entertain the audience. They want you to play that fast. If you start doing something extra prog random thing that sounds cool but you have to listen to it carefully the audience doesn't like it that much. Simple shredding is the way to go when you have a solo spot. And somebody said he is selfish. Well I think the band gave him the solo spot. That's where you show your skills. And when you play alone, shredding is the easiest way.
MaggaraMarine 5 months ago
Sykes is back.....and will be more total war, total war moreeeeeee!!!!!!
BloodPoisoning1987 5 months ago
Those are some nimble fingers
BenWGray 5 months ago
doug aldrich cant touch this shit this man is far too good!
TheASBObrown 5 months ago
wat is the guitar solo that starts 4.56?????? name of song??? brilliant
katchymovies 5 months ago
@katchymovies I think he wrote it for this solo spot, I don't think it was from any particular song
fatgordon 5 months ago
@fatgordon damn, wud make a good song dont you think?
katchymovies 5 months ago
@katchymovies Oh yes!
fatgordon 5 months ago
I can honestly say i am willing to go deaf to hearing from 1:26 all the way to 2:45... Like if i were to die listening to my mp3 player... That what i would want to be eternally looped into my hearing
thrasher025 5 months ago
Words fail me......=D Chills!!!! <3<3<3
TheMillis77 5 months ago
No wonder why Coverdale fired him , John Sykes was always the star on the stage , he shone like a sun .
jhonsykes1 6 months ago 33
@jhonsykes1 jajajaja absolutely....
budgretro1 1 week ago
Gusto- Great Guitar Gem.
Solo Soaring Splendour.
zorazen2 6 months ago
John and that guitar became one --- Metaphysically speaking.
videocommenter67 6 months ago
Это не землянин-пришелец!!!!!
goralzzz 6 months ago 2
If you can't feel the passion in Syke's solo, you have no soul. One of the greatest ever.
MrMatthewLeo 6 months ago 2
i wish i could get back in 1985... time flies
Roadtoconsciousness 6 months ago
John you are a God
ranger262 6 months ago
1norville u just go n suck viv balls..ur gay fucker..ur not fans of whitesnake,even
MrJackrockerman 7 months ago
People on Youtube need to grow up and accept someones opinion. You do not have to agree. But cursing someone out over an opinion....Come on, get a life! I certainly don't think Coverdale is going to bury Sykes solos , compromising the quality of the record over jealousy or spite. Never the less get a better mentality than to curse someone out over their opinion. None of us are right all the time. We should be able to express our opinions on here without hateful retaliation.
1norville 7 months ago
@1norville oh i'm sorry if ur offended. but u know what? i still think ur either dumb or deaf to say "his solos are just fast and sloppy". ur right, none of us are right all the time but in this case, i know i'm right and ur wrong. thank you.
sykes0925 7 months ago
@1norville
Facts and opinions are not the same thing. You have forwarded some opinions as fact and misstated facts and feel that you can hide behind opinion.
Sorry guy but in both instances you are wrong.
John was buried on the 1987 album, when you listen to his earlier and later work that wasnt the case.
ThieleM 4 months ago
Do you even play guitar? Dio checked out Vivian Campbell and John Sykes. He picked Vivian Campbell! Because he liked his approach to playing solos. Vivian's solos on Holy Diver and The Last In Line are awesome!!! If you listen to John Sykes on the Still Of The Night cd, most of the solos are mixed at a low volume. This is because his solos are just fast and sloppy! Vivian is actually playing something with great articulation. Sykes has a very fast picking hand, but he is picking nothing special.
1norville 7 months ago
@1norville u dumbass LOL. sykes' solos on 1987 are buried after sykes got out of the band because coverdale was jealous. however he couldn't throw sykes' stuff away becauese it was too good. "just fast and sloppy" hahaha. who the fuck do u think ur talking about? do YOU even play guitar? go practice ur retarded ears first.
sykes0925 7 months ago 4
@1norville
John was never up for the Dio job, he never auditioned. He has commented on this story many times in the past.
Dio's first guitarist after leaving Sabbath was Jake E Lee, that didnt work and he went with Viv.
ThieleM 4 months ago
He's brilliant awesome
Andeezegirl 7 months ago
I mean the left hand is doing nothing special....Sorry I'm a left handed player!
joe4316 7 months ago
I can see why Dio picked Vivian Campbell over John Sykes. He picks fast, but the right hand is doing nothing special.
joe4316 7 months ago
@joe4316 Vivian Campbell,,for real ,,hahahaha LMAO !!!!!!!
KICKYOASH 7 months ago
didnt like it so much.i know he is great player ,and i know he could do it better.I like Doug s style and i prefer Doug s playing.
kar98ksniper 7 months ago
In my opinion Doug Aldrich is TOO worried about dexterity. John Sykes is PURE HEART. Sykes is a great guitar player!
ghostrider6610 8 months ago 2
Fuckin love his tone I would give anything to have it.
rickey011 8 months ago
pity Sykes didn't get to tour on the 1987 Whitesnake album
dannymcmince 8 months ago 3
John Sykes is up there with the best!
dannymcmince 8 months ago
this is such a beast solo, who the fuck is steve vai? cause he is definitely not the best whitesnake guitarist
midget6mafia 8 months ago 2
john sykes is amazing but in this video coverdale's singing is awful!!!
geodati 8 months ago
blond van halen
ilmasticatore999 8 months ago
@ilmasticatore999 Eddie is great, but Sykes is in a league of his own. He played for legendary bands like Tygers of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy, before joining Whitesnake and making them famous. And then there is the matter of Zakk Wylde. No John Sykes, no Zakk Wylde, no bullshit.
dannyjingu 8 months ago
What a great overlooked guitarist!
mdskewes 8 months ago
Just imagine the years of practice, practice, practice that preceded this onstage performance!
MishuTaste 8 months ago
Ha ha... Silly 80's hairbands...
ReiMonCoH 9 months ago
@ReiMonCoH
Ad hominem attacks...the weakest of all logical fallacies. Attacking the person rather than focusing on the point of the subject matter is intellectually banal.
Hairband or not, and at this time WS was still playing straight up 70's style hard rock, John Sykes was and still is an absolute beast.
ThieleM 9 months ago
Sh1t Hot! One of the UK's finest ever. I know from one of his previous band mates that back in those days he came into practise late, flipped his LP over rolled and smoked a 3 skin J before he even played a note. Legend.
Jobbyjabber87 9 months ago
Want to talk about underrated? This guy was before his time. I would put him up against any other guitar player. That Blue Murder album is a masterpiece. Valley of the Kings and Jellyroll are off the chain!
justfine77777 9 months ago 2
Mooo shhhiiiiiiiiitttt!!!!!!
luminositymusic 9 months ago
LOL that should have been the album version.
Whyrendog 9 months ago
O MY GOD!! I WAS THERE! THE BEST BAND ON ROCK N` RIO I.
etube25 9 months ago
2:18 is when i started geting goosebumps....
thrasher025 10 months ago
george lynch, randy rhoads and john sykes. the bests of hard rock.
mgein 10 months ago 2
I'm a fan of John Sykes, Please could someone meda tablature that soil? It need not be crying in the raindoes not ,
MaxWillyam1 10 months ago
this guy gets alot of poons for sure
wisesatyr72 10 months ago
Hole. Lee. Fuck.. ....What a AWESOME guitarist and musician. John Sykes just totally smokes.
GroovusX 10 months ago
this is what music should be thank the guitar gods for tallent like this
deadtime09 10 months ago
johny sykes is a terrorist
fuckmegadeth 11 months ago
@fuckmegadeth what??
ilovepantera97 10 months ago
exactly the reason i should keep up the shredding!!
truly fucking inspiration Sykes is the man!
corzshredz 11 months ago
Master of Black Les Pual
666cleiton555 11 months ago
Best guitar player of all time. If it weren't for him, Whitesnake would not be where they are today. His sound is very unique and the way he blends certain notes is just amazing! A lot of people can play guitar, but if the notes don't really blend together, it's useless noise. I hope to be as good a guitar player as he is someday.
80smetalgal 11 months ago 28
@80smetalgal ..I'm with ya ...
dockaiser 11 months ago
@80smetalgal -of all time? not sure id go there, but i agree that hes a very good guitar player--unique sound and he gets alot out of the instrument........
dondorward2010 11 months ago
@80smetalgal you have to get his awesome tone or create your own lol
midget6mafia 9 months ago
@80smetalgal I agree, Sykes songs are "Is this Love", "here i go again".. the best guitar player in whitesnake!! thats my opinion
LEONSKENNEDY91 8 months ago 2
@80smetalgal
I don't know if he is the best, but I love the way he loves his guitar!
EsUnFlashGordon 8 months ago
that's called making your guitar sing! god i love his string bends. they shriek!
keithyw 11 months ago
Watch Zakk Wylde - he will shred on a Les Paul...
maidencd 11 months ago
Love this guy. One of my heroes.
MALEVOLENTFORCEMETAL 1 year ago 2
I don't care what any one else thinks. John sykes is a talented guy. To play consistenly for 9 or so minutes, he is amazing. He is brilliant in whitesnake, tygers of pan tang, thin lizzy, blue murder and his self named band john sykes. He may like being in the spotlight but he bloody well deserves it!!
itmustbethechemo 1 year ago 2
6:26 he fucked it up !!!
carakenio 1 year ago
great!! nice vibrate!!
THEclimberclimber 1 year ago
Some guys will feel like cutting me into pieces after what I say now: I cannot relate to that way of burning the fretboard. Back in 1983, when he was in Thin Lizzy I liked his playing, but then, he was kept in check by Phil Lynott and couldn't do that kind of self-display. Many parts of this (yawn) 9-minute-showing-off are pure fretboard wanking. I used to think myself that this was cool before I joined a band and found out that you've got to be a team player instead of a selfish speed king.
Mompfried 1 year ago
@Mompfried
Well, the people in Rio seemed to like it pretty well...and 99 other people.
So what if its fret board yanking...its skillful and entertaining fretboard yanking. This was back when every front man on guitar had to be able to stand out there for a few minutes on his won and let it all hang out.
So much unlike the 90s...when Guitar solos disappeared because popular musicians went for selling "radio" hits and ditched guitar solos (mostly because they couldnt play any).
moshin68 1 year ago
@moshin68
Excess is always wrong, in both ways.
I speak as a guitarist, so don't blame me for this :D
I mean, the skills and the entertaiment are DEFINITELY there, no doubt bout that...
But I think you should play notes of one pound each instead of playing pounds of notes.
You have to give weight and relevance to what you're playing. Back in the 80s was quite difficult to find someone that didn't play TOO much and in the 90s it was the opposite, almost none played ENOUGH :S
EiElBiAi 1 year ago
@EiElBiAi te di musica non ne capisci un cazzo forse per te i Whitesnake sono già fin troppo alternativi
1ArTeTeTrA1 11 months ago
@1ArTeTeTrA1
Scusa, ma qual'è il problema? Semplicemente non mi piacciono gli eccessi, nè in un modo (assoli dove conta solo fare tutto e in fretta) nè in un altro (non sapere fare nulla e spacciarlo per voluto minimalismo), perchè ritengo più importante suonare note da un chilo piuttosto che chili di note (pensa a Becker accostato a Batio... Stesso genere, ma Jason è molto più rilevante quando suona)
Dov'è il problema?
Se non la pensi come me non c'è bisogno di essere così aggressivo ;)
EiElBiAi 11 months ago
A true master of his craft.
runehealing 1 year ago
A true master of his craft
runehealing 1 year ago
It's really too bad Coverdale fired Sykes before they really blew up. I would have liked to hear what Whitesnake would have been with him in the group. I guess Coverdale didn't want to have to share the stage with someone who commanded as much presence as John Sykes did. This was pretty impressive.
damrak1969 1 year ago 3
the early makings of the record solo. I am glad they changed up the backing section.
stupidusername72 1 year ago
He does not let that pinky go very often
roost24 1 year ago
as i said before:LES PAUL OR DEATH:-))))
lespaulordeath 1 year ago
i like it when guitarists do the start off super slow and end up super fast bit then i can figure out all the cool licks
C861986 1 year ago
Hot! ^^ Oh, yeah, and nice guitar playing too XD
NindeArnatuyle 1 year ago
Erm... Is he using the pentatonic scale?
CikaAndrej 1 year ago
@CikaAndrej yep. and loads more...
MrAnon78 1 year ago
@MrAnon78 Awesome, could you tell me what other scales is he using? :D
CikaAndrej 1 year ago
@CikaAndrej Yep. Most of his licks are parts of the "boxes"
spid16 1 year ago
Crying in the rain!
Sneixx 1 year ago
Very nice and yes Pata ;) We are X !
gacktology 1 year ago
one of the best ever! gotta love it!
Sell4638 1 year ago
I want his hands.
nakaufo 1 year ago
John Sykes is King of the Guitar.
pixelvisions 1 year ago
John Sykes, Gary moore, Rhandy Rhoads and Pata (x-japan) probably these guys are known for LP !
nostalgiaholic777 1 year ago
@nostalgiaholic777 doug aldrich, zakk wylde too
crkotina666 1 year ago
he is the definition of a rock guitarist... absolutely brilliant!
HardAsARock222 1 year ago
JOHN IS GOD
Caparison81 1 year ago
The begining is just tearing my heart apart
wowprogamer1 1 year ago
John is my favorite living guitarist. Criss Oliva is my biggest influence, but John Sykes and Dave Mustaine have had the next biggest impact on my rhythm and soloing.
I'm 19 and I love old metal and heavy rock, today's music blows.
mgdth502 1 year ago
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jorgepaci 1 year ago
no sweeping crap - simply dynamically and fast. damn awesome.
Reptile61 1 year ago
2:00 he is jerking off really quick
romforlife 1 year ago
And to think he also auditioned unsuccesful 4 ozzy b4 joining thin lizzy!
he has had an amazing career, just a bit shocked he doesn't get the credit he deserves?
epic solo tho. wonder what cryin in the rain on 87 album would of sounded like if this solo was put on it?!
kerrbam 1 year ago
I love solos that go nowhere.
666sigma 1 year ago
I couldn't help but notice Coverdale's runny nose on stage, it's such a problem with these rock stars. Not sure why.
{coke}
I could hear every guitar part done on the '87 WS record in this solo, and all the other guys (Vandenberg, etc.) in the videos were posing, in every sense of the word.
adrenalineguy 1 year ago
how the fuck is he getting those notes from behind the nut?!
AndrewKapper23 1 year ago
@AndrewKapper23 To get the notes behind the nut u just pick a harmonic and bend the string behind the nut, works the same as pullin the tremolo out, increasing the pitch...
crowth1986 1 year ago
@AndrewKapper23 Probably pushing the strings very hard while doing harmonic squeal.
BartSmith85 1 year ago
At 0:25 he looks like David St Hubbins.
crohnsappleadams 1 year ago
love Sykes and love Coverdale.... heard that David fired John as he was getting a bit jealous of Sykes' attention
wolfatnight 1 year ago 2
Sykes rocks!!!
jhonsykes 1 year ago
If nothing else, he's the king of Agony Faces....
jspartacus 1 year ago
@jspartacus Ha ha yeah.... but you can tell he's really feeling every note of what he's playing---none of that strapping the guitar under his chin and staring at his fingers, stone faced like a current very popular guitarist whose name I won't mention.
gemari77 1 year ago
john sykes has always been my favorite guitarist, and everytime i watch this it reminds me why. zakks good but sykes is one of the originators of this style and was playing like this a good ten years before anyone had even heard of zakk. gary moore and john sykes are the best imo :-)
mooseface1983 1 year ago
@mooseface1983 john is 8 years older than zakk, so thats maybe why ;)
JefferyWylde 1 year ago
@JefferyWylde good point
mooseface1983 9 months ago
wat songs this
IckleDudeSean 2 years ago
Love his style
Pentatonikus 2 years ago 2
that was cool until coverdale opened his box. Sykes joined that band and fucking owned them.
bathtubgeorge 2 years ago
No Brasil é chamado de o Príncipe do Rock.
jctencatt 2 years ago
Randy Rhoads, John Sykes, and Vivan Campbell have gotta be the best hard rock guitarists out there.
HeavyMetalNoize 2 years ago
don't forget evh!
thrasher025 2 years ago
Never seen someone shred on a paul like that o__o"
SpartnPride 2 years ago 27
@SpartnPride He's on of the best. Wylde, Slash, Page, Gary Moore....and Sykes!
spjunkie 1 year ago 2
@SpartnPride look up buckethead......... paul shredder master lol
vaiboy55 1 year ago
@SpartnPride Al Di Meola or Gary Moore would be fantastic examples of guys who can "shred" like that on a Les Paul. Look up Gary Moore's "The Messiah Will Come".........the 10:12 second version or Al Di Meola "Race With The Devil/Jumping Jack Flash. Enjoy!
pikeasaurusrex 1 year ago 2
@SpartnPride You gotta check Buckethead man.. Take care!
UNGETABLE7 1 year ago
@SpartnPride You ain't seen much then, brother. And i mean you no disrespect, but there are plenty of axemen out there, who shred the shit out of Les Paul - Zakk Wylde, Doug Aldrich (also from whitesnake) Buckethead (although I don't like that fucker).. there's a lot, I tell ya ;)
Just search for them, and enjoy the music ;)
zakknafein 1 year ago
@SpartnPride gary moore?
bravia15 11 months ago
@SpartnPride Check out Doug Aldrich.
adrianenduro 10 months ago
@adrianenduro doug aldrich? u mean sykes' henchman? lol just kidding. he's great too.
sykes0925 9 months ago 26
@sykes0925 sykes and doug have the greatest metal tone i have ever heard
midget6mafia 8 months ago
@sykes0925 Reb Beach blows them away..... kidding lol
xtrupt21 4 months ago
@SpartnPride oh yeah, u can shred on pretty much anything :)
breezizzle 9 months ago
@SpartnPride really? I present to you Mr Randy Rhoads
GodKnight888 8 months ago