former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale, asked him to replace founding guitarist Micky Moody while the British band was on tour behind that year’s “Slide It In.” That album, Whitesnake ...

The following year, Sykes was approached to join former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale ... tracks for what would become Whitesnake’s seventh album. It was released with various titles ...

Sykes went on to release five solo albums, including strong live effort “Bad Boy Live!” in 2004. But for much of his later ...

Sykes joined Whitesnake in 1984 when the band's frontman, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale ... fired the guitarist before the Whitesnake album was released — a dismissal Sykes ...

Sykes then joined Whitesnake in 1984 and co-wrote their self-titled 1987 album, including hits “Still of the Night” and “Is This Love.” The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and ...

Some Black Sabbath albums are epoch-defining classics, some are average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them – ...

David Coverdale was burning up the charts in Deep Purple when ... reinvention with Whitesnake 15 years into his career even more impressive. The band's self-titled 1987 album was a critical ...

Some of the world’s biggest rockers have paid tribute to former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John ... He appeared on their 1983 Top five album Thunder and Lightning before joining ...