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John Sykes
real name John James Sykes
John Sykes is credited on 789 releases across 163 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
789
Credits
163
Albums
5
Decades active
232
In collections
Biography
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English heavy metal / hard rock guitarist, and songwriter, born 29th July, 1959 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Died 21st December 2024
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
789 releases · 163 albums · active 1980–2026
- Performance · 1,721
- Other credits · 79
- Production · 22
- Engineering · 9
Studios: Boathouse Studios · Power Plant Studios · Lombard Studios · Studio 1, Horsens
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
1987
1987
Slide It In
1984
Slip Of The Tongue
1989
Blue Murder
1989
Greatest Hits
1994
Super Collider
2013
Thunder And Lightning
1983
Master Of The Rings
1994
Greatest Hits
2004
Life Live
1983
Under The Guillotine - The Noise Records Anthology
2021
Conquest Of Kingdoms
2020
The Hits Album 6
1987
The Cage
1982
Spellbound
1981
Nothin' But Trouble
1993
Crazy Nights
1981
Starkers In Tokyo
1997
Now That's What I Call Music 11
1988
Unzipped
2018
Here I Go Again
1987
The Blues Album
2021
The Rock Album
2020
Love Songs
2020
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Whitesnake
- Thin Lizzy
- Tygers Of Pan Tang
- Pretty Maids
- Blue Murder (2)
- Phil Lynott
- Avscvltate
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