The offer came over Christmas 1978, when Blackmore visited Gillan with an invitation to join Rainbow, around the time of ...

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

King discussed the guitar greats during a recent interview on the Lipps Service with Scott Lipps podcast, naming Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore ... UK and European solo tour this summer.

He’s mused on how songwriting has changed over the years, which has come at the expense of the riff and people’s exposure to ...

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 ...

The Berkshire, England native’s guitar heroes included Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore and Thin Lizzy ... who played the guitar solo on the new “Here I Go Again.” As a result, Sykes ...

The wicked wah-wah inversions of Miracle Man and the fretboard-shattering hot licks of Devil’s Daughter are enough to provide clear evidence that Wylde is a man of guitar destiny. “Ozzy didn ...

when he became obsessed with playing guitar. He cited guitarists including Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore as influences. He joined his first band, Streetfighter, after the family moved to Blackpool.

Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Moxie, Eric Carmen, Manhattan Transfer, The Tubes and Mexico’s Los Bukis. And It was a year that saw star-making releases by artists who already had at least ...

Born on July 29, 1959, in Reading, England, Sykes developed a passion for guitar during his teenage years, drawing inspiration from icons like Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore ... and released two ...