Tag: John Sykes

Tygers of Pan Tang

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Tygers of Pan Tang were an English heavy metal band central to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. They released four albums on MCA between 1980 and 1982—Wild Cat, Spellbound, Crazy Nights, and The Cage—highlighted by the twin-guitar interplay of Robb Weir and John Sykes, and signature tracks like “Hellbound,” “Gangland,” “Blackjack,” and “Running […]

Whitesnake

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Whitesnake was an English hard-rock band formed in 1978 after David Coverdale left Deep Purple at the close of that band’s first run. The story starts the prior year with his debut solo album White Snake, followed by Northwinds and the first official Whitesnake release, the Snakebite EP. Coverdale built the first lineup with bassist […]