John Sykes

**John James Sykes** (29 Yuli 1959 - 21 Disamba 2024) ɗan wasan guitar ne kuma mawaƙi ɗan Ingila, wanda aka fi sani da memba na Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy da Tygers na Pan Tang . Ya kuma jagoranci ƙungiyar hard rock Blue Murder kuma ya fitar da kundin waƙoƙi da dama na solo.

Bayan ya yi aiki a ƙungiyar mawakan Tygers na Pan Tang a farkon shekarun 1980, Sykes ya shiga ƙungiyar mawakan Irish hard rock Thin Lizzy don kundin waƙoƙinsu na 1983 *Thunder and Lightning* . Daga nan ya haɗu da Whitesnake wanda ya yi rikodin kundin waƙoƙin platinum mai suna 1987 tare da shi. Duk da haka, an kori Sykes daga ƙungiyar kafin a fitar da kundin waƙoƙin a cikin yanayi mai ban tsoro, wanda ya kai shi ga kafa ƙungiyarsa ta Blue Murder. Bayan kundin waƙoƙi biyu da rikodin kai tsaye, ya fara aikin solo. A sauran shekarun 1990 da farkon 2000, Sykes ya raba lokacinsa tsakanin aikinsa na solo da Thin Lizzy mai gyara, wanda ya yi gaba har zuwa 2009, lokacin da ya tafi don mai da hankali kan aikinsa na solo.

Saboda tasirinsa ga irin su Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore da Gary Moore, Sykes ya shahara da salon wasansa na musamman, wanda ya bambanta da rawar da yake takawa ta hanyar rawar jiki mai faɗi, amfani da sautin harmonics da kuma sautin waƙa. A shekara ta 2004, an saka shi cikin jerin "Masu Gitar Gita 100 Mafi Girma a Duk Lokaci" ' Guitar World . A shekara ta 2006, Gibson ya fitar da jerin waƙoƙin John Sykes Signature Les Pauls, waɗanda aka tsara su bisa ga salonsa na Gibson Les Paul Custom na 1978.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi John James Sykes a ranar 29 ga Yuli, 1959 a Reading, Berkshire .   Iyalan Sykes sun yi shekaru uku suna zaune a Ibiza, Spain, inda mahaifin John da kawunsa suka mallaki wani gidan rawa. Bayan haka, suka koma Reading. 

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 14, Sykes ya fara sha'awar guitar lokacin da kawunsa ya nuna masa yadda ake buga wasu daga cikin waƙoƙin Eric Clapton .  A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, ya yi ta yin waƙoƙin blues a kan wani tsohon guitar mai igiya na naylon. Bayan ya koma Reading, Sykes ya shiga dangantaka kuma a zahiri ya daina guitar na tsawon shekara ɗaya da rabi. Bayan ya koma Blackpool, Sykes ya ci gaba da wasa kuma abokinsa Mervyn Goldsworthy ya nemi ya shiga ƙungiyar Streetfighter, wanda daga baya zai buga bass a Diamond Head, Samson da FM . 

## Sana'a

### Farkon aikina
Sykes ya fara yin rikodinsa a waƙar Streetfighter mai suna "She's No Angel", wadda ta fito a cikin waƙar New wave na ƙungiyar ƙarfe mai nauyi ta Burtaniya mai suna *New Electric Warriors* a shekarar 1980.  Bayan haka, ya bar Streetfighter ya shiga ƙungiyar Tygers of Pan Tang .   Sykes ya yi rikodin kundin waƙoƙi guda biyu tare da ƙungiyar, *Spellbound* da *Crazy Nights*, waɗanda aka fitar a shekarar 1981. Duk da haka, a shekara mai zuwa, Sykes ya fara jin haushi da ƙungiyar domin shi da mawaƙin Jon Deverill sukan yi karo da sauran membobin.  Bugu da ƙari, ya ji cewa ƙungiyar ba ta da salo da jajircewa don cimma babban nasara.  Sykes ya bar Tygers na Pan Tang a farkon 1982, kwana biyu kafin fara rangadin Faransa.  Duk da haka, ya bayyana a waƙoƙi biyu a cikin kundin waƙoƙi na huɗu na ƙungiyar *The Cage*, wanda aka fitar bayan ya riga ya tafi. 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Sykes ya auri Jennifer Brooks-Sykes a ranar 10 ga Afrilu, 1989 bayan shekaru huɗu na zama tare.  Sun rabu a shekarar 1999.  Sykes ya haifi 'ya'ya maza uku: James, John Jr. da Sean.    Bayan mutuwar Sykes, abokinsa kuma mai gabatar da shirye-shirye a rediyo Eddie Trunk ya bayyana cewa Sykes ya shafe shekaru da dama yana soyayya da wata mace mai suna Kim. 

A ranar 20 ga Janairu 2025, an sanar da shi ta hanyar wata sanarwa a shafukan sada zumunta da gidan yanar gizon sa cewa Sykes ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansa; gidan yanar gizon sa na hukuma ya nuna cewa ya mutu a watan Disamba 2024, yana da shekaru 65.    A ranar 21 ga Disamba 2025, an buga wani bikin tunawa da shekara guda a gidan yanar gizon sa na hukuma, wanda ke nuna cewa ya mutu a ranar 21 ga Disamba 2024. 

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