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Help me out GAB'ers Mr. Archer has never heard of John Sykes ! WTF .. kids these days
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I'm gonna start with the happy stuff first

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxK9CS3RV0[/video]
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Man not only 2 of my favorite Sykes songs but 2 all time favorite rock tunes

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrT3XEATurs[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTgXLqlgRQ[/video]

Sykes is "rawk az frunk"!!! Killer tones and chops.
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[video]https://youtu.be/jIvBpe7q1Cg[/video]
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and vocals , The Dude has it all . ^^ great tunes
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skybluegary wrote:[video]https://youtu.be/jIvBpe7q1Cg[/video]

gat damn
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Glad to see lizzy represented. Can't much stand the hair music in the rest of his catalog.
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G-SPACE wrote:Glad to see lizzy represented. Can't much stand the hair music in the rest of his catalog.

more clips less complain . this is for Mike , remember he never heard of JS before , or White snake :D
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Ok, Just found out he was in the Tigers of Pan Tang :beavis:

Here's some...

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX92w-WEiQ4[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a41LCKAtCi0[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/eExhhN7dxEM?t=2m14s[/video]
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I was lucky enough to see him with Lizzy, but first I heard of him was with topt early 80's, I was trying to find love potion no.9 but no decent vids.
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Love Potion #9 is at the beginning of the live video I posted above. I cued up the second song, which I like a whole lot more :thu:
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Starting to listen now. 2 videos down. Good shit. :thu:

Even the gheyish 80's vibe it has. The first one could be a Formal Black tune. Fitting...
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MR RUBATO wrote:Starting to listen now. 2 videos down. Good shit. :thu:

Even the gheyish 80's vibe it has. The first one could be a Formal Black tune. Fitting...

That hit something like #15 on the billboard , I'd settle for #215 for FB
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G-SPACE wrote:Love Potion #9 is at the beginning of the live video I posted above. I cued up the second song, which I like a whole lot more :thu:


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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCkoHBJbJeI[/video]
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Heavy shit
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This song'll put hair on your chest:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTNzuBh6zTg[/video]

So will this:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfsZ4EzSn80[/video]
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Also the 87 White Snake album is fan-fucking tastic tone wise. Mark III Coliseums.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhcsegzOpAg[/video]

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it should be no surprise TL influenced Iron Maiden .
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Named after our own CEOwl:


[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKR64qE6i8[/video]


Sykes gets me so pumped to shred, still to this day.
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I however don't miss the overuse of chorus and dirt . #rockman
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The Anomaly wrote:Named after our own CEOwl:


[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKR64qE6i8[/video]


Sykes gets me so pumped to shred, still to this day.


This song it was it must have sounded like to adorn a leather jacket and pickup on an 80's lipstick high heels slut, driving off into the sunset in an IROC Camaro to bang. Must have been fun times.
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