Sykes in his prime

[charveldan]

None finer IMO.

Id like to buy the guy running the board a beer.

 

[Badronald]

Awesome.

A little spastic here and there, but he's great.

He really needs to produce some music.

 

[crankyrayhanky]

That was fun
Surprised at how little he uses his left pinky- that thing is far from the fretboard

 

[Riggins1966]

None finer IMO.

Id like to buy the guy running the board a beer.

matter of taste. I think this was his prime IMO

if you're not a thin lizzy fan skip to about 1:25 for the solo

 

[Anonymous]

I used to really like that guy
Used to

 

[thiswaythatway]

None finer IMO.

Id like to buy the guy running the board a beer.

He's cranking that 150 watt Mesa back then.

 

[Metlupass2]

Blue Murder era Sykes is my favorite.

AWESOME vocals on this one IMO.

Bad Boy Live is a great album too.

 

[shredi knight]

He's cranking that 150 watt Mesa back then.

With a tone that great, he surely must be playing a Friedman.

 

[V2a]

Let's go back to Tygers of Pan Tang

 

[Badronald]

He's cranking that 150 watt Mesa back then.

With a tone that great, he surely must be playing a Friedman.

Uh huh. Just like all the greats.

 

[nzsteve]

Thats funny I was just watching that video... the first one on this thread..

 

[skoora]

Boy you can hear some Gary Moore in his playing.

 

[Racerxrated]

Check out Bad Boy Live from '06...he's using a Jose modded JCM 800. Listen to the intro to 'Cold Sweat'...that's one of my favorite tones out of a Marshall.

 

[Metlupass2]

Check out Bad Boy Live from '06...he's using a Jose modded JCM 800. Listen to the intro to 'Cold Sweat'...that's one of my favorite tones out of a Marshall.

I posted a video from that show. Its a great album.

 

[charveldan]

 

[Drew]

None finer IMO.

Id like to buy the guy running the board a beer.

He's cranking that 150 watt Mesa back then.

This is actually cranked non-modded Marshalls. The Boogie Mark III Coliseums came in for the 87 album a year after this (and first Blue Murder album) and were never used live.

 

[snowdog]

The Boogie Mark III Coliseums came in for the 87 album a year after this (and first Blue Murder album) and were never used live.

I dunno I hear Boogies all over Screaming Blue Murder-Live in Japan. And I have seen Boogies in his touring rig. Here he has a Dual Rec racktifier and a Triaxis.

 

[Drew]

The Boogie Mark III Coliseums came in for the 87 album a year after this (and first Blue Murder album) and were never used live.

I dunno I hear Boogies all over Screaming Blue Murder-Live in Japan. And I have seen Boogies in his touring rig. Here he has a Dual Rec racktifier and a Triaxis.

I'm talking about the Coliseum Boogies. Yes, the Ractos were used on some tours and on some recordings. They have been in storage since the late 90's.

 

[snowdog]

Sykes himself has been in storage for a long time, hope someone lets him out soon.

 

[Badronald]

The Boogie Mark III Coliseums came in for the 87 album a year after this (and first Blue Murder album) and were never used live.

I dunno I hear Boogies all over Screaming Blue Murder-Live in Japan. And I have seen Boogies in his touring rig. Here he has a Dual Rec racktifier and a Triaxis.

I've got that album. He's got so much gain on his tone it sounds like the Line 6 Insane channel. Hard for me to listen to.