Name: John Sykes

Instrument: Keyboards

Gear used: KORG, Oberheim/Vicount, Roland Keyboards and Laney Amplification.

Took piano lessons from the age of  7

1st band - Moonwalker (2 ½ years)
Mostly original material A sort of rocky/Duran Duran sound. Mostly College gigs. Supported Eddie &. the Hotrods.

2nd band - Straw Dogs (2 ½  years)
Mixture of covers and original songs. Purple, Whitesnake influence. Mostly pub gigs and festivals. Supported David Essex at Nostell Priory 1983.

3rd band - Analysis (2  ½  years)
3 piece. Prog Rock covers & original in the style of Genesis & Rush etc. Mostly college and pub gigs.

4th band - Passion Trade (2 years)
Pop rock covers. Mostly pubs and WMC’s

5th band - Black Rose (2 years)
Rock covers (much the same as RIOT). Pub and club gigs.

6th band - The Goose Horns (7 ½  years)
8 piece soul band based on the Commitments. Toured UK, Ireland and Netherlands. All sorts of gigs &. festivals including Heineken festival

7th band - Men Performing Badly
4 piece rock and pop covers band. Pub and club gigs.

8th band - One Jovi Bon Jovi tribute band.

9th band - RIOT