Just like your MetalSucks editors, he was attracted equally to the glitz and glam of the Hollywood scene in the ’80s, the thrash bands a few hundred miles to the north and the NWOBHM bands from ...

For Whitesnake, he only appeared on the US mix of their 1984 album Slide it In as well as the band’s 1987 album which is known by different names in different countries. He was also a member of NWOBHM ...

Formed in 1980, their first official release came in the form of a split album entitled Pure Overkill, with four other NWOBHM bands, released in 1983. Steel 'n Chains was also released in 1983 ...

Alongside Witchfinder General, they are one of the few NWOBHM bands to play doom metal.[1] Their gigs were characterised by moody, epic and heavy music interpreted with highly visual stage aspect ...

Sykes made a five-track demo with the band Badlands, then in 1980 he answered an ad to join another NWOBHM outfit, Tygers of Pan Tang, in time for their second album, Spellbound (1981).

Amid the social strife of 1970s Britain emerged NWOBHM, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. New bands from ordinary British towns and suburbs like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard; Saxon, and Girlschool ...

Eventually, he joined the Tygers of Pan Tang, an icon of the “New Wave of British Heavy Metal” era when bands like Iron Maiden came alive. This musical stint was also short-lived as he ...