The rocker was an integral part of Whitesnake's hit self-titled album in 1987 Paul Natkin/Getty Guitarist John Sykes, who played in classic British rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were each other’s favorite audience. That was plainly clear as the besotted Beatles bantered, bickered and obsessed over the 23 years they were friends and rivals.

$32, Celadon Books). “John and Paul were more than just friend or collaborators in the sense we normally understand these terms,” Leslie writes in the book’s prologue. “Their friendship ...

John Lennon was a tough Liverpool teenager with a well-earned reputation—a rocker with a volatile streak—when he first encountered Paul McCartney. It was a summer day in 1957. John’s skiffle ...

John 5 became obsessed with the hard rock band Kiss and the costumed personas of singer-bassist Gene Simmons, singer-guitarist Paul Stanley, guitarist Ace Frehley, and drummer Peter Criss.