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After recording two solo albums, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale formed Whitesnake around 1977. In the glut of
hard rock andheavy metal bands of the late '70s, their first albums got somewhat lost in the shuffle, although they were fairly
popular in Europe and Japan.During 1982, Coverdale took some time off so he could take care of his sick daughter. When he
re-emerged with a new version ofWhitesnake in 1984, the band sounded revitalized and energetic. Slide It In may have relied
on Led Zeppelin's and Deep Purple's old tricks,but the band had a knack for writing hooks; the ...read more
After recording two solo albums, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale formed Whitesnake around 1977. In the glut of
hard rock andheavy metal bands of the late '70s, their first albums got somewhat lost in the shuffle, although they were fairly
popular in Europe and Japan.During 1982, Coverdale took some time off so he could take care of his sick daughter. When he
re-emerged with a new version ofWhitesnake in 1984, the band sounded revitalized and energetic. Slide It In may have relied
on Led Zeppelin's and Deep Purple's old tricks,but the band had a knack for writing hooks; the record became their first
platinum album. Three years later, Whitesnake released aneponymous album (titled 1987 in Europe) that was even better.
Portions of the album were blatantly derivative -- "Still of the Night" was adead ringer for early Zeppelin -- but the group
could write powerful, heavy rockers like "Here I Go Again" that were driven as much bymelody as riffs, as well as hit power
ballads like "Is This Love." Whitesnake was an enormous international success, selling over six millioncopies in the U.S. alone.
Before they recorded their follow-up, 1989's Slip of the Tongue, Coverdale again assembled a completely new version of the
band, featuringguitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Although the record went platinum, it was a considerable disappointment after the
across-the-board success ofWhitesnake. Coverdale put Whitesnake on hiatus after that album. In 1993, he released a
collaboration with former Led Zeppelin guitaristJimmy Page that was surprisingly lackluster. The following year, Whitesnake
issued a greatest-hits album in the U.S. and Canada focusingsolely on material from their final three albums (as well as
containing a few unreleased tracks).
In 1997, Coverdale resurrected Whitesnake (guitarist Adrian Vandenberg was the only remaining member of the group's latter-
day lineup),issuing Restless Heart the same year. Surprisingly, the album wasn't even issued in the United States. On the
ensuing tour, Coverdale andVandenberg performed an "unplugged" show in Japan that was recorded and issued the following
year under the title Starkers in Tokyo. Bythe late '90s, however, Coverdale once again put Whitesnake on hold, as he
concentrated on recording his first solo album in nearly 22years. Coverdale's Into the Light was issued in September 2000,
featuring journeyman guitarist Earl Slick. After a lengthy hiatus that sawthe release of countless "greatest-hits" and "live"
collections, the band returned in 2008 with the impressive Good to Be Bad. Coverdaleand Whitesnake toured the album
throughout Europe and Japan. The band returned to the recording studio in 2010 with new membersbassist Michael Devin
(formerly of Lynch Mob) and drummer Brian Tichy, who appeared alongside guitarists Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach,and guest
keyboardist Timothy Drury (as well as Coverdale's son Jasper on backing vocals on various tracks). The band's 11th
album,Forevermore, was preceded by the issue of the single, "Love Will Set You Free," and released in the spring of 2011. « hide |
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