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The band's eponymous album saw Whitesnake moving towards a sound Coverdale described as "leaner, meaner and more electrifying". This later period of Whitesnake's career has been described by music critics as hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal.
Nov 4, 2020 · At the end of the interview, King invited Marsden and Whitesnake to write a song for him — and the band was excited to do so. Whitesnake's sound was still more blues-rock than the heavy metal style they would develop later, so this makes more sense than originally thought. The song the band came up with was "Fool For Your Loving."
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Jan 21, 2024 · After a pair of low-key Coverdale solo albums – Whitesnake (1977) and Northwinds (1978), both of which featured Micky Moody on guitar – a fully fledged band emerged, and a modest EP called Snakebite was recorded and released in summer 1978. But David Coverdale’s Whitesnake, as they were then billed, looked like a band out of time.
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Group formed in 1976 by David Coverdale (lead vocalist; born c. 1947, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, England), Adrian Vandenburg (guitarist), John Sykes (guitarist), Aynsley Dunbar (drummer).Steve Vaitemporarily replaced Vandenburg in 1990; subsequently joined the band. Recording and live performance artists, 1976—. Address: Record company —Gef...
Slide It In,Geffen, 1984. Whitesnake (includes “Still of the Night,” “Bad Boys,” “Straight for the Heart,” “Children of the Night,” “Is This Love?” and “Crying in the Rain”), Geffen, 1987. Slip of the Tongue (includes “Now You’re Gone,” “Slow Pok Music,” and “Kittens Got Claws”), Geffen, 1990.
High Fidelity,September, 1987. People,October 5, 1987; February 5, 1990. Rolling Stone,June 18, 1987; December 31, 1987; February 8, 1990. Stereo Review,April, 1990. —Elizabeth Wenning
Oct 17, 2022 · Classic Rock. How David Coverdale Americanised Whitesnake and sold 8 million albums. By Dom Lawson. ( Classic Rock ) published 17 October 2022. David Coverdale explains how Whitesnake were transformed from a successful blues-rock band into an MTV-friendly commercial juggernaut. (Image credit: George Rose/Getty Images) For the first few years of ...
Whitesnake. Whitesnake are a hard rock band formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple. Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple, but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style. By the turn of the decade, the band's ...
Whitesnake are a hard rock band formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple. Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple, but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style. By the turn of the decade, the band's commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK ...
