Whitesnake

Whitesnake

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid 1980s Whitesnake had moved to a more commercial heavy metal style. Whitesnake was named the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1.

History

[edit]Formation (1977)

David Coverdale founded Whitesnake in 1977 in North Yorkshire, England. The core line-up had been working as his backing band The White Snake Band on the White Snake album tour and they retained the title before officially being known as Whitesnake. They toured with Coverdale as his support band and for both of the solo albums he released, White Snake and Northwinds, between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake. At this time, the band was made up of David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray and drummer David "Duck" Dowle with keyboardist Brian Johnston. Johnston would soon be replaced by Procol Harum organ player and keyboardist Pete Solley. Because of Solley's producing commitments he was replaced by the former Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord, during sessions for the first LP.

Band members

Main article: List of Whitesnake Band Members

Current members

David Coverdale – lead vocals (1976–1991, 1994, 1997–1998, 2002–present)

Doug Aldrich – guitars (2002–present)

Reb Beach – guitars, backing vocals (2002–present)

Michael Devin – bass, backing vocals (2010–present)

Brian Tichy – drums, percussion (2010–present)

Brian Ruedy - keyboards, backing vocals (2011-present)

Whitesnake songs mp3 :

Is this love [Download-mf]

Posted in: World Music