Whitesnake

Formed

1978, London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Members

David Coverdale (vocals, percussion, piano), Micky Moody (guitar, vocals, 1978-83), Bernie Marsden (guitar, vocals, 1978-81), Neil Murray (bass, 1978-81, 1983-86), Dave Dowle (drums, 1978-79), Jon Lord (keyboards, 1978-84), Ian Paice (drums, 1979-81), Mel Galley (guitar, vocals, 1982-84), Colin Hodgkinson (bass, 1982-83), Cozy Powell (drums, 1982-85), John Sykes (guitar, 1984-86), Aynsley Dunbar (drums, 1985-87), Adrian Vandenberg (guitar, 1985-97), Vivian Campbell (guitar, 1987-88), Rudy Sarzo (bass, 1987-94), Tommy Aldridge (drums, percussion, cymbals, sticks, 1987-90, 2003-07, 2013-present), Steve Vai (guitar, 1989-90), Denny Carmassi (drums, percussion, 1994-97), Warren DeMartini (guitar, 1994), Paul Mirkovich (keyboards, 1994), Steve Farris (guitar, 1997), Tony Franklin (bass, 1997), Derek Hilland (keyboards, 1997), Doug Aldrich (guitar, 2003-14), Reb Beach (guitar, 2003-present), Timothy Drury (keyboards, 2003-10), Marco Mendoza (bass, 2003-04), Uriah Duffy (bass, 2005-10), Chris Frazier (drums, 2007-10), Brian Tichy (drums, 2010-13), Michael Devin (bass, 2010-21), Joel Hoekstra (guitar, 2014-present), Michele Luppi (keyboards, backing vocals, 2015-present), Dino Jelusick (keyboards, guitar, vocals, 2021-present), Tanya O'Callaghan (bass, backing vocals, 2021-present)

Also Known As

David Coverdale's Whitesnake

Genres

Hard Rock, Blues Rock

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Discography

499

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Release Date

+26

3.24

940

940
20

Trouble

1978

+36

3.39

1,212

1,212
30

Lovehunter

1979

+30

3.59

1,430

1,430
31

Ready an' Willing

1980

+29

3.40

1,191

1,191
35

Come an' Get It

1981

+32

3.44

1,274

1,274
29

Saints & Sinners

1982

+38

3.59

1,807

1,807
40

Slide It In

1984

+51

3.63

3,463

3,463
93

Whitesnake

1987

+34

3.38

1,487

1,487
48

Slip of the Tongue

1989

3.08

560

560
8

Restless Heart

1997 • David Coverdale & Whitesnake

3.30

775

775
38

Good to Be Bad

2008

3.27

631

631
19

Forevermore

2011

2.94

321

321
10

The Purple Album

2015

3.14

384

384
7

Flesh & Blood

2019

Live Album

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Release Date

3.59

71
5

Live at Hammersmith

1980

+30

3.87

791

791
27

Live.... in the Heart of the City

1980

3.50

244

244
9

Starkers in Tokyo

1997

3.74

219

219
5

Live: In the Shadow of the Blues

2006

3.68

136

136
4

Live at Donington 1990 [archival]

2011

3.61

70
2

Made in Japan

2013

3.74

61
3

Made in Britain / The World Record

2013

3.47

77
3

The Purple Tour

2018

EP

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3.33

104

104
3

Snakebite

1978 • David Coverdale's Whitesnake

3.60

12
1

Long Way From Home / Trouble / Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City

1979

3.48

4
-

Radio 1 Rock Show Themes

1982 • Dixie Dregs / Whitesnake / Grinderswitch

3.83

27
1

1987 Versions

1987

3.00

2
-

Restless Heart Sampler

1997

Single

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2.96

19
-

Day Tripper / Love to Keep You Warm

1978

2.67

20
-

Lie Down (A Modern Love Song) / Don't Mess With Me

1978

3.16

15
1

The Time Is Right for Love / Come On (Live)

1979

3.35

19
1

Ain't Gonna Cry No More

1980

3.62

43
3

Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City / Take Me With You [live]

1980

3.37

114

114
4

Fool for Your Loving / Black and Blue

1980

3.01

26
1

Long Way From Home / Walking in the Shadow of the Blues

1980

3.23

26
-

Ready an' Willing (Sweet Satisfaction) / Nighthawk (Vampire Blues) / We Wish You Well

1980

3.27

11
-

Sweet Talker / Ain't Gonna Cry No More

1980

3.57

63
3

Don't Break My Heart Again / Lonely Days, Lonely Nights

1981

2.99

26
-

Would I Lie to You / Girl

1981

3.18

197

197
3

Here I Go Again / Bloody Luxury

1982

3.38

60
2

Guilty of Love / Gambler

1983

3.31

48
1

Give Me More Time / Need Your Love So Bad

1984

3.53

78
4

Love Ain't No Stranger

1984

2.96

23
1

Slide It In

1984

3.50

60
2

Slow an' Easy

1984

3.33

41
1

Standing in the Shadow / All or Nothing

1984

3.45

53
1

Crying in the Rain

1987

+10

3.06

466

466
15

Here I Go Again / Children of the Night

1987

3.57

242

242
8

Still of the Night / Here I Go Again (1987)

1987

+10

3.16

350

350
7

Is This Love / Bad Boys

1987

3.36

98
3

Give Me All Your Love / Straight for the Heart

1988

3.21

56
4

Fool for Your Loving / Slow Poke Music

1989

3.30

53
2

Now You're Gone / Kittens Got Claws / Cheap an' Nasty

1990

3.12

65
2

The Deeper the Love / Judgement Day

1990

3.02

18
-

Too Many Tears

1997

2.89

16
1

Love Will Set You Free

2011

2.85

14
-

Shut Up & Kiss Me

2019

3.05

18
-

Hey You (You Make Me Rock)

2019

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4.14

12
-

Here I Go Again

1987

3.03

10
-

Is This Love

1987

3.69

14
-

Still of the Night

1987

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3.87

27
3

Headstone: The Best of UFO

1983 • Compilation • UFO

4.70

5
-

Kerrang! Video Kompilation

1985 • Video • Various Artists

3.67

6
-

Kerrang Video Kompilation 2

1987 • Video • Various Artists

3.73

41
-

The Earthquake Album

1990 • Compilation • Rock Aid Armenia

3.59

11
1

The Deep Purple Family Album

1993 • Compilation • Deep Purple

3.90

10
1

Blues n' Scales - A Snakeman's Odyssey

2006 • Compilation • Bernie Marsden

3.24

9
1

Classic Rock - Roll of Honour: Awards Nominees 2006

2006 • Video • Various Artists

3.97

5
-

Graspop Metal Meeting (1996 - 2015)

• Album • Various Artists

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Compilation

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3.15

509

509
16

Snakebite

1978 • David Coverdale's Whitesnake

3.72

286

286
8

Greatest Hits

1994

3.65

93
4

Best of Whitesnake

2003

4.00

9
-

Greatest Hits Revisited Remixed Remastered MMXXII

2022

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V/A Compilation

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Title

Release Date

3.30

39
3

Monster Ballads

1999

3.68

59
2

The Best Air Guitar Album in the World... Ever!

2001

3.86

62
4

Heavy Metal Box

2007

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3.72

13
3

Monsters of Rock Festival, Donnington 1990

1990

3.80

9
1

Live at Reading 1979 [live]

2011

3.89

13
3

Live at Reading 1980 [live]

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3.68

27
1

Starkers in Tokyo [live]

1997

3.99

107

107
9

Live in the Still of the Night [live]

2006

3.75

40
1

Live in '84: Back to the Bone [live]

2014

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Whitesnake

JonFox

"With an impressive resume from his days proudly fronting Deep Purple before the group's demise in the late-'70s, David Coverdale stepped out with swagger as the point man of Whitesnake. After years of striking gold in the European market, Whitesnake finally hit it big, breaking out in America in 1984, on the strength of the accessible Slide It In album. Despite a revolving door of backing personnel, Coverdale and company thrived on a steady diet of infectious blues-based rockers and moving ballads, which carried over with venom from the stage. Once Cov's commandos broke out in the U.S., there was no holding back. Whitesnake was more than the proto-typical '80s hair band, as Coverdale surrounded himself with incredibly talented guitarists down through the years. While the mega-production, late-'80s recordings from Whitesnake garner much of the attention, in which a bombastic Led Zeppelin vibe was prevalent, there is so much more to Whitesnake's legacy than the video-enhanced 'Tawny Years'."

RYM Rough Guide for Whitesnake

(as suggested by hraorfan)

(Poll adjudicator: crowandbutterfly

ALL-TIME TOP FIVE:
1) Fool For Your Loving (from Ready an' Willing)
2) Still Of The Night (from Whitesnake)
3) Here I Go Again (from Whitesnake)
4) Is This Love (from Whitesnake)
5) Love Ain't No Stranger (from Slide It In)

RECOMMENDED ALBUM: WHITESNAKE (aka 1987)

"Sadly written off by critics as Zep imitators and "just another '80s hair band", the truth of the matter is that Whitesnake were one of the most talented bands that came out of the late '70s and could almost be called a supergroup to an extent. Coverdale, for sure, has managed more than his share of talent in this band, with only his ego keeping him from ever having consistent line-ups. However, while the talents that have Whitesnake on their resume is enough to catch one's attention, the music is also something of note. The band have released eleven albums as of 2011 and seem to still have a big spark left in them, covering many styles, from a British blues outfit, to a Bad Company-meets-Led Zeppelin-via-Deep Purple bluesy heavy rock band in the early '80s, to a streamlined hard rock outfit, a big pop metal-injected pomp AOR band, then back to blues rock on their '90s comeback and a mixture of all their styles for their '00s return. The band have also managed to be incredibly consistent. Their early albums are some of the finest hard rock of that time frame - their best-known material is solid, save for Slip of the Tongue - and their most recent albums have been great. The band may never get the credit they deserve, but to those that really enjoy the band, they are one of the best bands that came out of that time frame, and probably the best band that came out of Deep Purple, all due respect to Rainbow and Gillan." - crowandbutterfly

"Whitesnake's hair metal period has cast a black shadow over their legacy which has put many listerners off of discovering the earlier and better material. Coverdale should not be so easily overlooked. His rasping blue-eyed soul pipes are underrated in the blues rock field and over the years he has surrounded himself with some seriously good musicians - the twin guitar Moody/Marsden line-up, in particular, was smokin' and is my favourite period of the 'snake. The last two albums have also been better received by long term rock fans and shows that there's no sign of Dave slowing up in his old age!" - Peppery C

"If David Coverdale's lyrics were even half as good as his voice, Whitesnake would be on the short list of greatest blues-based hard rock bands of all time... as it stands, well, he sure knows how to pick guitarists (and video vixens)." - CurtisLoew

(SAINTS AN' SINNERS: CurtisLoew, crowandbutterfly, Fenril, Toadfan64, Dmitry1973, crowdcontroller, Tymell, Balrog, mokeo11, Peppery C, flyers811, JonFox, fullmetalalchemy)

LINK: POLL #864 (April 2011)

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