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Whitesnake is tagged as: hard rock, classic rock, rock, 80s, hair metal

Whitesnake are an English hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple) in North Yorkshire. In their early years, Whitesnake played in a hard blues-rock and heavy metal style. By the mid-80s, the band had moved towards a more commercial hair metal sound. They were named the 85th Greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1.
Whitesnake were active primarily in the 1980s, but still tour, albeit with an entirely new line-up (bar Coverdale), to this day. Some of the most famous musicians who have joined the band for a time were: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Rudy Sarzo, John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell, Tommy Aldridge and Steve Vai.
The band’s early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, not only because three past members of the band were once in Deep Purple, but also because of their sound and influences. Later, the band took on a sound more in line with the hair metal style popular in the mid to late 80s, although they never truly left their blues-rock roots behind
Formed in the late 1970s by David Coverdale after leaving Deep Purple, Whitesnake were originally a blues rock band with Jon Lord and Ian Paice from Deep Purple in the band. Despite several albums and c...
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Top 10 Whitesnake Songs
Here I Go Again
Is This Love
Fool For Your Loving
Still Of The Night
Love Ain't No Stranger
Crying In The Rain
The Deeper The Love
Now You're Gone
Slide It In
Give Me All Your Love
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Top 10 Whitesnake Albums
Whitesnake
Greatest Hits
Slip Of The Tongue
Slide It In
Good to Be Bad
Whitesnake's Greatest Hits
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Ready An' Willing
Restless Heart
Snakebite
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