Biography
The WhiteSnake British group belongs to the legends of rock music, because the whole world knows the songs of Here I Go Again and Is This Love. For dozens of years of existence, performers gave hundreds of concerts, the best of which are the speeches of the early 1980s.The history of creation and composition
The history of the WHITESNAKE group began thanks to Vocalist David Koverdale, who left the Deep Purple team to organize his project. He united with Roger Glover, a famous musical producer, and united accompaniators' instrumentalists in the team of The White Snake Band.
The debut solo albums of the artist were recorded with Gitarist Mickey Moody, as well as bassist Nil Marree, who worked with Colosseulm II. Then came the Keyman Brian Johnston and the drummer Dave Daul, which in the biography of the new group created the preface and the first chapter.
In the summer of 1978, the composition was reorganized, and the team renamed WhiteSnake was joined by Bernie Marsden and John Lord. And then such changes began, after which the Rock lovers thought that Koverdale was going to establish a world record in the number of new participants.
The most vivid representatives of the group, in addition to the soloist, John Sykes, Vivian Campbell, Tommy Oldridge and Steve Wai were always considered. They became peculiar leaders of hard rock movements in England, and over time, their creativity penetrated Japan, the United States and China.
Despite the fact that WhiteSnake never talked about the completion of the career, Coverdale at least four times dismissed the constant composition. But after years, the musicians united, pleased with the devotees of the lack of scandals and proceedings about fees and copyright.
Now the group consists of the founder and a long-time drummer Tommy Olderge, who help Joel Hawkstra, Michael Devin and Reb Beach. They can make months separately, engaged in their own projects, but are going for records and concerts as soon as the frontman calls.
Music
The official creative path of the rock band began in the middle of 1978, after the exit of the full blues album Trouble. He immediately reached the 50th place in the charts of the British publications and became an updated version of Ep Snakebite, awarded praise.WhiteSnake went on tour in Europe, and then released a Lovehunter plate with a cover, where a naked woman hugs a living snake. There was a song Long Way From Home, which reached the 55th lines in charts, with which the team acquired popularity, hitting a hard-fat jet.
The authority of Coverdale, as the frontman and vocalist, has strengthened after the release of the Ready An 'Willing, bursting into the top ten thanks to the original Love Man track. From this point on, the British team began to give concerts in Europe and appeared at festivals as a chadliner without competing with anyone.
The beginning of the 1980s promised a number of new projects, and the group with the album Come and Get It again fell into a hit parade. Ten compositions from bilateral vinyl deserved the approval of critics, but, to the surprise of many, the authors did not receive any awards.
After that, the creative process was suspended because of the personal problems of the vocalist, and WhiteSnake was again gathered together in the year of Hit's exit HERE I GO AGAIN. He entered the Saints & Sinners record, which became the standard of British music, thanks to the songs Love An 'Affection, Victim of Love and Crying In The Rain.
In 1983, after participating in the "Monsters of Rock" festival, Coverdale prepared new compositions for the Slide IT studio plate. In the tracks of Love Ain't No Stranger and Slow An 'Easy, which became the top singles, the participants jointly painted a number of bright musical paintings.
The genre of ballads, which in creativity relied the hard rock band, in the 80s received recognition in Western Europe and the United States. In the youth, Rock fans did not imagine that such original and original professional masters may appear in England.
Fresh discography, WhiteSnake hoped a contract with a large studio, and as a result, a suitable brand was found in the American community. Frontman with colleagues settled in New York on a well-equipped recording studio, and it helped with time to enter the number of world legends.
In the European capitals, rocker concerts were easily collected stadiums, and in the States the musicians toured with Dio and Quiet Riot commands. They appeared at the ROCK IN RIO event in Rio de Janeiro and constantly worked on the style to move forward.
The album WHITESNAKE 1987, distinguished by the studio gloss, received gold certificates and became famous in the United States. Still of the Night and Is This Love have become international hits and got in Billboard 200 to before the inaccessible number 2.
Songs illustrated by video clips rotating on music television, thanks to which the group received a nomination and won the Brit Award. After the ceremony, the plate has undergone changes and supplemented with old compositions who knew and sang the entire English-speaking people.
Critics, mostly pounded Coverdale, noticed care in commerce, and in the album Slip of the Tongue the soloist tried to return to the roots. With the participation of a guitarist Stevea from the cult film "Crossroads" The musician composed melodic singles Now You're Gone and The Deeper The Love.
The tour in support of the 8th plate was the largest in the history of the group, and then on objective reasons, participants went for a break. The soloist worked with Jimmy Page over the release of 1993.
He also thought about the solo record, but as a result, united with former colleagues and introduced the world of 11 tracks from the new Restless Heart project. The recording process was dynamically due to the variety of genres represented, but this did not require any moral costs from performers.
The group was glad that it could again appear in front of the fans who did not know anything about the break and were looking forward to news. Therefore, the British and global tour in the late 1990s collected thousands of loyal people in the largest concert halls.
After the triumph, the silence, which lasted before the beginning of the 2000s, came, and then the group came out of the shadow and recorded a number of live DVDs. In one of them, producers included four newlyroid tracks presented during performances at festivals in different parts of the Earth.
In the spring of 2008, spending the last time in the studio, WhiteSnake released the 10th record called Good to Be Bad. Best Years, Call on Me and Can You Hear The Wind Blow have become new hits created by musicians for the past 12 years.
In the midst of this creative period, Vokalist had problems with a voice, and he had to resort to the help of authoritative British doctors. Fortunately, everything was done without consequences, and the Forevermore disk came out on time, and Single One of These Days appeared with ahead of a few days.
In 2015, British musicians prepared a surprise for fans, releasing a record with the songs of Deep Purple called The Purple Album. Tracks Love Child, The Gypsy and Mistreated The public perceived with delight, and Richie's composition of the Blackmore Soldier of Fortune again became a relevant hit.
Return to the past gave a reason for major tour guards, in which the British performed in New York, London and Moscow. In early 2019, Flesh & Blood became a new release, provoked another full-scale tour.
WhiteSnake now
Now WHITESNAKE continues the promotion of the 13th studio album. The site has placed poster of concerts for 2020. Australia, Poland, Sweden and Finland can hear the British performing songs from the plate called Flesh & Blood.
As a support of musical creativity, the team represents a line of clothing, and David Coverdale publishes her photos in his Instagram account. T-shirts and T-shirts with a corporate label available to the Internet order belong to the favorite fans of the necessary trifles.
Discography
- 1978 - Trouble
- 1979 - Lovehunter.
- 1980 - READY AN 'WILLING
- 1981 - Come An 'Get It
- 1982 - Saints & Sinners
- 1984 - Slide IT in
- 1987 - WHITESNAKE
- 1989 - Slip of the Tongue
- 1997 - Restless Heart
- 2008 - Good to Be Bad
- 2011 - Forevermore.
- 2015 - The Purple Album
- 2019 - Flesh & Blood
Clips
- Soldier of Fortune.
- Stormbringer.
- Fool for Your Loving
- Love Will Set You Free
- Now You're Gone.
- Love AINT NO Stranger
- Still of the Night
- DON'T Fade Away.