Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The members of the group are David Coverdale, the only sole-singer and founder of the band, drummer Tommy Aldridge (since 1987; left 2007 but rejoined in 2013), guitarist Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra, bassist Tanya O'Callaghan, and keyboardist Michelle Luppi and Dino Jelusick.
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 Whitesnake performing in Helsinki in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock |
| Years active | 1978–1990, 1994, 1997–1998, 2002–2025 |
| Labels | United Artists, EMI, Geffen, SPV, Steamhammer, Mirage, Frontiers, RHINO |
| Website | www.whitesnake.com |
| Members | David Coverdale Tommy Aldridge Reb Beach Joel Hoekstra Michele Luppi Dino Jelusick Tanya O'Callaghan |
After Coverdale left Deep Purple, he formed a group named "David Coverdale's Whitesnake". They were first started as a blues rock band in the early days, but explored into a further heavier sound, derived of glam metal. The band went to a major change in 1987, which their best-selling self-titled album sold around twenty-five million copies worldwide. The group disbanded in 1990, but reformed in 2003 and has released multiple albums with moderate success. Coverdale announced his retirement in November 2025, effectively putting an end to Whitesnake.
Studio albums
- Snakebite- EP (1978)
- Trouble (1978)
- Lovehunter (1979)
- Ready an' Willing (1980)
- Come an' Get It (1981)
- Saints & Sinners (1982)
- Slide It In (1984)
- Whitesnake (1987)
- Slip of the Tongue (1989)
- Restless Heart (1997)
- Good to Be Bad (2008)
- Flesh & Blood (2019)
Complications
- The Best of Whitesnake (1981)
- The Greatest Whitesnake (1983)
- Best (1991)
- Whitesnake's Greatest Hits (1994)
- The Best of Whitesnake: The Millennium Collection (2000)
- Here I Go Again: The Whitesnake Collection (2002)
- Best of Whitesnake (2003)
- The Silver Anniversary Collection (2003)
- The Early Years (2004)
- The Definitive Collection (2006)
- Gold (2006)
- Unzipped (2018)
- The ROCK Album (2020)
- Love Songs (2020)
- The Blues Album (2021)
- Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered (2022)
- Into the Light: The Solo Albums (2024)
- Access All Areas: Live (2025)
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Whitesnake performing at the 1980 Reading Rock Festival
Bernie Marsden (left) and Micky Moody (right) performing with Whitesnake at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1981
Whitesnake performing at the 1983 Monsters of Rock festival, which they headlined
Whitesnake in 1984. Left to right: Mel Galley, John Sykes, Neil Murray, David Coverdale, Cozy Powell, and Jon Lord
David Coverdale performing with Whitesnake in 1987, sporting a more contemporary glam metal inspired look
Adrian Vandenberg (left) and David Coverdale (right) backstage at the Monsters of Rock festival, 1990
David Coverdale fronting Whitesnake at the 2003 Gods of Metal festival during the band's 25th anniversary tour
Doug Aldrich served as Coverdale's writing and producing partner on the albums Good to be Bad (2008) and Forevermore (2011)
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