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Whitesnake

Coiled blues intent stretched into bleached perm majesty—melodic shred with pillow-talk hooks.

Hard rock
Glam metal
Blues rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

The 1987 self-titled album packaged former Deep Purple swagger for transatlantic glory.

Is This Love and Still of the Night split power-ballad and riff modes cleanly.

Guitar partnership chapters rewrote solo expectations across Sykes and Vai eras.

Clean streaming keeps delay trails, thumping kick, and layered gang vocals.

David Coverdale formed Whitesnake after leaving Deep Purple, with guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. Trouble (1978) and Lovehunter (1979) leaned on the blues, and Ready an’ Willing (1980) and Come an’ Get It (1981) followed. Slide It In (1984) was more polished.

Whitesnake (1987) turned the band into stars in the US, with Here I Go Again, Is This Love, and Still of the Night, with guitarist John Sykes. Coverdale has continued with changing lineups.

Whitesnake: recent news, 2020–2026

2022 The band set out on a tour billed as the Farewell Tour.

Interesting facts about Whitesnake

01 British-American hard rock band formed by David Coverdale in 1978 after his time as vocalist for Deep Purple.
02 Whitesnake (1987) included Here I Go Again and Is This Love among transatlantic hit singles.
03 Here I Go Again topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 in a re-recorded radio-focused version.
04 Whitesnake (1987) included Still of the Night.
05 Guitarist John Sykes co-wrote songs on Whitesnake (1987).