David Coverdale dopo aver lasciato i Deep purple fonda gli Whitesnake nel 1978. I comoonenti della
band avevano gai'' affiancato Coverdale durante il tour di promozione dei suoi due
album solisti White Snake (1977) e D.Coverdale & Northwinds (1978).Agli inizi la band propone un blues-rock graffiante e melodioso ed e'' comosta da Coverdale allvoce, Mrdsen eMoody alle chitarre, Murray al basso e Doyle alla batteria. Il loro primo EP "Snakebite" del 1978 otiene un discreto succeso in Inghilterra, grazie anche alla cover "Ain''t No Love in
the Heart
of the City", subito una
hit del gruppo. Successivamente si avranno varie ristampe dell''Ep d''esordio."Trouble" il vero album d''esordio della band vede la luce nel 1979 e si piazza agilmente alla 50 posizione in classifica UK. La band si prenta col proprio blues-rock, stavolta influenzata anche da Led Zeppelin & Deep Purple. La band inizia un tour europeo che riscquote un notevole successo di pubblico tanto che alla fine viene rilasciato un live album per il mercato giapponese; Live at Hammersmith (1979)."Lovehunter" esce nel 1979 e provoca subito sconquassi mediatici e scandalistici per via della copertina che immortala una donna nuda avvolta nelle spire di un serpente.L''album scala le classifiche arrivando fino alla N°30 Ian Paice replaced David Dowle in the band giving Whitesnake three ex-Deep Purple members now. The new line-up recorded the 1980 release Ready an'' Willing which became a breakthrough hit for the band reaching the UK Top 10
and even breaking the US Top 100. The single "Fool For Your Loving", which the band orginally wrote for B.B. King, but kept for themselves, soared
to #13 in the UK and #53 in the States. The title track also hit #43 in the UK. Following the tour in support of "Ready and Willing", which included a headline appearance at the Saturday night of the 1980 Reading Festival, the band released Live...In The Heart Of The City. This album utilised recordings from 1978 and 1980 and landed at #5 in the UK.In 1981 the band recorded Come an'' Get It which climbed to #2 in the UK and produced the Top 20 smash "Don''t Break My Heart Again" and the Top 40 hit "Would I Lie To You". The album flopped in the US however, where they failed to tour often and seemed out of touch musically.During 1982 Coverdale took time off to look after his sick daughter. He decided to temporarily break up the band.When David Coverdale returned to music he reformed Whitesnake. The first major change in the band''s line-up occurred right after the recording of 1982''s Saints & Sinners album, when most of the band (including lead guitarist Bernie Marsden, drummer Ian Paice, and bass player Neil Murray) were fired (or "quit" depending on who you ask). Marsden was replaced by Mel Galley (of Trapeze fame), Murray was replaced with Colin Hodgkinson, and Cozy Powell became the new drummer. Powell was famous for his solo hits, as well as time with Rainbow and the Jeff Beck Group. "Saints An'' Sinners" was another Top 10 UK album and contained the hit "Here I Go Again". The new lineup toured in 1982-83 to support the album and headlined the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington in August of 1983. The new single "Guilty Of Love" rocked to #31 in the UK tied into the appearance.
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