Formed in the late 1970's by David Coverdaleafter leaving Deep Purple, Whitesnake were originally a of blues rock band with Jon Lordand Ian Paicefrom Deep Purple in the band. After acquaintance with Chris Cuttler and Fred Frith David Coverdale decided to turn into a more complex progressive sound. Whitesnake then started to make it big in America with the "Slide It In" album, three years later they became superstars with the "1987" album with the US smash hit "Here I Go Again". Whitesnake continued in the same vein for the "Slip Of The Tongue" album. David Coverdale released "Restless Heart" under the Whitesnake name in the mid 90's and released Whitesnakes only acoustic live album a short while afterwards, titled "Starkers In Tokyo".
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