Whitesnake

Whitesnake are a hard rock band formed during 1978, in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, north-east England, UK, by David Coverdale, following his departure from the blues rock group Deep Purple, to which Whitesnake's early material has been compared, before they began moving toward a better selling rock style. By the turn of the decade, the band had become more successful, releasing a string of UK top 10 albums, Ready an' Willing (1980), Come an' Get It (1981), Saints & Sinners (1982) then Slide It In (1984), which was their first to make the US charts, being certified 2x platinum. The group's eponymous L.P. of 1987 was their biggest worldwide seller, producing 2 big US hit singles, "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love", reaching # 1 & # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went 8 x platinum in the US, the band's success leading to them being nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1988. Slip of the Tongue (1989) was also a hit, entering the top 10 in the UK and the US, being certified platinum in the US. The band split up shortly after its issue, but had a reunion during 1994 then released a one-off studio L.P., Restless Heart (1997). Whitesnake officially reformed in 2002, touring together since that year, while issuing 4 albums, Good to Be Bad (2008), Forevermore (2011), The Purple Album (2015) and Flesh & Blood (2019). They were named the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1 during 2005.