Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid-eighties Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues-rock influenced heavy metal to a more commercial hard rock style.
They were recently named the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1.
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Reviewed by Louis Pattison
Few bands defined the sound or the fashion of 80s hard rock more than Whitesnake.
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