Whitesnake are an English
hard rock band, founded in 1977 by
David Coverdale (formerly of
Deep Purple) in North Yorkshire. In their early years, Whitesnake played in a hard
blues-rock and
heavy metal style. By the mid-80s, the band had moved towards a more commercial
hair metal sound. They were named the 85th Greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1. Whitesnake were active primarily in the 1980s, but still tour, albeit with an entirely new line-up (bar Coverdale), to this day.
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