Whitesnake

Artist:  Whitesnake  
Origin:  Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

David Coverdale:  Vocals
Bernie Marsden:  Guitar
Micky Moody:  Guitar
Neil Murray:  Bass
David "Duck" Dowie:  Drums
Brian Johnston:  Keyboards (shortly replaced by Peter Solley)

Whitesnake is a British Hard Rock Band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after he left from Deep Purple with his backing band The White Snake Band on his solo album tour White Snake, after 2 solo albums, he decided to formed Whitesnake Band was made up of David Coverdale (Vocals), Bernie Marsden (Guitar), Micky Moody (Guitar), Neil Murray (Bass), David "Duck" Dowie (Drums) and Brian Johnston (Keyboards), Johnnston would soon be replaced by Procol Harum Organ Player and Keyboards Pete Solley.  Whitesnake had moved to more commercial Hard Rock Style and four of the band's earliest albums reached to top 10 in The UK Charts and worldwide commercially successful songs: "Here I Go Again", "Still Of The Night", and "Is This Love".  In 1988, Whitesnake was nominated for the Brit Award for The Best British Group and in 2005, Whitesnake was named the 85th Greatest Hard Rock Band of All Time by VH1.

Whitesnake had many big named musicians played with David Coverdale and his band such as:

Guitar:  Mel Galley (Ex Trapeze), John Sykes (Ex Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Blue Murder), Micky Moody (Ex Juicy Lucy, Snafu), Bernie Marsden (Ex Babe Ruth, Paice, Ashton & Lord), Adrian Vandenberg (Ex Vandenberg), Steve Vai (Ex Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth), Warren DeMartini (Ex Ratt, Dokken), Doug Aldrich (Ex Dio, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising), Reb Reach (Ex Winger, Dokken), Vivian Campbell (Ex Riverdogs, Shadow King, Def Leppard, Dio) and more!

Bass:  Roger Glover (Ex Episode Six, Deep Purple, Rainbow), Neil Murray (Ex Colosseum II, Gary Moore), Alan Spenner (Ex Peter Frampton, Spooky Tooth, Roxy Music, Kokomo), Mar Andes (Ex Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall), Rudy Sarzo (Ex Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne), Tony Franklin (Ex Roy Harper, The Firm, Jimmy Page, Blue Murder, Quite Riot), and more!

Keyboards:  Jon Lord (Ex Deep Purple, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Artwood, The Flower Pot Men), Don Airey (Ex Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath) and more!

Drums:  Simon Phillips (Ex Toto, The Who and more), Tony Newman (Ex May Blitz, Three Man Army, T. Rex, Boxer, Jeff Beck, David Bowie), Ian Paice (Ex Deep Purple, Paice, Ashton & Lord, Green Bullfrog), Cozy Powell (Ex Bedlam, Cozy Powell's Hammer, The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, MSG), Aynsley Dunbar (Ex Frank Zappa, UFO, Journey, and more), Denny Carmassi (Ex Montrose, Gamma, Heart), Tommy Aldridge (Ex Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Motorhead and more), Brian Tichy (Ex Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne) and more!

Title:  30th Anniversary Collection  (2008)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  EMI
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

CD 1:
 1.  Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues
 2.  Sweet Talker
 3.  Would I Lie To You
 4.  Trouble
 5.  Gambler
 6.  Love Hunter
 7.  Ready An' Willing
 8.  Child Of Babylon
 9.  Here I Go Again
10. Carry Your Load
11. Crying In The Rain
12. Rough An' Ready
13. Wine, Women An' Song
14. Lie Down...I think I Love You
15. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Live)
16. Fool For Your Loving (Live)
17. Take Me With You (Live)

CD 2:

 1.  Fool For Your Living
 2.  Don't Break My Heart Again
 3.  Hit An' Run
 4.  The Time Is Right For Love
 5.  Love Ain't No Stranger
 6.  Too Many Tears
 7.  Pride And Joy (Performed by David Coverdale & Jimmy Page)
 8.  Victim Of Love
 9.  Judgement Day
10. Is This Love
11. Take A Look At Yourself (Performed by David Coverdale & Jimmy Page)
12. Straight For The Heart
13. Now You're Gone (US Remix)
14. Looking For Love
15. Sailing Ships (Live)
16. Soldier Of Fortune (Live)
17. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues (Live)
18. Ready An' Willing (Live)

CD 3:

 1.  Slow An' Easy
 2.  Shake My Tree
 3.  Guilty Of Love 
 4.  The Deeper The Love
 5.  Blindman
 6.  Love To Keep You Warm
 7.  Love Is Blind
 8.  Ain't Gonna Cry No More
 9.  Slave
10. Lonely days, Lonely Nights
11. Give Me All Your Love
12. Till The Day I Die
13. Here I Go Again 87
14. Still Of The Night
15. If You Want Me
16. Best Years
17. We Wish You Well

30th Anniversary Collection is a triple CD Collection by Whitesnake, was released on June 9, 2008 by EMI, for celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Whitesnake.