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In late 2002 the band returned on a permanent basis. The 2003 compilation Best of Whitesnake reached number 44 in the UK and was certified gold by the BPI, [3] [5] while the 2006 video release Live... in the Still of the Night reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart and was also certified gold.
[21] [22] [23] In a 2009 interview with Metro, Coverdale jokingly stated that the name "Whitesnake" was a euphemism for his penis. In fact, it came from the song of the same name found on his first solo album. [24] After completing a small UK club tour, the band adjourned to a rehearsal place in London's West End to begin writing new songs. [12]
Johnston was the keyboardist for Whitesnake's first few shows, but was not credited as a full band member. [2] Peter Solley: 1978 (died 2023) [3] Solley replaced Johnston and performed on Snakebite, but was still credited as a "special guest" performer. [4] [3] Richard Bailey 1984–1985 [11]
The Blues Album includes a more blues version of "Too Many Tears" (originally from Restless Heart) compared to Love Songs (which has a remix of Into the Light version), a song "If You Want Me" which was released in 2006 as a bonus track on live album Live... in the Shadow of the Blues, and "The River Song" originally intended by Coverdale for Coverdale–Page (1993) and released for David ...
Together, he and Coverdale wrote nearly every song on the band’s next, self-titled album, which came out in 1987 and included hits like “Still of the Night” and “Is This Love.”
John Sykes, a veteran hard-rock guitarist who was a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and the Tygers of Pan Tang, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook page. He had battled cancer ...
Sykes appeared on two Whitesnake albums and co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs, including Still Of The Night and Is This Love. ... Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash shared a picture of Sykes ...
1987 is the seventh studio album by English rock band Whitesnake, released on 23 March 1987, by Geffen Records in the US and by EMI Records in the UK one week after. It was co-written and recorded for over a year in what would be the only collaboration between vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes, the final album to feature original bassist Neil Murray and the only album with ...