Whitesnake

How David Coverdale used glamour and bombast to turn Whitesnake into international superstars

By Classic Rock Magazine published 26 May 26

Between 1984 and 1987, Whitesnake underwent a transformation like no other – and it paid off

How David Coverdale led a fans' choir to create the connoisseur's favourite Whitesnake album

By Paul Elliott published 5 May 26

With three studio albums under their belt, Whitesnake unleashed their live sound on the world in a double dose of Hammersmith havoc

Ten albums that prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that 1980 was the greatest year ever for hard rock and heavy metal

By Paul Brannigan published 17 April 26

Ozzy reborn! AC/DC back! Iron Maiden on the prowl! 1980 rocked

How Whitesnake’s Lovehunter album helped David Coverdale into a star all over again

By Dave Ling published 3 April 26

Whitesnake slithered to success with 1979’s Lovehunter

Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best

By Neil Jeffries published 14 November 25

David Coverdale has been there, done that, and sung a song of sweet love while doing it

How Whitesnake made a cult R&B song their own – and got the blessing of the soul icon who wrote it

By Dave Everley published 26 October 25

In 1978 Whitesnake turned a Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland chestnut into one of blues rock’s greatest anthems

"Hello, cheeky!" How MTV made Whitesnake into megastars

By Jon Hotten published 15 October 25

As MTV announces it will no longer play music videos in the UK and Europe, we look back at the moment it helped reinvent Whitesnake

“They made complex music sound easy. I’m envious”: Adrian Vandenberg’s prog inspirations

By Phil Weller published 12 August 25

The Dutch guitarist lists some British musicians who inspired the world at large, as much for their attitudes as their creations

30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s

By Classic Rock published 9 July 25

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade