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Bon Jovi is a hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. Over the past 25 years, Bon Jovi has sold over 140 million albums worldwide, ^[1] including 34 million in the United States alone. ^[2]

Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 (which pared the lineup down to a quartet), the lineup has remained the same for the past 25 years. After two moderately successful albums in 1984 and 1985, the band scored big with Slippery When Wet (1986) and New Jersey (1988), which sold a combined 19 million copies in the U.S. alone, charted eight Top Ten hits (including four number one hits), and launched the band into global super stardom. After non-stop touring, the band went on hiatus after the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums. In 1992, the band returned with the double platinum Keep the Faith and has since created a string of platinum albums throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

In 2006, the band won a Grammy for best Country Collaboration for "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland and also became the first rock band to reach #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart with the same song. The band has also received multiple Grammy nominations for music from the albums Crush, Bounce, and Lost Highway. Throughout their career, the band has released ten studio albums, of which nine have gone platinum. In addition, the band has charted 19 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, four of which reached #1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Bad Medicine", and "I'll Be There for You"). The band also holds the record for the most weeks for a hard rock album at #1 on the Billboard 200 with Slippery When Wet, as well as the most Top 10 singles from a hard rock album, with New Jersey, which charted five such singles.

Formation

Founding member Jon Bon Jovi began to play piano and guitar at thirteen with his first band, called Raze. He was enrolled in an all-boys Catholic school, St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, New Jersey, but left to attend public school at Sayreville War Memorial High School.^[3] At sixteen, Bon Jovi met David Bryan (born David Bryan Rashbaum) and formed a 12-piece cover band named Atlantic City Expressway after the New Jersey highway. They played at New Jersey clubs, even though they were minors. Still in his teens, Bon Jovi played in the band John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones, playing local clubs like "The Fast Lane" and opening for known acts in the area.

By mid-1982, out of school and working part-time in a women's shoe store, Bon Jovi took a job at the Power Station Studios, a Manhattan recording facility where his cousin, Tony Bongiovi, was a co-owner. Bon Jovi made several demos (including one produced by Billy Squier) and sent them out to many record companies, but failed to make an impact.

In 1983, Bon Jovi visited the local radio station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple" in Lake Success, New York. He spoke directly to the D.J., Chip Hobart, who suggested Bon Jovi let WAPP include the song "Runaway" on a compilation album of local homegrown talent. Bon Jovi was reluctant but eventually gave them the song on which Bon Jovi had used studio musicians to play on the track "Runaway" (originally written in 1980). The studio musicians who helped record "Runaway" were known as The All Star Review. They were: guitarists Dave Sabo and Tim Pierce, keyboardist Roy Bittan, drummer Frankie LaRocka and bassist Hugh McDonald.

The song began to get airplay in the New York area, then other sister stations in major markets picked up the song. In March 1983 Bon Jovi called David Bryan, who in turn called bassist Alec John Such and an experienced drummer named Tico Torres.

Tapped to play lead guitar was Bon Jovi's neighbor, Dave Sabo (a.k.a. The Snake), who later formed the group Skid Row.

Richie Sambora became the band's lead guitarist.

Before joining the group, Sambora had toured with Joe Cocker, played with a group called Mercy and had been called up to audition for Kiss. He also played on the album Lessons with the band Message, which was re-released on CD through Long Island Records in 1995. Message was originally signed to Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label, although the album was never released.

Drummer Tico Torres was also an experienced musician, having recorded and played live with Phantom's Opera, The Marvelettes, and Chuck Berry. He appeared on 26 records and had recently recorded with Frankie and the Knockouts, a Jersey band with hit singles during the early 1980s.

David Bryan had quit the band he and Bon Jovi founded in order to study medicine. While in college, he realized he wanted to pursue music full-time and was accepted to Juilliard School, the New York music school. When Bon Jovi called his friend and said he was putting together a band and a record deal looked likely, Bryan followed Bon Jovi's lead and gave up his studies.

The Bon Jovi lineup, which remained stable for a decade, was:

• Jon Bon Jovi (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
• Richie Sambora (lead guitar, backing vocals)
• David Bryan (keyboard, backing vocals)
• Tico Torres (drums, percussion)
• Alec John Such (bass guitar, backing vocals)

Releases
¨LStudio albums	10
¨LLive albums	1
¨LCompilation albums	4
¨LSingles	41
¨LVideo albums	7
¨LOther charted songs	4
¨LNo.1 Single	6

Chart positions

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US[1]	CAN	UK	GER	SUI	SWE	NOR	FIN	AUT	AUS [2]	NZ	JPN	EUR	WW
1984	Bon Jovi [3]	43		68							39	18	38
1985	7800¡ã Fahrenheit [4]	37		28	40	11	10				30	48	5
1986	Slippery When Wet [5]	1	1	6	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	10	2	1
1988	New Jersey [6]	1	1	1	4	1	1	4		5	1	1	2	2	1
1992	Keep the Faith [7]	5	1	1	2	3	3	7	1	3	1	15	3	2	1
1995	These Days [7]	9		1	1	1	2	7	1	1	1	11	1	1	1
2000	Crush [8] [7]	9	4	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	1	23	2	1	1
2002	Bounce [9] [10]	2	3	2	2	2	4	9	2	3	5	19	3	1	2
2005	Have a Nice Day [11] [10]	2	1	2	1	1	3	11	4	1	1	26	1	1	1
2007	Lost Highway [12]	1	1	2	1	1	4	7	3	1	2	2	1	1	1

Extended Bon Jovi Album Discography

[edit] Certifications

Year	Title	US[13]	CAN	UK	GER	SUI	AUS [14]	JPN
1984	Bon Jovi	2¡Á Platinum	Gold			Gold
1985	7800¡ã Fahrenheit	Platinum	Gold
1986	Slippery When Wet	12¡Á Platinum	Diamond	3¡Á Platinum	Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	6¡Á Platinum	Gold
1988	New Jersey	7¡Á Platinum	5¡Á Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	Platinum	Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	Platinum
1992	Keep the Faith	2¡Á Platinum	5¡Á Platinum	Platinum	Platinum	3¡Á Platinum	3¡Á Platinum	Platinum
1995	These Days	Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	3¡Á Platinum
2000	Crush	2¡Á Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	Platinum	2¡Á Platinum	3¡Á Platinum	Platinum	2¡Á Platinum
2002	Bounce	Gold	Platinum	Gold	Platinum	Platinum	Gold	Platinum
2005	Have a Nice Day	Platinum	Platinum	Gold	Platinum	Platinum	Gold	Platinum
2007	Lost Highway	Platinum	3¡Á Platinum	Gold	Platinum	Platinum	Gold	Platinum

[edit] End of Year Charts

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US	CAN	UK	GER	SUI	AUS	JPN	WW	EUR
1984	Bon Jovi	58
1985	7800¡ã Fahrenheit	72
1986	Slippery When Wet	1		26		4	3	54
1988	New Jersey	4				27		36
1992	Keep the Faith	49	1	33	2	1	10			1
1995	These Days	144		26		20	22	25
2000	Crush	83		41		2	27	36	7	6
2002	Bounce					26			31
2005	Have a Nice Day	68			22	19	73	50	36
2007	Lost Highway	49	5	92	18	17	92	55	21	29

[edit] Live albums and compilations

[edit] Chart Positions

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US	CAN	UK	GER	SUI	SWE	NOR	FIN	AUT	AUS	NZ	JPN	EUR
1994	Cross Road: Greatest Hits	8	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
2001	Tokyo Road: Best Of Bon Jovi (only Japan)												5
2001	One Wild Night Live 1985-2001 [15]	20	4	2	3	1	7	5	4	2	6	34	99	2
2003	This Left Feels Right [16]	14	2	4	3	3	23		18	2	11		5	3
2004	100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong	53	48		37					50			13

[edit] Certifications

Year	Title	Certifications
		US[13]	CAN	UK	AUS	JPN
1994	Cross Road: Greatest Hits	4¡Á Platinum	Diamond	5¡Á Platinum	4¡Á Platinum	5¡Á Platinum
2001	Tokyo Road: Best Of Bon Jovi (only Japan)					Platinum
2001	One Wild Night Live 1985-2001		Gold	Gold
2003	This Left Feels Right		Gold	Gold
2004	100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong	Gold

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	US Hot 100	US Rock	AUS	UK	US AC	US Country	US Digital	US Pop 100	CAN Hot 100	Album
1983	"Runaway"	39	18								Bon Jovi
1984	"She Don't Know Me"	48	29
1985	"In and Out of Love"	69	37								7800¡ãFahrenheit
	"The Hardest Part Is the Night"				68
	"Only Lonely"	54	28		24
1986	"Silent Night"		24
	"You Give Love a Bad Name"	1	9	23	14			29			Slippery When Wet
	"Wanted Dead or Alive"	7	13	13	13			25
1987	"Livin' On a Prayer"	1	1	3	4			30
	"Never Say Goodbye"		11	26	21
	"Edge of a Broken Heart"A	38									Disorderlies soundtrack
1988	"Bad Medicine"	1	3	5	17						New Jersey
	"Born to Be My Baby"	3	7	34	22
1989	"I'll Be There for You"	1	5	30	18
	"Lay Your Hands on Me"	7	20	26	18
	"Living In Sin"	9	37	62	35
1992	"Keep the Faith"	29	1	11	5						Keep the Faith
1993	"Bed of Roses"	10	25	10		39
	"In These Arms"	27	32	10	9
	"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"	97	29	24	17
	"I Believe"			40	11
1994	"Dry County"			31	9
	"Always"	4	3	2	2	4					Cross Road
	"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"		23	10	7
1995	"This Ain't a Love Song"	14	5	4	6	22		59			These Days
	"Something for the Pain"	76	11	14	8
	"Lie to Me"	88	54	20	10
1996	"These Days"			38	7
	"Hey God"				13
1999	"Real Life"			52	21						EDtv soundtrack
2000	"It's My Life"	33	5	4	3			58			Crush
	"Say It Isn't So"			9	10
	"Thank You for Loving Me"	57	40	34	12	15
2001	"One Wild Night"		23	35	10						One Wild Night Live 1985-2001
2002	"Everyday"		31	5	5	25					Bounce
	"Misunderstood"			33	21	64
2003	"All About Lovin' You"			31	9
	"Bounce"		39			3
2005	"Have a Nice Day"	53	38	8	6	24		25	38		Have a Nice Day
2006	"Who Says You Can't Go Home"B	23			5	8	1	37	41
	"Welcome to Wherever You Are"			44	19
2007	"(You Want to) Make a Memory"	27			33	5	35	15	5	4	Lost Highway
	"Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (w/ LeAnn Rimes)A	123		D			47
	"Summertime"A									39
	"Lost Highway"				117					39
2008	"Whole Lot of Leavin'"C E

• ^A Radio airplay only.
• ^B The country music version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home", released in North America only, featured Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland. The European and Australian releases were of the original rock version. "Who Says You Can't Go Home" also reached #5 on the Adult Top 40.
• ^C Current single(s).
• ^D Til We Aint Strangers Anymore reached #13 on the Australian Country Music Channel top 20, as voted by viewers online.
• ^E European release only.

Video albums

Year	Title	Certifications
		US	CAN	UK	AUS [14]
1985	Breakout: Video Singles (VHS)	Platinum
1987	Slippery When Wet: The Videos (VHS)	2¡Á Platinum
1989	New Jersey: The Videos (VHS, Video CD)	Platinum
1990	Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey (VHS)	Gold
1993	Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi (VHS, Laserdisc, CDi)
1993	Keep the Faith: The Videos (VHS, Laserdisc)	Gold
1994	Cross Road: The Videos (VHS, Video CD)	Gold
1995	Live From London (VHS, Video CD, DVD)	Gold
1997	Destination Anywhere: The Film (VHS, VCD, DVD)
2000	The Crush Tour (VHS, DVD)	Platinum			Platinum
2003	This Left Feels Right Live (DVD)				Gold
2004	Live From Atlantic City (DVD)
2007	Lost Highway: The Concert (DVD)	2¡Á Platinum	5¡Á Platinum		Platinum

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Jovi
• Bon Jovi.com
• The Official Bon Jovi Website
• Bon Jovi's Webpage at VH1
• Ten Classic Bon Jovi Songs at Unreality Music
• Bon Jovi discography at MusicBrainz
• Bon Jovi at Discogs
• http://www.metrolyrics.com/bon-jovi-lyrics.html

Vixen is an all-female American glam metal / heavy metal band which achieved some success during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Vixen was formed in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1980 by guitarist Jan Kuehnemund while still at high school. In 1984, an early version of the band with Kuehnemund and singer Janet Gardner appeared in the movie Hardbodies as the on-screen band "Diaper Rash." In 1985 the band moved to Los Angeles to be part of the LA rock scene. Line-up changes happened during the following years until the 'classic' line-up of Jan Kuehnemund (guitar), Janet Gardner (vocals & rhythm guitar), Share Pedersen (bass guitar) and Roxy Petrucci (drums) was formed. This line-up of Vixen was interviewed in 1987 along with many other rock artists of the day by Penelope Spheeris for her film The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years.

In 1988 the band were signed to EMI and they began recording their debut album Vixen which was released in September 1988. Singer and Songwriter Richard Marx actually wrote and arranged their signature hit, "Edge of a Broken Heart," on the album.^{[citation needed]} He also produced the song. Rumor was he was asked to assist the all-female band by EMI to produce their first major hit to compete with the all-female band The Bangles.^{[citation needed]} Marx had nothing to do with their follow-up CD since he was becoming a more of a mainline singer than songwriter. The next year Vixen spent touring the world supporting acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and Bon Jovi as well as headlining their own shows. The band returned to the studio in late 1989/early 1990 to record their follow up album Rev it Up which was released in July 1990. A year of touring followed including headlining their own shows and supporting acts such as KISS and Deep Purple. In mid-1991 the band split due to musical differences.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997 Roxy Petrucci reformed Vixen with Janet Gardner on vocals, Gina Stile on guitar and Rana Ross on bass guitar. This line-up toured the US in 1997 and in 1998 Petrucci, Gardner and Stile recorded the album Tangerine. After the release of the new album Roxy's sister Maxine Petrucci was brought in to play bass guitar on a U.S. tour of 1998 but were sued for copyright infringement by Kuehnemund.

In 1999, Share Pedersen joined her husband's band the Dogs D'Amour, who were reforming after a long hiatus. She appeared on their 2000 album Happy Ever After, playing bass and keyboards and contributing prominent backing vocals. Share and her husband, Bam, also have their own band, Bubble, which is very popular in L.A.

In 2001 Vixen was reformed by Kuehnemund with a line-up consisting of herself, Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci and new bassist Pat Holloway. This line-up toured the US as part of the "Voices of Metal" tour, unfortunately half way through the tour disagreements caused the band to split up with only Kuehnemund remaining. Kuehnemund quickly recruited vocalist Jenna Sanz-Agero, bassist Lynn Louise Lowrey and drummer Kat Kraft to complete the tour. This line up is still together and released two new albums in 2006, a live album (recorded at a live show in Sweden) called "Extended Versions", and the studio album "Live & Learn".

In 2004 VH1 approached the four members of the 'classic' line up to appear on their show Bands Reunited, the show was recorded in August 2004 and broadcast in the US in November 2004. Following the broadcast of the VH1 show EMI re-released the first two Vixen albums.

Compilation Albums

• Best of Vixen - Full Throttle (1999)
• Extended Versions (aka Live in Sweden) (2006)

 Singles

• from "Vixen"
  • Edge of a Broken Heart #51 UK, #26 US
  • Cryin' #27 UK, #22 US
  • Love Made Me #36 UK
  • Edge of a Broken Heart (re-issue) #59 UK
• from "Rev It Up"
  • How Much Love #35 UK, #44 US
  • Love is a Killer #41 UK, #71 US
  • Not a Minute Too Soon #37 UK

 Videos

• Revved Up VHS 1990. 37 mins. UK

 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vixen_%28band%29
• Vixen Official website
• Neil's Vixen Page
• Metal Queens - Vixen
• Vixen profile at MetalMaidens.com
• Unofficial Vixen Page
• Rana Ross' Home Page
• VH1 Bands Reunited: Vixen
• Share Ross' rock n roll video blog
• Roxy Petrucci's site
• Lynn Lousie Lowrey interview at BassGirls.Com
• Roxy Petrucci History on Madam X & Vixen
• Interview at Saviours Of Rock

 

 

Whitesnake is a hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). They were active primarily in the 1980s, but still tour, albeit with an entirely new line-up (bar Coverdale), to this day. The magazine Boff has numerous Whitesnake references.

Some of the more notable musicians who have joined the band for a time were: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Rudy Sarzo, John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell, Tommy Aldridge and Steve Vai.

The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, not only because three past members of the band were once in Deep Purple, but also because of their sound and influences.^{[citation needed]} Later, the band took on a sound more in line with the melodic hard rock popular in the mid to late eighties.

Formation (1976-1978)

David Coverdale officially founded Whitesnake in 1978. However the core lineup had been working as his backing band (he called them 'The White Snake Band' on the White Snake album tour, and they retained the title) on tour prior to Whitesnake's official founding. They toured with him in support for both of the solo albums he released between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake - White Snake (1977) and Northwinds (1978)

 First era (1978-1982)

During the band's early years, their music was primarily blues rock (although Coverdale described Whitesnake's early style as "progressive R&B") ^[2]. At this time, the band was made up of David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray and drummer David "Duck" Dowle with keyboardist Brian Johnston. Johnston would soon be replaced by ex-Procol Harum member Pete Solley, who in turn was replaced by ex-Deep Purple legend (and Coverdale bandmate) Jon Lord during sessions for the first LP.

Their first 7" EP, Snakebite (1978), includes the well known track, "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", a re-arrangement of Bobby "Blue" Bland's song, which was the first hit from the band. The album had varied success throughout the UK. Subsequent reissues of this EP included four bonus tracks from Coverdale's second solo album Northwinds produced by Roger Glover. All four tracks from the original EP have been included in a 2006 reissue of Trouble.

The full-length debut, "Trouble" came out later that fall and made it to #50 in the UK. It was a blues rock/ R&B styled album with some Led Zeppelin and Free influences. Coverdale steered away from any Deep Purple connotations during this time period. Whitesnake toured Europe to promote the album and their first live album, the Japanese-only Live at Hammersmith (1979), was recorded on this tour.

Whitesnake released Lovehunter in 1979, which sported controversy due to its risque album cover, which featured an illustration of a naked woman wrapped in a snake's coil. The album made the UK Top 30 and contained the minor hit "Long Way From Home" (#55). Shortly after that Ian Paice replaced David Dowle in the band giving Whitesnake three ex-Deep Purple members now. The new line-up recorded the 1980 release Ready an' Willing which became a breakthrough hit for the band reaching the UK Top 10 and even breaking the US Top 100. The single "Fool For Your Loving", which the band originally wrote for B.B. King, but kept for themselves, soared to #13 in the UK and #53 in the States. The title track also hit #43 in the UK. Following the tour in support of "Ready and Willing", which included a headline appearance at the Sunday night of the 1980 Reading Festival, the band released Live...In The Heart Of The City. This album utilised recordings from 1978 and 1980 and landed at #5 in the UK.

In 1981 the band recorded Come an' Get It which climbed to #2 in the UK and produced the Top 20 smash "Don't Break My Heart Again" and the Top 40 hit "Would I Lie To You". The album flopped in the US however, where they failed to tour often and seemed out of touch musically.

During 1982 Coverdale took time off to look after his sick daughter. He decided to temporarily break up the band.

When David Coverdale returned to music he reformed Whitesnake. The first major change in the band's line-up occurred right after the recording of 1982's Saints & Sinners album, when most of the band (including lead guitarist Bernie Marsden, drummer Ian Paice, and bass player Neil Murray) were fired (or "quit" depending on who you ask). Marsden was replaced by Mel Galley (of Trapeze fame), Murray was replaced with Colin Hodgkinson, and Cozy Powell became the new drummer. Powell was famous for his solo hits, as well as time with Rainbow and the Jeff Beck Group. "Saints An' Sinners" was another Top 10 UK album and contained the hit "Here I Go Again". The new lineup toured in 1982-83 to support the album and headlined the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington in August of 1983. The new single "Guilty Of Love" rocked to #31 in the UK tied into the appearance.

Shift from blues to rock music

After another major personnel shift (including the firing of Moody and hiring of John Sykes and firing of Hodgkinson and re-hiring of Neil Murray) and a major recording deal with the Geffen Records label, Whitesnake released a partially re-recorded and fully remixed version of Slide It In (guitar parts redone by Sykes and bass parts by Murray) for the U.S. market in 1984 (released April 1984). Coverdale initially hated the new Geffen re-recording of Slide It In, as he had found nothing wrong with the original, famously declaring that it had "lost its British bollocks". Despite his misgivings, however, the album did manage to give Whitesnake some much-needed US exposure, and David soon altered his opinion. Slide It In later went double platinum in the US on the back of 1987. The Slide It In album spawned the American album-oriented rock hits, "Slow an' Easy", "Love Ain't No Stranger" as well as the album's title track – although in Europe the band had a run with other songs, "Guilty of Love" and "Give Me More Time". While touring the first few months in support of the album, Mel Galley was forced to leave in the spring of 1984 due to an accident involving a broken arm, leaving John Sykes solely handling the guitars for the rest of the dates. A few weeks after Galley's departure, the next to leave was Jon Lord, who left to reform Deep Purple MKII. Keyboard duty was then handled by an off-stage keyboardist, Richard Bailey.

 From blues-rock to pop metal

At the end of the tour, after their last gig in Rio, Cozy Powell left to join Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Veteran drummer Aynsley Dunbar (of Journey & Jefferson Starship fame) was brought in for the rehearsals and recordings of the 1987 Whitesnake album as was ex-Ozzy and Rainbow keyboardist Don Airey.

Their next album, Whitesnake (entitled 1987 in Europe and Serpens Albus in Japan) marked the band's first mainstream success in the U.S. Thanks to the guidance of A&R guru John Kalodner, the album sold over eight million copies in the U.S. and also pushed sales of Slide It In from its RIAA certified gold status to over two million copies. The album continued to sell throughout 1987 and 1988 and hit #2 in the US. The group were slammed as being Led Zeppelin clones at this time, with former Zep frontman Robert Plant referring to Coverdale as "David Coverversion" in interviews. Regardless, the band had never sounded heavier.

The album's biggest hits were the power ballad, "Is This Love" and the #1 hit single, "Here I Go Again" (a re-recording of a song on Saints & Sinners in 1982). Other hit singles from the album were "Still of the Night" (#79) and "Give Me All Your Love" (#48 in 1988).

The album's exposure was boosted by heavy airplay of its videos on MTV, which featured actress Tawny Kitaen, whom Coverdale later married. None of the band members who played on the album appeared in these videos, as Coverdale had fired all of the band members (John Sykes, Neil Murray and Aynsley Dunbar) prior to the album's release, except session musician Adrian Vandenberg, who had been hired to complete the album after the others were dismissed. Vandenberg's only work on the album was the solo on "Here I Go Again" though he became a full time member of the band shortly afterwards.

The resulting music videos from Whitesnake featured new band members Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, and Vivian Campbell. Sarzo and Aldridge had played together in Ozzy's band and Campbell had been with Dio for many years.

The band's line-up changed yet again for the 1989 album Slip of the Tongue, when Vivian Campbell left in late 1988 (he later joined Def Leppard). While preparing for the recording of the album, Adrian Vandenberg suffered a debilitating hand injury related to isometric exercises and was unable to participate in the sessions. With all of the foundation tracks completed, guitarist Steve Vai was called in to record all the guitar parts. The resulting album sold in three million copies and hit #10 in US and UK. Hit singles included a re-working of "Fool For Your Loving" (#37 US, #43 UK) the melodic "The Deeper The Love" (#28 US, #35 UK in 1990) and "Now You're Gone"(#96 US, #31 UK in 1990).

Album certifications

Year	Title	Billboard 200	US Sales Certification
1978	Snakebite	--	--
1978	Trouble	--	--
1979	Lovehunter	--	--
1980	Ready an' Willing	--	--
1981	Come an' Get It	--	--
1982	Saints & Sinners	--	--
1984	Slide It In (European/Canadian release)	N/A	N/A
1984	Slide It In (USA release)	42	2x Platinum
1987	Whitesnake/1987	2	8x Platinum
1989	Slip of the Tongue	10	4x Platinum
1997	Restless Heart	N/A	N/A
2008	Good to Be Bad	62

 Live albums

• Live at Hammersmith
  (1978)
  EMI Japan
  
• Live...In the Heart of the City
  (1980)
  Geffen Records
  
• Starkers in Tokyo
  (1998)
  EMI
  
• Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues (double CD/DVD)
  (2006)
  Steamhammer Europe
  

 Compilations

• Whitesnake's Greatest Hits
  (1994)
  Features songs from 1984-1989
  Geffen Records
  Platinum
  
• 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake
  (2000)
  Interscope Records
  Gold
  
• Best Ballads
  (2000)
  Lighthouse Records
  
• Here I Go Again: The Whitesnake Collection
  (2002)
  Geffen Records
  
• Best of Whitesnake
  (2003)
  EMI
  
• The Silver Anniversary Collection
  (2003)
  EMI
  
• The Early Years
  (2004)
  EMI
  
• The Definitive Collection
  (2006)
  Geffen Records
  
• Gold: Whitesnake
  (2006)
  Geffen Records
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•  Singles

  Year	Title	Chart positions			Album
  		US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	UK Singles
  1979	"Long Way from Home"	-	-	#55	Lovehunter
  1980	"Fool for Your Loving"	#53	-	#13	Ready an' Willing
  1980	"Ready an' Willing"	-	-	#43	Ready an' Willing
  1980	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	-	-	#51	Live in the Heart of the City
  1981	"Don't Break My Heart Again"	-	-	#17	Come an' Get It
  1981	"Would I Lie to You"	-	-	#37	Come an' Get It
  1982	"Here I Go Again"	-	-	#34	Saints & Sinners
  1984	"Standing in the Shadow"	-	-	#62	Slide It In
  1983	"Guilty of Love"	-	-	#31	Slide It In
  1984	"Give Me More Time"	-	-	#29	Slide It In
  1984	"Love Ain't No Stranger"	-	#33	#44	Slide It In
  1984	"Slow An' Easy"	?	#17	?	Slide It In
  1984	"Gambler"	-	?	-	Slide It In
  1987	"Here I Go Again '87"	#1	#4	#9	Whitesnake
  1987	"Is This Love"	#2	#13	#9	Whitesnake
  1987	"Still of the Night"	#79	#18	#16	Whitesnake
  1987	"Crying in the Rain"	-	?	-	Whitesnake
  1987	"Bad Boys"	-	?	-	Whitesnake
  1988	"Give Me All Your Love"	#48	#22	#18	Whitesnake
  1989	"Fool for Your Loving"	#37	#2	#43	Slip of the Tongue
  1989	"Slip of the Tongue"	-	#32	-	Slip of the Tongue
  1990	"The Deeper the Love"	#28	#4	#35	Slip of the Tongue
  1990	"Now You're Gone"	#96	#15	#31	Slip of the Tongue
  1990	"Slow Poke Music"	-	?	-	Slip of the Tongue
  1994	"Is This Love" / "Sweet Lady Luck"	-	-	#25	Greatest Hits
  1997	"Too Many Tears"	-	-	#46	Restless Heart
  1997	"Don't Fade Away"	-	-	#132	Restless Heart
  2008	"All For Love"	TBA	TBA	TBA	Good To Be Bad
  2008	"Lay Down Your Love"	TBA	TBA	TBA	Good To Be Bad

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake
• Official Website
• Whitesnake Spanish Blog
• Whitesnake's Spanish Forum
• Reb Beach Interview 2/8/08 MT
• Fan Website with pictures and dates
• http://www.whitesnake.com/
• Here I Go Again ((youtube))
• more youtube links
•  
• http://www.myspace.com/whitesnake .....Click to listen HERE I GO AGAIN : SLOW an' EASY : IS THIS LOVE AINT LOVE IN THE
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  30th Anniversary Collection  

  Disc: 1
  1. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues (2008 Digital Remaster)
  2. Sweet Talker (2008 Digital Remaster)
  3. Would I Lie To You (2008 Digital Remaster)
  4. Trouble (2008 Digital Remaster)
  5. Gambler (2008 Digital Remaster)
  6. Love Hunter (2008 Digital Remaster)
  See all 17 tracks on this disc
  Disc: 2
  1. Fool For Your Loving (2008 Digital Remaster)
  2. Don't Break My Heart Again (2008 Digital Remaster)
  3. Hit An' Run (2008 Digital Remaster)
  4. The Time Is Right For Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
  5. Love Ain't No Stranger (2008 Digital Remaster)
  6. Too Many Tears (2008 Digital Remaster)
  See all 18 tracks on this disc
  Disc: 3
  1. Slow An' Easy (2008 Digital Remaster)
  2. Shake My Tree (2008 Digital Remaster)
  3. Guilty Of Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
  4. The Deeper The Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
  5. Blindman (2008 Digital Remaster)
  6. Love To Keep You Warm (2008 Digital Remaster)
  See all 17 tracks on this disc

 

1. Take Me With You
2. Love To Keep You Warm
3. Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)
4. Day Tripper
5. Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)
6. Time Is Right For Love
7. Trouble
8. Belgian Tom's Hat Trick
9. Free Flight
10. Don't Mess With Me
11. Come On
12. Bloody Mary
13. Steal Away
14. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City