Pre-1984 era Whitesnake pretty underrated in the USA?

Texas Boy · 01-23-2017, 12:58 PM

In the period 1978-1982 Whitesnake were a very good band with Jon Lord on keyboards, guitar duo Moody/Mardsen and Ian Paice on drums. Their run of albums from Trouble to Saint & Sinners including a live album Live...In the Heart of the City were very popular among British and European rock fans, while in the USA these albums didn't have any success. Whitesnake started to gain success there in 1984 with the album Slide it in and later reached the commercial peak with S/T or 1987 album, when they became a commercial hair band.

Your opinions? Are you familiar with early Whitesnake?

Trollheart · 01-23-2017, 02:59 PM

Didn't you already make this thread?

FRED HALE SR. · 01-23-2017, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Didn't you already make this thread?

I think Urban had this discussion going in another thread at some point. he wanted people to understand there were two phases of Whitesnake, what he considered decent 70's rock, to the absolute horror it turned into.

Trollheart · 01-24-2017, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I think Urban had this discussion going in another thread at some point. he wanted people to understand there were two phases of Whitesnake, what he considered decent 70's rock, to the absolute horror it turned into.

Nah, it was just a comment on how every one of his posts are [insert band name here] vs [insert other band name here] or "Do you think [insert band name here] are any good?" Bit predictable.

Texas Boy · 10-25-2017, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I think Urban had this discussion going in another thread at some point. he wanted people to understand there were two phases of Whitesnake, what he considered decent 70's rock, to the absolute horror it turned into.

You mean this post by Urban?

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

OK i`m going to risk losing even more credibility here but who cares.......

Right then lets get one thing straight there are 2 Whitesnakes.

Most people remember the mid - late 80s abomination of a hair metal band with steve Vai on guitar (UGH!!!!).But what people don`t seem to realise is between 1978-82 Whitesnake put out some of the best British blues rock i`ve ever heard , easily on a par with the likes of Thin Lizzy.
This album takes the best of David Coverdale`s first 4 Whitesnake albums & also tracks from some of the material he recorded with Deep Purple.
It`s also recorded by the best Whitesnake line up of all time featuring 4 ex members of Deep Purple (Coverdale himself , Jon Lord , Ian Paice & Glenn Hughes)as well as the underrated duo of Mickey Moody and Bernie Marsden on guitar.The 11 minute version of Mistreated is absolutly blistering.

Anyone who calls themself a fan of classic rock should own this.

I agree with this. And I'm standing by my statement that Whitesnake at its best is overlooked in America, while they were always beloved all over Europe.
"Live...In the Heart of the City" is a very good live album, arguably their best record. Even their most successful, "hair metal" record 1987 has some really kick-ass tunes on it and IMO it ****s on any album by Motley Crue or any other record by lame 80's hair bands.

DeadChannel · 01-23-2017, 06:11 PM

No. Whitesnake sucks.

**Frownland** · 01-23-2017, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

No. Whitesnake sucks.

I wonder if this proves his point or not.

Texas Boy · 01-24-2017, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

No. Whitesnake sucks.

I can't agree at all. They were a great band, esp. with the lineup Coverdale(one of the best rock vocalists)-Moddy/Mardsen-Paice(Deep Purple guy)-Jon Lord(Deep Purple guy).
Can you explain me how and why they suck?

OccultHawk · 01-24-2017, 05:24 AM

The power ballads are stomachable but the blues and boogie-woogie stuff is horrible.

They've always been a sorry band with the occasional ok tune here and there.

Texas Boy · 01-24-2017, 08:12 AM

You are entitled to your opinions, but I don't see things the same way as you. I find the whole 80's Whitesnake to be much better than post-High'n'Dry Def Leppard, the 80's Aerosmith(in terms of quality Pump is a mile behind either Slide it in or Ready an' Willing), post-Blackout Scorpions(they became so damn lame) and all the 80's American hair metal bands.

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Texas Boy Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 187	Pre-1984 era Whitesnake pretty underrated in the USA? In the period 1978-1982 Whitesnake were a very good band with Jon Lord on keyboards, guitar duo Moody/Mardsen and Ian Paice on drums. Their run of albums from Trouble to Saint & Sinners including a live album Live...In the Heart of the City were very popular among British and European rock fans, while in the USA these albums didn't have any success. Whitesnake started to gain success there in 1984 with the album Slide it in and later reached the commercial peak with S/T or 1987 album, when they became a commercial hair band. Your opinions? Are you familiar with early Whitesnake?

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	The power ballads are stomachable but the blues and boogie-woogie stuff is horrible. They've always been a sorry band with the occasional ok tune here and there.

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Texas Boy Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 187	You are entitled to your opinions, but I don't see things the same way as you. I find the whole 80's Whitesnake to be much better than post-High'n'Dry Def Leppard, the 80's Aerosmith(in terms of quality Pump is a mile behind either Slide it in or Ready an' Willing), post-Blackout Scorpions(they became so damn lame) and all the 80's American hair metal bands.