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outfit. The band's original lineup included Mick Moody (guitar, ex-Juicy Lucy), Bernie Marsden (guitar, ex-Babe Ruth), Brian Johnston (keyboards), Neil Murray (bass) and David Dowell (drums). Whitesnake steadily built up a following in Great Britain and Europe in the late seventies and early eighties, but did not really begin to gain attention in the United States until it recorded Slide It In in 1984. Slide It In later went double platinum in the U.S. on the strength of such 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". Three years later, Whitesnake released a self-titled album (titled 1987 in Europe), which critics decried as blatantly derivative. By this time, however, Whitesnake had made a name for themselves internationally and the album went on to sell six million copies in the United States alone. Before they recorded their follow-up, 1989's Slip of the Tongue, Coverdale once again made line-up changes, but the album nevertheless went platinum.



Coverdale put Whitesnake on hiatus after Slip of the Tongue, but reconvened a newly reconfigured band in 1997 and issued Restless Heart the same year. Again dissatisfied from the results of that album, he put the band on the shelf once again. After a lengthy hiatus that saw the release of countless "greatest-hits" and "live" collections, Coverdale revived Whitesnake in 2002 for a 25th anniversary tour that quickly turned into a more permanent reunion, with a line-up featuring a host of young musicians. After five years of touring, Coverdale returned to the studio to complete a new album, Good To Be Bad, which critics deemed "impressive." In early November 2008, Whitesnake received the Classic Rock Awards 'Best Album' prize for the album "Good To Be Bad". Fans only hope that this means the band will stay together for good!