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Whitesnake is a British Hard Rock band, active primarily in the 1980's . CAREER The band was formed by David Coverdale (of Deep Purple ) in the late 70's and was originally popular only in Europe and Japan . During the band's early years, its music was primarily blues-oriented , Micky Moody , John Sykes , Adrian Vandenberg , Vivian Campbell and Steve Vai . After a major personnel shift, Whitesnake released 1984 's '' Slide It In '', which went Gold in the United States. The following album, simply titled '' Whitesnake '' ( 1987 ), marked the band's U.S. breakthrough, driven by the Power Ballad " Is This Love " and the #1 hit single, "Here I Go Again." The album sold over eight million copies in the U.S. and pushed sales of ''Slide It In'' to over two million copies. The album's exposure was boosted by heavy airplay of its videos, which featured Coverdale's wife Tawny Kitaen , on MTV . Oddly enough, Coverdale fired all of the band members who recorded ''Whitesnake'' after the album was released, retaining only Session Musician Adrian Vandenberg . The band was altered again for '' Slip Of The Tongue '' ( 1989 ), which featured Guitar legend Steve Vai ; the record did not sell well in spite of his appearance. 1990 saw a Greatest Hits album, but other than that the band was dormant until 1997 . In that year, an album called '' Restless Heart '' was released, though not in the United States . Since then Whitesnake has only released an unplugged Japan show Starkers In Tokyo . In (bass), Tommy Aldridge (drums), and Timothy Drury (keyboards). That same year, they headlined the Rock Never Stops Tour with other 80s bands. This line-up remained stable until early 2005 , when Mendoza left to pursue other projects, and was replaced by Uriah Duffy . In February 2006 Whitesnake released a live DVD titled ''Live....In The Still Of The Night'' and announced a spring / summer tour taking in Japan and Europe. CURRENT LINE-UP
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