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An interview with exuberant, name dropping bon vivant David Coverdale was featured on an episode of The Eddie Trunk Podcast that was posted on December 3. It was meant to promote Back to the Bone, but a long and entertaining interview covered a lot of history. My favourite bit is probably about Cozy Powell, who […]

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Back to the Bone

There’s a new Whitesnake live album out — Live In ‘84 – Back To The Bone. It features the band in transition from the good old boogie band to the hair metal one. The album comes in two editions: DVD+CD and standalone DVD. The bulk of the DVD was recorded at a festival in Seibu […]

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Bernie Marsden’s track-by-track

Bernie Marsden provides track by track comments for his solo album Shine, released in August this year. (watch inside)

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Coveradle and the ice bucket

David Coverdale got the short end of the stick in the Ice Bucket Challenge that is intended to raise funds and awareness for a disease called ALS. (watch inside what happened)

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A small word with a big meaning

Bernie Marsden gave an interview to the French website RockNLive Social Media. He spoke about his new solo album Shine, that includes guest appearances by his friends, old and new. Shine is due out on August 18 in CD and 2LP formats via Provogue/Mascot Records. Thanks to Yvonne for the info.

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Coverdale’s new studio

Somewhere in between of looking for a new guitar player and warding off fridge intruders, David Coverdale also has been building in Reno, Nevada, a new studio for his band. (watch inside)

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How Coverdale “got packaged” with Page

An industry insider Mitch Weissman recently shared on Lefsetz Letter this tidbit of history on how the Coverdale/Page collaboration was put together: I almost had [Jimmy Page] and Billy Squier unite for a record in the 80’s. Jimmy and I were chatting in NY’s China Club under the Beacon Theater in ’89. We had become […]

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Bernie Marsden: Shine

Bernie Marsden’s new solo album called Shine (about which we wrote in November) is ready and will be released on August 18 via Provogue/Mascot Records. Although Marsden was wary of flooding the credits with too many special guests, Shine does feature some extremely well-known names, from Joe Bonamassa to Whitesnake singer David Coverdale and the […]

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The best Zeppelin album Plant never made

Classic Rock has an interview with Coverdale entirely devoted to his short lived collaboration with Jimmy Page: Whose idea was it was to make a record together? David Coverdale: The synchronicity was rather special. I’d spoken to a mutual acquaintance, my friend and agent, Rod MacSween, and said that I was taking some time off […]

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A Freudian slip

Eddie ‘Eduardo’ Trunk of VH1 Classic That Metal Show interviews David Coverdale before Whitesnake’s performance at the Monsters Of Rock festival in São Paulo, Brazil, on October 20, 2013: Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.

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