Whitesnake

United Kingdom, 1978–now

English band formed in 1978 by David Coverdale after Deep Purple, starting as a British blues-rock act and rebuilt in the mid-1980s into an American arena band. The 1987 album and 'Here I Go Again' are what most people mean by the name.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Whitesnake and 0 artists Whitesnake influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Whitesnake?

• Deep Purple — Coverdale sang for Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976 and built Whitesnake out of what he took from it — down to hiring Jon Lord and Ian Paice into the new band.
• Fleetwood Mac — The British blues boom is audible all through the early Whitesnake records, before the band was rebuilt for American radio.