Whitesnake is an English hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid eighties Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues-rock influenced heavy metal to a more commercial hard rock style. David Coverdale founded Whitesnake in 1977. The core line-up had been working as his backing band The White Snake Band on their album tour and they retained the title before officially being known as Whitesnake. They toured with Coverdale as his support band and for both of the solo albums he released, between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake. During the band's early years their music was primarily (although Coverdale described Whitesnake's early style as "progressive. At this time, the band was made up of, and drummer with keyboardist Brian Johnston. Johnston would soon be replaced by organ player and keyboardist. Because of Solley's commitments he was replaced by the former keyboard player during sessions for the first LP.
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