Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Whitesnake



This group you should associate, at least because I mention it (see below). Formed in 1978 in England by David Coverdale. He was earlier leader singer of Deep Purple but group disbanding in 1976. This band had about 5 reunions and finally they still perform and a lot of members changes. From original team remained only leader and main vocal - Coverdale. It's typical hard rock group but at the beginning many people accuse them of too much similarity to Deep Purple due to their blues-like songs. But then they released an album Slide It In in 1983 which was pure hard rock of 80s. They made 12 albums, the last one in 2015. Whitesnake has at least two recognizable songs: Here I Go Again and Is This Love in which we can watch controversial Coverdale's second wife. 


Here I Go Again


Is This Love

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Ratt



Today I'm gonna show you my last musical discovery. It's called Ratt - American band formed in 1976 by Stephen Percy after the break up of two earlier groups. Current members are Warren DeMartini – guitar, Bobby Blotzer – drums, Juan Croucier – bass and Carlos Cavazo – guitar. They had two really good albums (Invasion of your Privacy (1984) and Out of the Cellar (1985)) but then they faded mostly because of they leader Percy leaving for few years. But I have to admitt that he's a really iconic singer, mostly because of his memorable voice and his performance style. Unfortunately the future of Ratt is in question. On April, 2014 Stephen Percy left his band due to constant problems and dissidence between members. Despite this crisis situation, we can still enjoy their great songs like Round and Round or Lay it Down and be hopeful there will be more.




Lay it Down