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Whitesnake is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Juicy Lucy, Martin Birch, Guy Pratt, The Union and Paice, Ashton & Lord. Those roots explain a lot about how Whitesnake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as David Coverdale, Europe, Def Leppard, Y&T and Rainbow, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Draiman, Ari Koivunen, Divlje jagode, Thunder and Dino Jelusić, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 58 connections around Whitesnake, reaching back through Juicy Lucy and forward to David Draiman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Whitesnake were an English rock band formed in London in 1978. The group originated as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed their own entity, Coverdale was the only constant member throughout their history.
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Whitesnake connections
Whitesnake grew out of Juicy Lucy, Martin Birch, Guy Pratt and The Union, shares an orbit with David Coverdale, Europe, Def Leppard and Y&T, went on to shape David Draiman, Ari Koivunen, Divlje jagode and Thunder. 58 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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