Whitesnake 1981

Having been formed in 1978, following two solo albums from David Coverdale, Whitesnake steadily built up its audience. By 1979, along with fellow original band members Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden and Neil Murray; Whitesnake also featured Coverdale’s former Deep Purple band mates Jon Lord and Ian Paice. 1980 saw Whitesnake release the very successful Ready An’ Willing, as well as the live album Live… In The Heart Of The City. But 1981 was even more successful with the release of the band’s fourth studio album Come An’ Get It — the band’s highest placed album, reaching number two in the UK charts. ‘Don't Break My Heart Again’, the single taken from the album was also a top twenty hit. 1981 proved to be both a blessing and a curse for the band. With what is considered by many fans to be the classic Whitesnake line-up, it was their commercial peak at the time, as the band toured Europe, Japan and America promoting Come An’ Get It. Bernie Marsden and Jon Lord also worked on solo albums in