kevin statham photo By Steve Newton I never got to see David Coverdale sing “Burn” with Deep Purple–I wasn’t old enough to travel down to the Ontario Motor Speedway to see them coheadline California Jam with Emerson, Lake & Palmer back in ’74–so it was pretty cool to see him do it with Whitesnake at … Continue reading Whitesnake brings the power of Deep Purple to Vancouver
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Whitesnake’s Purple Tour offers equal servings of Burn and Stormbringer, one bite of Come Taste the Band
By Steve Newton I was never that crazy about Whitesnake during it's mid-'80s heyday, when it went the power-ballad route with hits like "Is This Love". Sure, I enjoyed ogling Tawny Kitaen on the hood of a car as much as the next guy, but I much preferred Whitesnake in the late '70s/early '80s, when … Continue reading Whitesnake’s Purple Tour offers equal servings of Burn and Stormbringer, one bite of Come Taste the Band
Metallica’s young guns of sonic mayhem slay Vancouver on the …And Justice for All Tour
The Pacific Coliseum may as well have been a Roman coliseum last Wednesday because things got as uncivilized as they've ever been there.
Cult guitarist Billy Duffy says it all boils down to the Les Paul
On the eve of the release of Sonic Temple I caught up with guitarist Billy Duffy over coffee and cigarettes at Le Meridien on Burrard.