{"id":4520,"date":"1990-03-16T00:00:02","date_gmt":"1990-03-16T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2012-11-15T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T16:21:40","slug":"live-review-whitesnake-16-03-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/live-review-whitesnake-16-03-90\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITESNAKE \/ BAD ENGLISH – The Summit, Houston, Texas, USA (March 16th, 1990) | Live Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHITESNAKE \/ BAD ENGLISH<\/span>
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\nThe Summit, Houston, Texas, USA<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\nMarch 16th, 1990<\/span><\/p>\n

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David Coverdale and Adrian Vandenberg (Whitesnake)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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This was Bad English\u2019s first date on the Whitesnake tour and they came out with every intention of making sure the Summit crowd were pleased. From the opening number (\u2018Best Of What I Got\u2019) to the finale (a stunning acoustic version of John Waite\u2019s \u2018Missing You\u2019), Bad English were nothing short of GREAT!<\/p>\n

This was 45-minutes of sheer pleasure which contained seven flawless songs from their debut album. It led me to believe that if they need another band to add to the Donington line-up, they couldn\u2019t go far wrong with Bad English. If I had any qualms at all, it would have to be Neil Schon\u2019s heavy guitar solo at the end of \u2018Ghost In Your Heart\u2019 \u2019cos it didn\u2019t seem to fit. But hell, who cares? Schon is a mega guitarist after all.<\/p>\n

After such a brilliant start to the evening one also wondered how, or even if, David Coverdale and company could top it. For the thought to cross my mind I must have been mad, for not only did Whitesnake top it, they turned this into the most amazing gig I have ever been to. \u2018Supergroup\u2019 would be a label not good enough for this band.<\/p>\n

Tommy Aldridge and Rudy Sarzo delivered the driving rhythms (musically… and in Rudy\u2019s case sexually!), Adrian Vandenberg and Steve Vai teased and pleased with their astonishing axework, and a super fit David Coverdale dished out some of the heaviest \u201ctongue\u201d you\u2019ll ever hear. Forget cock rock, sex rock and the like; Whitesnake are multiple orgasm rock \u2019n\u2019 roll and Houston lapped it up, coming back for more… and more… and more.<\/p>\n

Opening with \u2018Slip Of The Tongue\u2019 and \u2018Slide It In\u2019, Whitesnake took an already warmed up crowd and drained them of every ounce they had. This was (believe it or not) the 39th time I had seen Coverdale, and I can honestly say that I have never seen him this good.<\/p>\n

\u2018Judgement Day\u2019 was a fine example of how the two V\u2019s work together (just in case people doubted that it would work), with their excellent dual guitar trickery and their respective guitar solo spots enough to make the average guitar player go home and rehearse forever. Everything about this show was precise. I only hope that Europe gets to see the full stage show, \u2019cos even that, with the array of lights and backdrops, was beyond belief. Particularly of note was the stained glass window effect obtained by Vari-Lite.<\/p>\n

What else can I say… Whitesnake made love to this audience for nearly two hours, at the end of which every punter there was totally knackered. If you ever get the chance to see this band, then don\u2019t hesitate, right? Am I going to Donington? A year\u2019s supply of condoms and seven vestal virgins wouldn\u2019t keep me away!<\/p>\n

Steve Price<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 50 (1990)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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