WHITESNAKE Frontman: 'Comparisons Are Unnecessary For Me'

WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale was recently asked by a fan on the band's message board about how his voice has developed and grown over the years. "I have always regarded my voice as an instrument and approached different songs tonally," Coverdale replied. "I love singing soft and I love singing hard (screaming?) and I love singing mid-range. It depends on what I'm feeling for the particular song. I have never been one for being the best (how can I be when there singers like Pavarotti? Otis???). I can only DO my best. I also never compare myself now to other times in my life as it simply isn't relevent to me. I subscribe to the expression 'it is what it is'. For instance, on the new song 'If You Want Me', I took most of the bottom end out of my vocal on the mix to distort it more than usual. Why? Because I just felt that it was how I felt the song should sound...'distressed'. Some may disagree... That is not my problem. I can only do my best at any given time. Sometimes it's enough for some and sometimes it ain't. Recently, I was making a lot of interviews and I was asked repeatedly how I compare this chapter of WHITESNAKE to others. I said that's easy...I don't! It is what it is. Comparisons are unnecessary for me. Just do your best. Then you can look at yourself in the mirror when you shave!"

As previously reported, WHITESNAKE's video for the new studio song "Ready to Rock" has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track is one of four previously unreleased cuts that appear on WHITESNAKE's new live record, entitled "Live… In the Shadow of the Blues", which was issued in Europe last month via Steamhammer/SPV Records. The set includes almost all the remarkable hits from WHITESNAKE's career, as well as two timeless DEEP PURPLE classics in "Burn" and "Stormbringer". David Coverdale was the frontman of the legendary British act between 1973 and 1976, making a significant contribution to numerous PURPLE highlights during this era. Other previously unreleased tracks that appear on "Live ... In the Shadow of the Blues" are "If You Want Me (I'll Come Running)", "All I Want Is You" and "Dog". The strictly limited version of the double album is available in a top-quality digipack, featuring a number of surprises, among them the bonus track "Crying in the Rain", including a haunting drum solo by drum legend Tommy Aldridge.

For more information on "Live ... In the Shadow of the Blues", click here.

WHITESNAKE has set "Good to be Bad" as the title of its forthcoming studio album, tentatively due next summer. A 20th anniversary reissue of the multi-platinum "1987" album (featuring a bonus DVD) is expected in the spring.