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My life in Whitesnake: Adrian Vandenberg
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Күн бұрынWe dive into the incredible world of Whitesnake with special guest Adrian Vandenberg, the renowned guitarist who joined the iconic band before their explosive 1987 album released. Join VRP and Vandenberg as they discuss the moments leading up to his joining Whitesnake, the impact of the 1987 album on the band's success, and the challenges he faced along the way.
Throughout the interview, Vandenberg shares fascinating anecdotes about his earliest encounters with David Coverdale and the initial offers to join Whitesnake. Despite being approached multiple times, it wasn't until the end of 1986 that the timing finally felt right for Vandenberg to join the band. He talks about the excitement and disbelief he felt as he embarked on a journey that would last 13 years.
Vandenberg also touches upon the disappointment of not being able to play on the 1989 follow-up album, "Slip of the Tongue," due to a wrist injury. He shares the story behind the injury, which turned out to be a result of a car crash many years prior. Despite the frustration, Vandenberg details how he adapted his playing style and developed new techniques, allowing him to continue making music.
He candidly discusses listening to Steve Vai's guitar parts on the record, accepting that the songs took on a distinct sound different from his initial vision.
Adrian Vandenberg shares his experiences of being a part of one of the most successful bands of the '80s.
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@394pjo 9 ай бұрын
Adrian's hair was totally on top of its game back in the Whitesnake days. A feathered bouffant of perm and highlights that would have embarrassed a Roman God. Even Ritchie Sambora could not keep up with it, and god knows he tried. Thank you for those hair memories Adrian.
@blndrckr 9 ай бұрын
😂😅
@karenalexanderful 10 ай бұрын
I will never understand why there’s this need to pit one guitarist against another. They all brought something unique to the Whitesnake sound. Everyone will have a favourite, but it’s just personal preference. The Whitesnake sound has always been a moving feast.
@VRPRocks 10 ай бұрын
Very true. Some amazing guitarists have drifted in and out of that band over the years
@stingylizard 5 ай бұрын
What Karen said,very good observation--"...Whitesnake sound has always been a moving feast"
@TheRook-td4fn 5 ай бұрын
Well said!
@YvonneSleutelberg 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for having Adrian on the show. That was a wonderful talk!
@pf100andahalf 9 ай бұрын
I never knew about his injury. Back in the 80's it was hard to find a lot of info on Vandenberg but he seems to be doing well and I'm glad for that.
@margaretdale757 10 ай бұрын
Great interview ❤ Adrian at his best as always ❤
@mdluk199 10 ай бұрын
Fantastic guitarist
@aceman1969nlb 10 ай бұрын
Adrian rocks!! 👍👍🎸❤️
@hallgeirpedersen4331 9 ай бұрын
Gentleman and a great musician.
@fritzmuller8246 9 ай бұрын
What a lovely bloke
@jeremiasnovaisteodoro9809 10 ай бұрын
Exelent band, Exelent musician 's
@NandaLinnAung 9 ай бұрын
fantastic interview. Adrian is fantastic artists. i grew up with his songs... so amazing..
@chrisr4740 10 ай бұрын
Slip of the tongue had songs that Vandenberg wrote wich Vai could never write, and guitar work that Vandenberg could never play. This is what made it a great album. Both of them stayed in there lane an new it.
@predictorleague8780 10 ай бұрын
Great way of putting it 👍
@tubesoupio 10 ай бұрын
which* their* knew*
@nicholaskruger9460 10 ай бұрын
@@tubesoupio. Way to be a total nerd.
@tubesoupio 10 ай бұрын
@@nicholaskruger9460 Proper language is important for a civilized society...way to be a totally useless member.
@reverandscales 9 ай бұрын
Their.
@lh5942 10 ай бұрын
Genial Adrian, también me encantó el trabajo con Manic Eden ese album es una obra maestra.
@iamozzman990 9 ай бұрын
The new Vandenberg cd Sin is excellent! If you like Whitesnake go buy. Mats Leven sounds great on vocals.
@machupikachu1085 4 ай бұрын
I saw the Slip of the Tongue tour as a young kid, and I have to admit that even though Vai is a wizard on guitar, Vandenberg's solo put Steve's to shame - less technical, but way cooler.
@toddclarke1580 5 ай бұрын
Sykes is a monster in immense guitar mastery in every way. He is the last 5% that none can master .
@jergervasi3331 10 ай бұрын
Another great video! That's it, I'm subscribing!
@stingylizard 5 ай бұрын
We just caught his band in San Antonio and it was great fun. This guy is the real deal🤘
@jessekauffman3336 9 ай бұрын
Great interview
@freakybeaky1 9 ай бұрын
I had the VBerg albums when they came out. Around the time, I recorded that John Sykes ‘Cold Sweat ‘ performance with Lizzy live in the pub on OTT (UKtv) introduced by muttering Chris Tarrant & Frank Carson. Wow! They looked cool and so did Whitesnake as a four piece with JS - just jeans and black streamlined T’s. Before they went all Nicky Clarke with the hair and naff style. Loved the original Hete I Go Again but I’m old.
@bolinfan1519 9 ай бұрын
Excellent interviewer.
@VRPRocks 9 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍 🤘
@bolinfan1519 9 ай бұрын
@@VRPRocks You're welcome! Would love to see an interview with Karen Ulibarri, one of the top rock music costume designers in the world. An announcement was made on 9 October 2023: "Tommy Bolin fans will also be stirred by the news that his long-term girlfriend Karen Ulibarri has decided to sell off a collection of her Bolin mementos for charity in the near future."
@alanpassmore2574 7 ай бұрын
I mean no disrespect to Adrian but when John Sykes played a solo you would know it was him after only a few seconds. The combination of those on the 1987 album was perfect. Then there was Blue Murder which for me was highly under rated, John Sykes was also a great singer, different from David but still great. I would not be able to tell if it was Adrian playing guitar is my point. I know instantly it's John.
@thefonzkiss 9 ай бұрын
Are they still sticking to the pretend story about Adrian’s injury? Geffen heard the roughs and demanded that he be replaced with a big name guitar player. Then he miraculously heals in time for the tour and is playing perfectly again? Give me a break!
@TheTheratfarmer Ай бұрын
Adrian Vandenburg, yes. A great electric rock and roll guitar player. Ed or George L. are the top, of course. I think Adrian V. did a couple of solo albums (I have one cassette), a great guitar player.
@titaniumman_22 10 ай бұрын
John Sykes = Legend!
@TempleOfTheMartyrs 6 ай бұрын
BIG INFLUENCE ON OUR BAND
@rupertstreet13 10 ай бұрын
Vai was too ott for that album.flying Dutchman was great 👍🎸
@pa2camp 9 ай бұрын
When coverdale decided to hire Steve Vai, it was incredibly hard and costly for him to Join. Coverdale wanted Michael Schenker first, but he wanted too much money and had stipulations like he didnt want to play the old tunes, he wanted to play his own tunes so he was discarded quite quickly. Vandenberg came in but Coverdale quickly realized he would need one more player as he, as usual was trying to replace John Sykes. It took two heavy caliber players to replace what Sykes had created. Here's my point: Nobody ever saw Mr. Vandenberg's medical papers. Vai had a clause on his contract stipulating he would be the only guitar player to record on the new album. All the guitar you hear on "Slip of the Tongue" is Steve Vai. Why didn't they keep Vandenberg's guitar parts made up to that point? And its funy that right after the recording, they all went on tour together. Did the hand heal so quickly? I wish Mr. Vandenberg would show the fans his medical papers and put this mistery to rest. I to this day do not believe the story and knowing Coverdale, its quite possible the whole thing is a ploy by the one and only.
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@LEEFORDJAGG 10 ай бұрын
I would have liked Vivian Campbell on ‘Slip’ album, instead of Mr Vai.
@christervainio 10 ай бұрын
Vivian lacks identity. You can immediately hear it's Steve Vai playing and he's overall a better guitar player. He made a fantastic job on Slip Of The Tongue. But, i would've liked more classic Marshall guitar sound, instead of that overproduced plastic shit that he always has. Adrian Vandenberg is the guitar player who fits Whitesnake the best.
@LEEFORDJAGG 10 ай бұрын
@@christervainio Vivian Campbell was great in Dio and could have taken W.S in a slightly different direction. I do admire Adrian V’s Bluesy and refreshingly shred-free playing on the original mix of ‘Restless Heart’. Respect due to Adrian.
@christervainio 10 ай бұрын
@@LEEFORDJAGG Vivian was in Whitesnake but many didn't notice. Yeah, he was great with Dio and I'm happy for his gig with Def Leppard. He seems like a nice guy. Too bad that Ronnie and Wendy screwed him over, which made him finally leave Dio.
@LEEFORDJAGG 10 ай бұрын
@@christervainio Dio’s loss should have been Whitesnake’s gain. I saw Whitesnake with Vivian & Adrian at Wembley Arena on New Year’s Eve in 1987. They were very visual along with Rudy Sarzo. I prefer the Marsden/Moody era, but those guys weren’t MTV friendly etc
@Mark-oy9lw 10 ай бұрын
Very underrated player. I love his playing it would have been a cracker for sure
@predictorleague8780 10 ай бұрын
Talk about right place at the right time 😂
@stevecarey8671 9 ай бұрын
A great guitar player for sure, but like it or not, his career and stature as a legendary guitar player, was all instigated by the genius of John Sykes, the best guitarist and co--songwriter Coverdale could have ever wished for. Sykes and that 1987 album made Whitesnake.
@BrooklynMusicForum 10 ай бұрын
Will Farrell?
@operasinger2126 9 ай бұрын
Vandenberg's first album was great.
@technewsfortechnoobs 8 ай бұрын
And it is still insane to think tha Tommy is STILL with David....but Whitesnake now just sounds like any other metal band still out there trying to put out new music to stay relevant. Even Queensryche isn't the same...the 80's were truly the Golden Era of music.
@scottblack9213 10 ай бұрын
I still call bs on the "wrist injury" .. Whitesnake were in free fall as a studio band once Sykes was fired. It only hit them how bad the situation was when they went into record SOTT. They needed a big name to keep the profile up and Vai was paid blood money to keep the profile of the band up by playing on the album and the subsequent tour. Alas the material was not good and the production was too clinical. They got a good run for 4 good years and that was it.
@VRPRocks 10 ай бұрын
😂😂 hilarious. I bet you're American, right?
@scottblack9213 10 ай бұрын
@@VRPRocks London England
@scottblack9213 10 ай бұрын
@@VRPRocks watch the interview with Cov and Vai after they played the last show at Monster of rock 1990 - they both said it was finished - that's all Vai was contracted for
@VRPRocks 10 ай бұрын
I was laughing more at the "4 good years and that was it". Their highest charting albums here in the UK were Ready an' Willing and Come an' Get It, which were released in 1980 and 1981. There's a lot of fans here that hate the way Whitesnake chased the American dollar with 87, and the fact they re-recorded their older songs to try and have that US hit. I'm not disputing the fall off with SOTT, it didn't hit right at all and they murdered Fool For Your Loving which is an amazing song in its original state.
@scottblack9213 10 ай бұрын
@@VRPRocks David was on his uppers so much he resorted to singing on commercials as late as 1985. In terms of success it didn't happen to 1987 - yes he played Hammy Odeon and Bradford City Hall with the old band but never made a penny - he never sold enough records to recoup until 87
@blndrckr 9 ай бұрын
The Dutch are hard working, tough people...well, so are the Germans, the British, and wait , so are Asians! OK, I digress. We're all people/humans. I stand corrected as I get older and wiser. Always liked that early Vandenberg stuff..peace
@kevinbrown1893 9 ай бұрын
Vandenberg is looking a little like Michael McKean, aka Lenny aka David St. Hubbins these days.
@mallardtheduck406 10 ай бұрын
I really like Adrian Vandenberg, but Dann Huff wrote a killer solo for the keyboard driven radio edit.
@chad9166 7 ай бұрын
@Apocalypse2031 you sound gay
@chad9166 6 ай бұрын
@Apocalypse2031 Lol, it sounds like shit. Worthless noodling. Zzz
@ccampbell7214 10 ай бұрын
Don't break that nail !😂
@martinbelder3621 9 ай бұрын
@martinbelder3621 0 seconden geleden I absolutely love Vandenberg's playing, but somehow he never really got to shine in his prime as much as he could have in Whitesnake. Having to play someone else's stuff probably has something to do with it. And Sykes' work with Whitesnake is just beyond great. No one could or can touch that, maybe only Aldrich came close. That said, Vandenberg always comes off as a class act and a true gentleman.
@stevegarth6902 10 ай бұрын
Mr ego coverdale and their is the reason there's been 500 members of whitesnake
@stevenbeall9637 10 ай бұрын
Why? Came to the conclusion that Sarzo had better hair and wasn't going to take a back seat to anyone?
@FleetAdmiral215 10 ай бұрын
Sykes made 1987 & Vai made Slip of the Tongue, Sykes & Vai we're the greatest guartists Whitesnake had, Vadenberg good but not as the others
@chad9166 7 ай бұрын
@Apocalypse2031 Weird, nobody else seemed to think so lmao. Keep huffing that copium
@MrJos1975 6 ай бұрын
No Adrian, no slip of the tongue.
@larrylebowski8386 10 ай бұрын
David Coverdale was desperate for a guitarist when Ted Nugent turned him down. Ted already had 4 number one albums and was on a world tour with Led Zeppelin.
@r.g.armstrong2688 10 ай бұрын
I love Adrian’s personality and his playing on the Vandenberg albums. But it’s not a secret Geffen didn’t think he was good enough for Slip of the Tongue. He wrote the songs, but record company wanted someone else to record. If you think about it his rhythm guitar parts of the songs are on the anniversary version of Slip of the Tongue, but they didn’t use them.
@SahiraSound 10 ай бұрын
Say what you want, but the proof is in the pudding the guitarist that Coverdale has had the longest in his band is also the most talented and that would be Mr Reb Beach. Nobody talks about it much but Beach has been playing with Coverdale for 20 years, and if you listen to the solo on The Sands of Time, It's clear that he was definitely the most gifted guitarist Coverdale ever worked with his ability to not only compose the structure of a song but the architecture of a solo was unmatched. You guys it's not just about how fast or how brutal he could play, but the artistry of how he could compose the solo speaks volumes about his abilities. And I'm not saying the other guys aren't good They are, But there is a reason Red Beach has been with David Coverdale for 20 years.
@MrWillicat1 10 ай бұрын
Agreed but Reb doesn’t get much love because he wasn’t up front like Doug Aldrich and Joel Hokstra.
@greenbaysixxstring5008 10 ай бұрын
Reb is good but not him or anybody else out there is on the same level as Steve Vai, which is also the last album Whitesnake put out that ever did anything. After that they were done. Reb's time in Whitesnake didn't mean anything other than for touring.
@AnabolicFarmer 10 ай бұрын
Reb Beach can't touch John Sykes and 1987. He's much better playing Winger.
@thefonzkiss 9 ай бұрын
LOL. Reb is a total journeyman. Coverdale didn’t even let him write anything on GTTB and Fovermore, and he barely played on them. That’s why they’re so good. He had more input on Flesh And Blood and it’s totally forgettable.
@thefonzkiss 9 ай бұрын
@Apocalypse2031 well duh. Everyone knows that. It’s self evident.
@rv9905 10 ай бұрын
Adrian vandenberg is a much better player than john sykes or vian cambell
@Shredboy1 10 ай бұрын
I won't dislike your comment but you have to be trolling.. I'll quote Bob Rock from his Tone-talk interview " John Sykes is the most talented guitar player I've ever worked with"...
@thefonzkiss 9 ай бұрын
LOL. 😊
@jimmyrobinson9396 9 ай бұрын
🤡
@Prmlscrm7276 9 ай бұрын
No way!! He’s not even close!! You have got to be joking!!
@douglayman1843 8 ай бұрын
Thats just mot true
@michaelcarley7016 10 ай бұрын
Sykes was a superior guitar player.
@stevosguitars 10 ай бұрын
Its not a contest
@thefonzkiss 9 ай бұрын
Well duh. It’s John Sykes.
@DannyRedCheeks 9 ай бұрын
John Sykes was a monster song writer
@nick1065 9 ай бұрын
You obviously haven’t listened to Vandenberg’s second album. The guitar playing on those songs are phenomenal.
@thefonzkiss 9 ай бұрын
@@nick1065 sure he’s great. But he can’t hold a candle to Sykes. Go listen to Thin Lizzy Thunder and Lightning and the two Blue Murder albums.
@ian2764 10 ай бұрын
My god was what happened to you where’s the Barnet , it’s all falling out Bro
@predictorleague8780 10 ай бұрын
Jeez, the fella is 69 years old, I think he's looking great for his age!
@johnmiller1300 10 ай бұрын
John Sykes was whitesnake
@rv9905 10 ай бұрын
No he was not
@johnmiller1300 10 ай бұрын
@@rv9905 biggest selling album 10 million plus next album 2 million then it went all plastic for whitesnake. I first seen them 1984 slide it on tour. So I know what I am talking about went crap after 1987
@johnmiller1300 9 ай бұрын
@Apocalypse2031 say no more Coverdale should hold his hands up and say I made a mistake
@chad9166 6 ай бұрын
@Apocalypse2031 Based on that logic, Taylor swift is the real whitesnake. Fucktard alert.
@charleigh195 10 ай бұрын
As good as Adrian is he was never going to be a fit for original Whitesnake fans.Steve Vai was like putting a club piano player in a slayer record. David regurgitated original and brilliant songs to cash in on the glam rock 80 scene with young big hair musicians good as they are but certainly not what we wanted.I saw Whitesnake in 1990 headline Donington and as Kerrang magazine a week later correctly said we survived Donington but did whitesnake no they didn’t. I can tell you for FREE if David could still sing and had of formed Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden he’d of rock n rolled the world over old and new.
@predictorleague8780 10 ай бұрын
You can tell the music was much better from the early albums by the fact David kept going back to this era and making the tracks more accessible for Americans.
@iestyndavies7287 9 ай бұрын
We’re not going to pretend Vandenberg’s solo is better than Sykes’ solo on Here I go Again are we?
@rubicon-oh9km 9 ай бұрын
But it is.
@rv9905 4 ай бұрын
yes we are
@tejastrojan 9 ай бұрын
Looks like Will Smith
@chrisharris4975 10 ай бұрын
Luckily John Sykes was around. These are the songs still played. The weakest solo on the album are the one Adrian played on. Tired of hearing the story. He has slammed Vivian and always has excuses. Slip of the Tongue was all Vai.
@Nissardpertugiu 10 ай бұрын
If calling Vivian a great player is slamming someone ...😂
@rv9905 10 ай бұрын
Vandenberg never slammed john or vivian, he is a great player. those early vandenberg albums or better than anything sykes or cambell did.
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