David Coverdale handling guitar duties. This was originally a touring band for Coverdale's first solo album, it soon developed into a full-time band. In early 1978, the band released the "Snakebite EP", which was later repackaged as a full album (titled "Snakebite", released in June 1978), with the B-side taken from Coverdale's "Northwinds" album. For the follow-up album, "Trouble", Coverdale was joined by his former Deep Purple colleague, keyboardist Jon Lord. For Whitesnake's 1980 album, "Ready an' Willing", drummer Ian Paice also joined the group. "Ready an' Willing" also featured the band's biggest hit up to that point, the song "Fool for
Graham Bonnet well as songs credited to his then wife Jo Eime, and another remake of the Marbles', "Only One Woman". In 1997 he released "Underground", a new solo album, which helped re-establish him with his fan base in Japan. 1999's "The Day I Went Mad" featured guitarist Slash, Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, Bruce Kulick plus guitarist, Mario Parga. Bonnet contributed lead vocals to the Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's 2000 release "Heavy Metal Anthem", which had reworks of classic Anthem tracks. Bonnet rejoined Impellitteri in 2000 for their "System X" album. Meanwhile, his 1999 Japanese solo album got a UK