The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid 1980s Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues influenced hard rock to a more commercial heavy metal style.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- VH1 "Surreal Life" and Whitesnake video star Tawny Kitaen filed suit in Los Angeles claiming her former boyfriend ripped her off for millions of dollars. The suit filed ...