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Marco and his loud mouth
Dino Jelusick spoke to the Rolling Stone Brazil, and about half the conversation revolved around Whitesnake. He told how exactly their final tour has unravelled, spoke about the ill-fated one-off Whitesnake Experience show, and the prospects of resurrecting the band with him on the vocals. TL;DR: the serpens albus bits start at around 14’50” into the interview.
Thanks to Uwe for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Oh, thank you very much,this character is very interesting.
September 19th, 2026 at 05:47Really: I wasn’t familiar with him before..
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There seems to be a pattern in DCās life according to which he will never tolerate a situation for long where he is in danger of having control of his destiny wrested out of his hands. All the upheavals in his professional life like leaving Purple, purging early WS, breaking up with Powell and then Sykes, sending WS into hibernation in 1990, splitting from John Kalodner, Tawny Kitaen and later on Jimmy Page (whom he felt to be too much under the influence of his manager), ending WS for good and finally preventing its legacy to continue in some shape or form without him are motivated by him pulling the emergency halt whenever he felt like a pawn on someone elseās chessboard. He learned a thing or two off Blackmore it appears.
September 19th, 2026 at 20:47Yo,
Herr Uwe stated…qt.”He learned a thing or two off Blackmore it appears”…
RB qt.”It’s nothing personal, it’s business”…
Ciao !
September 20th, 2026 at 00:09A bit of Croatian A.O.R with Dino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIUJxjmrA04
September 20th, 2026 at 06:04Of course, he is the one who decides if there should be a WS Experience or not š DC may not have the voice anymore. That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a need for a touring WS tribute band.
September 20th, 2026 at 06:40Aha, why not a tribute band with members that have an original WS pedigree, not a bad idea imho
September 20th, 2026 at 10:44I read this a couple of days ago:
September 20th, 2026 at 12:19https://arrowlordsofmetal.nl/e-mail-put-an-end-to-whitesnake-experience/
#4 Ivica:
Wow, a full stadium just for them?
September 20th, 2026 at 13:03The sound mix in the video is excellent.
Ritchie Blackmore, chattering away with his wife on stage with BN.
Not long ago : “David Coverdale is a good man.”
He didnt say why.
September 20th, 2026 at 13:08Coverdale is and always has been a vain man (he learned becoming one with Mk III). Something in him Iām sure also liked the prospect of WS continuing in the same way Foreigner has endured without Mick Jones being their lead guitarist and chief songwriter live anymore. But there was also this angsty little devil on his other shoulder warning him about relinquishing control, behind-the-scenes administration of WS as a going concern is not the same as being a master of ceremonies on stage with them.
I understand that Foreigner still make good money, keep the name alive, and constantly rejuvenate the line-up for their live work. No one seems to mind much the absence of Mick Jones, Lou Gramm or anybody else from the early and famous line-ups of Foreigner. The people cherish the timeless quality of the songs.
https://youtu.be/oe-bhvLJNjc
And maybe even DCās current state of voice would still allow him to slip in a short guest appearance once in a while – singing half a song is not the same as singing a tour ā¦
https://youtu.be/F_RAYzBCfr0
Admittedly, Foreigner were always a rather faceless representative of AOR making carrying on easier for them, but then I would dare say that the number or people that know the melody and chorus of Here I Go Again vastly outweigh the number who know what DC looks like or that he was ever in DP. The song has long left the man behind.
https://youtu.be/7g5OPIyZ7SM
September 20th, 2026 at 15:53It is Coverdale’s band, simply put he does what he likes with it and god forbid that will ever be a ‘tribute’ band from other past members. Far too much of that in today’s ‘fake’ world. Why on earth do people have a problem with letting go? Nothing lasts forever, leave it where it is in the past. All these so called bands from yesteryear with no original or only one previous ex relevant past member dragging the poor old horse with an identity name attached to it, through the mud. It is typical of this world and all its shallow ‘entertainment’. Is there not any authenticity left in this world? If people want to get a ‘tribute’ band together, go and do it. Why does it have to have the ‘original’ name to it? Oh of course we all know why, a stupid question really. I will just toss another ‘good luck’ charm coin into the pond and then we will see what eventuates. Cheers.
September 21st, 2026 at 00:41Before anyone may get their knickers all in a twist, I wasn’t referring to Deep Purple at all. With Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Ian Paice they get away with it, it is recognisable and along with Don Airey it carries a certain amount of ‘pedigree’, if that is the correct wording. Although about 20 years or so ago I was a little disillusioned and I was dragging the guillotine out and dusting it off, lucky for them they recovered somewhat! So called bands from the past dragging the proverbial dead horse through the mud, Pseudo ‘Yes’ with Steve Howe, Geoff Downes (there’s a link) with Asia too. Foreigner are an appalling example, my old favourites Kansas. The list goes on…………………… ! A band carrying the name from the glory days has to have a fair degree of genuine and critical members in my book and many others are also of this opinion. I copped heaps back in the later 1980’s era supporting ‘Black Sabbath’ with Tony Iommi all by himself. I survived, just, as did Tony. The Who cop some criticism from certain people who think Moon and Entwistle are irreplaceable, and they are in a certain aspect, but not totally, far from it actually. Who is the lead singer and also the guitarist, prime songwriter and also a supporting additional vocalist……..? The fact that Roger Daltrey initially started the band and recruited ole Pete, that says it all. Who does it sound like, pun intended. The bands that I am sticking the knife into sound like tribute bands, do they not? We DO NOT need anymore of them. Cheers.
September 21st, 2026 at 01:35Uwe #10, don’t use the “F” word on a site that is dedicated to the Greatest of All Time. That’s disrespectful.
September 21st, 2026 at 03:16Croatian sounds real nice when sung.
September 21st, 2026 at 03:46If the Whitesnake Experience had a concert, I would be the first to run to buy ticket.
September 21st, 2026 at 05:39#8 Fla76
Parni Valjak (“Steam Roller”) is a Croatian rock band that has been active since 1975. They have released 20 studio albums, 41 singles, and 6 live albums, selling around 3 million albums (across the former Yugoslavia, a region with a population of 23 million ).
The band’s lead singer, Aki Rahimovski, passed away in January 2022. Parni Valjak held a tribute concert for Rahimovski at the Zagreb Arena, featuring a number of guest musicians.
Among them was Dino, who was a top candidate to succeed the late singer… but he decided to pursue a global career and a completely different musical genre (he was a member of WS at the time).
f Parni Valjak’s music:
Ballad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNyZLLBcq8
Pop-Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khHk_fyU7eE
Rock and roll (Honky Tonk Women )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mhuxLm4KUM
Hard rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coEMbzlkzV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdoKXP2DX7M
September 21st, 2026 at 10:25The question is not, do we need a Whitesnake tribute band, it is do we need a final era Whitesnake tribute band.
The various combinations of Moody Marsden and Murray produced some great shows that had the feel of the early days.
Obviously with neither Bernie nor Mel still with us, and Mickey seemingly in happy retirement, any tribute would need to come form the younger players.
September 21st, 2026 at 13:11I hear you, Herr MacGregor, but you are aware that your – resepectable -stance will have a whole lotta music become extinct from the live circuit in the next few years? That’s an issue. And while anyone can form a tribute, carrying the name officially is often somewhat of a quality control (not always though).
By 70s standards a whole lotta bands with only one remaining original member are glorified tributes: Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Nazareth, Wishbone Ash, but wouldn’t it be be a loss if they were gone all together.
Maybe we will have to get used to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePAhDQtyZc
if we can’t have this anymore?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aME0qvhZ37o
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“Uwe #10, donāt use the āFā word on a site that is dedicated to the Greatest of All Time. Thatās disrespectful.”
Aah, but then Ritchie spent the first part of the 80s going – I’m only following your train of thought here, Frater – fuck, fuck, fuck … all the time as he felt an urgent desire to wanna know what AOR is which he implemented cold as ice in an effort to become a juke box hero which felt like the first time for (F-f-f-o)Reignbow!!!
Why then admonish me so hot bloodedly? You have double vision and standards, I must say!
September 21st, 2026 at 17:57I thought it d be the same old same old but still was surprised.
Espescially the Gillan opinions anno 74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZInFU2bYRY
September 21st, 2026 at 23:30@18
September 22nd, 2026 at 10:32Nazareth 07.10. “Tvornica” Zagreb Croatia.
Uriah Heep 11.11. “CvetliÄarna” Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tickets have been purchased.
I can’t wait
@ 18- Glenn Miller and his Orchestra compared to The Glenn Miller Orchestra……….there is a difference. Cheers.
September 22nd, 2026 at 22:11#18, the “R” band at least deserves some respect, even for some of their stuff with JLT, and is legitimately related to DP. The “F” band? The minute they released “Cold as Ice”, they threw away any respect they might have had from me. (I know, “I Surrender” is pretty whiny too, but nowhere near as much as “Cold as Ice”.)
September 22nd, 2026 at 22:25I don’t mind hearing about unrelated bands that at least have similar musical class, but the “F” band simply does not rate any mention on a DP-related site.
September 22nd, 2026 at 22:39three months ago..
September 23rd, 2026 at 06:28https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8V6bSTxa44&list=RDO8V6bSTxa44&start_radio=1
Iām the guy who once walked out early from a Foreigner gig, but in hindsight I must say that the Mick Jones/Lou Gramm combo (both of them not the most charismatic musicians ever) were part of the AOR blueprint even if they lifted some stuff off Bad Co (who in turn had helped themselves with Free).
I actually really liked Cold As Ice and Feels Like The First Time when they came out, it was extremely well-crafted tuneful pop in a rock guise (= no crime). And Grammās range without ever sounding girly or shrill was pretty darn impressive.
Among AOR giants, I preferred Journey as the more interesting mix and Toto had of course stellar musicianship, but Foreigner were influential no doubt, and not just on Blackers, Glover and JLT either.
September 23rd, 2026 at 12:53āGlenn Miller and his Orchestra compared to The Glenn Miller Orchestraā¦ā¦ā¦.there is a difference. Cheers.
Can I help it if the darn Limeys dropped in late 1944 a return-jettisoned bomb over the Channel on him? You know how they never thought much of target bombing as a strategic aim ā¦
It wasnāt us for once!!!
PS: If in, say, ten years from now you want to hear a whole gig of DP songs live in professional quality and surroundings, how is that gonna work other than with someone carrying on the name and tradition? Classical orchestras donāt become extinct either, but constantly rejuvenate themselves to preserve culture. If you have a better idea, please tell me!
September 23rd, 2026 at 14:15@ 26 – Are you suggesting someone else call themselves Deep Purple in the future? If not there isn’t an issue, is there? Orchestras and anyone else performing old standards, classics or whatever you want to call it, are NOT calling themselves Mozart, Beethoven or whoever, are they? This is what I am talking about and you very well know that. Tribute bands do what they do, no different to covers band that many of us have been in no doubt. Performing other peoples music. My take on this is what I have always stated. How many original and or contributing band members who actually created the music in the first place. That isn’t too hard to comprehend is it? Unless you are ‘afraid’ to let go and you need to attend a “Deep Purple” concert in ten years or more, by whoever is feigning to be DP. This potential and existing scenario is active today with other well known acts. All things come to an end, including the original artists, let it be. Do we have to think of poor old Rod Evans and 1980, again? Cheers
September 24th, 2026 at 09:24Cut the F-word band some slack, this isnāt bad and certainly showed some grit and determination even if I thought back then that they were the epitome of corporate rock:
https://youtu.be/mGqOCSJ26kE
Mick Jones – not a Blackmore by any means, and he never said he was either – plays almost punkish. Maybe that is what kept JLT era Rainbow from really becoming a top AOR band, Ritchie was just too good and too special to put himself into the service to a song like Mick Jones did with ease. Sometimes, not being all that excellent in one department helps you in another.
September 24th, 2026 at 12:45Thinking about it, yeah, I wouldnāt mind seeing āDeep Purpleā live in 10 years from now with a bald Simon as the only āoriginalā member. As long as the music is professionally rendered.
Am I scared to let go of DP as a live experience? Damn right I am! Scared shitless.
September 24th, 2026 at 15:56@ 29 – and there lies the problem. Cheers.
September 24th, 2026 at 22:47#29 Uwe:
I couldn’t stand seeing the “fake” Deep Purple live in an big arena,
September 25th, 2026 at 12:38so I’d prefer a tribute band of unknown musicians in a small pub.
DP is arena rock, not pub music. Itās like watching a Spielberg movie on your cell phone.
September 25th, 2026 at 14:08@11
September 25th, 2026 at 14:58My dear MacGregor. Here on the forum, we have long agreed that quality cover bands will be all that we will unfortunately have left to listen to music from our favorite bands. A couple of years ago I saw a tribute band called “Snakebite”. It was a biker meeting, and of course they were the “stars of the evening”, despite the established Croatian rock bands. If I were to give you the names of the musicians who play in Snakebite, you’ve never heard of anyone. But, is it correct to call Whitesnake Experience cover band, where all the musicians who played in Whitesnake except David are on stage. Those musicians played hundreds of concerts with Whitesnake. Cover band? I don’t believe in that. Compare “Snakebite” and the potential “Whitesnake Experience”.
Come on..
Yo,
For sure there’s nothing like attending a rock concert, & those that get to one I hope revel in the experience for years after.
But, I also have to say that a well produced DVD of a show, when played at home, with good volume levels, nearly equals if not betters the experience, & makes an excellent 2nd best for not being able to attend in person…You get to see all the action, & hear the show in quality stereo sound…
As for the cover-bands, so-be-it…You have to have a start somewhere, & if you enjoy what you’re doing whilst delivering-the-goods, & keeping-everyone-happy, why complain ???…
Uwe’s crystal-ball vision about Simon in 10-years time may well be better received then than now, after all, he is an official member, & has the right to continue-on in that way if it happens. I don’t mind one-bit, & likely the band wouldn’t mind either at-a-guess.
Perhaps more controversial would be releasing new albums under the DP banner at that time ?…We’ll just have to wait & see š !
Ciao !
September 25th, 2026 at 23:41#27: I’m fine with bands evolving, as long as they do it legitimately. When people die or retire, if they’re replaced by the right people, and still have the right sound, I’m fine with it, let them keep using the name. Kansas opening for Purple at Long Beach was a perfect example.
September 26th, 2026 at 23:04