David Coverdale gave Whitesnake a facelift in the 1980’s and resurrected the band from being an English blues/rock band to an international band of hard rocking superstars. In 1990, Coverdale and Whitesnake were invited to headline the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donnington in England. Now, 21 years later, the show has been released on DVD and CD, much to the joy of the Snake’s most venomous fans.

The band played in front of 70,000 sweating fans, foaming at the mouth to rock out to “Here I Go Again,” “Slow & Easy,” “Slide It In,” “Fool For Your Loving” and “Still of the Night.” The band consisted of Coverdale on vocals, Steve Via and Adrian Vandenberg on guitar, Rudy Sarzo on bass and Tommy Aldridge of drums. This concert ushered in the 90’s, representing all things that were gloriously taken to the limit in the 80’s, including big hair, loud music, amazing guitar solos, larger than life sex appeal and really bad clothing.

The DVD includes the concert as well as a bonus behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the classic Slip of the Tongue album.

After begging for this release for over 20 years, Whitesnake fans will be able to sit back, crank it up and sing along with the band at the height of their commercial success, thanks to Frontiers Records, who did a great job with both the audio sound of the CDs and the visual quality of the DVD.

Ironically, Whitesnake sound as good today on their new release Forevermore. Frontiers has served up two huge servings of all things Snake, one vintage and one fresh. Both deserve to be in your collection.