Professor of Rock

How Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again Went from Failure to 80s Rock Anthem


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Coming up next. An insane 80s rock story about everything but the kitchen sink. It is the story of Here I Go Again, a song that today’s sensational rock singer Devid Coverdale felt would be a hit when his band put it out in 1982. Instead, it became the spark that started a chain of events that nearly killed his career and that of his band. The song failed, but David went back to the drawing board and was on the cusp of a major breakthrough record when he lost his voice and had to have voice surgery. He was told he would NEVER sing again. He would beat the odds and get his voice in shape but at this point he was destitute… he had to sing ad jingles just to make rent. He was 3 million in debt and it got so bad his label wouldn’t give him the cash to make a music video to promote the song… yet somehow he overcame…he dug up his failed 1982 recording of Here I Go Again and did it again… In fact, he had to record it 3 times with 3 different bands because he fired his entire band before the album came out. But the song and its music video would dominate the late 80s with one of the hottest video vixens in history. You’ll love this story coming up next.

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