Toward the end of the decade, the company also began making a name for itself as an emerging rock label, thanks to the success of Whitesnake ( US only ), The Stone Roses, Guns N ' Roses, Tesla, and the mainstream comeback of ' 70s era rockers Aerosmith.

Helix have toured with bands such as KISS, Aerosmith, Rush, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Heart, Quiet Riot, W. A. S. P., Ian Gillan, and Motörhead among others.

Some notable appearances in the past have been Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Uriah Heep, Europe, Deep Purple, Accept, Motörhead, Saxon, Nazareth, Poison, Status Quo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Scorpions, Porcupine Tree, Kamelot, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Testament, W. A. S. P., ZZ Top, The Orchestra, Thin Lizzy and Guns N ' Roses.

The singer's influences are Robert Plant ( Led Zeppelin ), David Coverdale ( Deep Purple, Whitesnake ) and Steven Tyler ( Aerosmith ).

Other bands Syme has done artwork for include: Megadeth, Saga, Styx, Fates Warning, Whitesnake, Queensrÿche, Aerosmith, and Dream Theater.

* It has also hosted numerous concerts, by Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, Britney Spears Taylor Swift, Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney, Cher, Rascal Flatts, Fleetwood Mac, Nickelback, 311, Neil Diamond, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Buckcherry, The Offspring, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Whitesnake, Papa Roach and Creed, among others.

He was headhunted as the first A & R executive for David Geffen's new label Geffen Records in 1980, where he worked with White Zombie, Madness, XTC, Whitesnake, Wang Chung, Nelson and Aerosmith.

In their short time they created three albums of music, toured with several famous bands, including Mötley Crüe, Heart, Aerosmith, Ronnie James Dio, Van Halen, Bryan Adams, and Whitesnake, but in the end could not sustain their own career.

They have supported well known bands as Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, and Saxon, and were also featured at the 1987 German version of Monsters of Rock, where Metallica headlined along with Deep Purple.

After Ratt broke up, DeMartini had a short stint with the band Dokken before briefly becoming a touring guitarist for hard rock band Whitesnake in 1994.

From 2000 to 2003, Mendoza toured with Ted Nugent, and with Whitesnake in 2004.

Uriah Heep recruited bassist Trevor Bolder ( ex-David Bowie, Mick Ronson ) and, after having auditioned David Coverdale ( Deep Purple, Whitesnake ), Ian Hunter and Gary Holton ( Heavy Metal Kids ), brought in John Lawton, formerly of Lucifer's Friend and the Les Humphries Singers, with whom they turned away from fantasy-oriented lyrics and multi-part compositions back toward a more straightforward hard rock sound typical of the era.

In 1992, another world tour followed with former Dio and Whitesnake guitarist Vivian Campbell joining the band, but the band's fortunes began to be affected by the rise of alternative rock, including grunge.

An arena tour of the UK took place in June in which the band co-headlined with Whitesnake and was supported by US southern rockers Black Stone Cherry.

Def Leppard toured 41 US cities plus Toronto, Canada, during mid-2009 with Poison and Cheap Trick and also played the Download Festival with Whitesnake and ZZ Top.

" In 2003, it was confirmed that activity had been halted again due to Reb Beach's touring commitment with Whitesnake as well as his solo album " Masquerade " and involvement with " supergroup " project The Mob with King's X frontman Doug Pinnick and Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy.

Jonathan Douglas " Jon " Lord ( 9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012 ) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men.

Following the tour for Skyscraper, Steve Vai left the band to pursue a solo career and record and tour with Whitesnake.

For the rest of the 1980s, Powell assumed short-term journeyman roles with a number of major bands — Michael Schenker Group from 1981 to 1982, and Whitesnake from 1982 to 1985.

This Teaser should not be confused with the Dutch band Teaser which featured future Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg.

Steve Farris went on to work with Rod Stewart, Whitesnake, Tori Amos ( during her tenure in Y Kant Tori Read ), and 4 Non Blondes.

On July 23, 2008 Europe did a co-headlining concert with Whitesnake in Padua, Italy.

Following musical differences with David Coverdale, Ian Paice left Whitesnake in 1982.

Whitesnake guitar player Doug Aldrich subbed for Mick Jones for this show leaving the band with no original members for this date.

Bluestein was able to return to the group in August 2012 and Brian Tichy once again rejoined in the interim until his schedule with Whitesnake called him away.

Vai began touring with Whitesnake with a seven-string prototype, and then used the guitars for his 1990 release Passion and Warfare.

He continued some music projects, including the bizarre supergroup project " Gogmagog " with ex-members of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, and other classic rock bands.

Bands such as Queen, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot, Europe, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and Cinderella were among the most popular acts of the decade.

in the song " I want to choke your band ", the theme of which pits heavy metal bands against hair metal like Warrant, Poison, and Whitesnake.

Again they were joined by Whitesnake ; however, hard rock band Thunder supported at some of these shows.

They toured to sell out crowds for the next two years supporting the Whitesnake 1987 album.

Eager to pay off a huge tax bill upon his return the UK in the late-1970s ( Purple's excesses included their own tour jet and a home Lord rented in Hollywood from actress Ann-Margret ), Lord joined former Deep Purple band member David Coverdale's new band, Whitesnake in August 1978 ( Paice joined them in 1980 and stayed till 1982 ).

Fearing lawsuits, Pioneer took the Japanese forms of the band names and changed them somewhat when they were put back in English: Megadeth became Megadeath, Helloween became Haro-Wing, Whitesnake became Whiteos-Neiki, Guns N ' Roses was shortened to Guns-N-Ro, and Anthrax became Anslasax.

It is also used in rock, by bands and artists such as Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Ry Cooder, Chris Rea, Bonnie Raitt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Feat, Eagles, ZZ Top, Whitesnake and AC / DC.

The festival also included fellow legendary rockers Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, and Finnish hard rock act Lordi.

Sykes and Downey initially agreed to be a part of the band, but Sykes joined Whitesnake and Downey also changed his mind.

In the " definitive metal family tree " of his documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, anthropologist Sam Dunn differentiates pop metal, which includes bands like Def Leppard, Europe, and Whitesnake, from glam metal bands that include Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister and Hanoi Rocks.

Whitesnake continued to support Def Leppard for their Indian and Japanese dates.

For the tour, the line-up was completed by Whitesnake and Gary Moore bassist Neil Murray also known from the Queen musical We Will Rock You.

The band had a fairly fluid line up, finally dissolving in 1994, and although they never found commercial success themselves, several members went on to join better known bands, including Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, and Uriah Heep.

Mel Galley toured one last time after Pete Goalby left to sing for Uriah Heep in 1981, then went on to play for Whitesnake, leaving Trapeze disbanded by late 1982.

* Concerts: Bryan Adams, Irina Allegrova, Backstreet Boys, James Blunt, The Bravery, Sarah Brightman, Cascada, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Toto Cutugno, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Bob Dylan, Flyleaf, Foreigner, Good Charlotte, Gregorian, Darren Hayes, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Judas Priest, Patricia Kaas, Mark Knopfler, Korn, Lenny Kravitz, Avril Lavigne, Limp Bizkit, Lordi, Vanessa-Mae, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Metallica, Kylie Minogue, Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, P! nk, Placebo, The Prodigy, Suzi Quatro, Rammstein, R. E. M., Chris Rea, REO Speedwagon, Rihanna, Demis Roussos, Roxette, Ruslana, Sade, Scorpions, Seal, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Smokie, Sting, Styx, Sweet, t. A. T. u., Adam Tensta, Underworld, Vanilla Ninja, Vaya Con Dios, Whitesnake & Yes

Whitesnake was a continuation of the musical style introduced in Paice, Ashton & Lord and was inspired in name and cover art from Lord's 1975 album Sarabande.