Bernie Marsden

Paul Reed Smith guitars in the USA released a Bernie Marsden Signature Edition guitar, and Gibson Guitars made a limited edition number of his legendary Gibson Les Paul guitar known as "The Beast (Guitar)" His second book,released in 2018 is "Tales of Tone and Volume" and is a very large tome featuring his guitar collection. Bernie contributed a column to Guitarist magazine in 2018/19

His inaugural Guitar Mojo Experience was held at Arts at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire in 2018 and 2019. A third Mojo is due in July 2020 but is uncertain as whether this will go ahead due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He recorded new material throughout 2018 and 2019 for future release. He continues to play solo shows, mainly festivals in Europe and the UK, joining Joe Bonamassa's Blues Cruises, and also took a show on the road playing the Whitesnake album, "Ready An Willing" in its entirety in the autumn of 2019.

Bernie Marsden released his autobiography "Where's My Guitar" in 2017. The book was updated and reissued by Harper Collins in November 2019.

In 2014, Bernie Marsden was signed to the Dutch record label Mascot Provogue and released the critically acclaimed album, Shine. The album features David Coverdale singing the Whitesnake classic "Trouble", Joe Bonamassa on guitar on the title-track "Shine", Don Airey on keys and both Ian Paice and Jimmy Copley on drums.

Into the 2000s, he produced his Big Boy Blue double-CD, Stacks, featuring Jimmy Copley, Big Boy Blue Live, Bernie Plays Rory (a double CD of Rory Gallagher's material) A live acoustic recording, 'Going To My Hometown' recorded at The Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham. Castle Communications released a definitive compilation double-CD called Blues and Scales which featured songs from almost all the bands of his career.

Following his departure from Whitesnake, Marsden formed a short-lived band called Bernie Marsden's SOS. Not long after, Bernie Marsden's Alaska was formed with Robert Hawthorne on vocals and Richard Bailey on keyboards. Alaska released two melodic rock albums, Heart of the Storm (1984) and The Pack (1985), before splitting. In 1986, he put together MGM with former-Whitesnake members Neil Murray and his replacement guitarist in Whitesnake Mel Galley. The band, very briefly, also included former Toto vocalist Bobby Kimball. Recordings were made but still remain unreleased. In 1989, Bernie Marsden reunited with Whitesnake guitarist Moody to form The Moody Marsden band, recording an acoustic live album in Norway called 'Live In Hell' and an electric live album recorded in England 'Never Turn Our Back On The Blues' that featured Zak Starkey on drums. Touring throughout Europe, recording one studio album called 'Real Faith'. Next up for Bernie was The Company Of Snakes. As it turned out, the name was a little misleading as former Bad Company vocalist Robert Hart didn't actually make the record with the others, Marsden, Moody and Neil Murray with John Lingwood playing drums decided to continue. This band eventually released a double-album of Whitesnake songs called 'Here They Go Again', and later produced a studio album called 'Burst The Bubble' that also featured ex Hammer and Rainbow and now Deep Purple keyboard player Don Airey. TCOS ended and evolved into M3. This revamped line up included Bernie, Moody and Murray, all ex Whitesnake and master drummer Jimmy Copley, keyboard player Mark Stanway and Swedish vocalist Stefan Berggren. M3 produced a triple-CD DVD called 'Rough 'n' Ready' which again features the songs from their Whitesnake legacy.

Bernie Marsden released two solo albums during his time in Whitesnake. First released in Japan on the Japanese label Trash/Trio in 1979, And About Time Too became the number one import into the UK. EMI Records soon picked up the rights to the album and released it in Europe shortly before the release of Bernie's second solo album, Look At Me Now, in 1981. Both of these LP's were on the Parlophone label, at the time only Marsden and The Beatles were on the label. His BBC 'Friday Rock Show' solo sessions were released on CD, these feature David Coverdale, and Toto drummer Simon Phillips. No more solo albums appeared until the release of his 'Green and Blues' in 1994. This album is his tribute to guitarists in the John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers allowing him to thank Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor, but most of all John Mayall.

After Paice Ashton Lord folded, in 1978, Marsden formed a new band with former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist Micky Moody. The band started as David Coverdale's Whitesnake, which then became Whitesnake. Bernie played on the first e.p, first five albums and a live album: Snakebite (1978), Trouble (1978), Lovehunter (1979), Ready & Willing (1980), Live In The Heart Of The City (1980), Come An' Get It (1981) and Saints & Sinners (1982).Contributing many of the songs with David Coverdale and sometimes Moody. Marsden and Coverdale would go on to create Whitesnake's anthem "Here I Go Again" in 1982, a song that sold many millions all over the world in on Whitesnake '1987'. Both writers have received many awards for the song. As of 2018 the song has been counted at 6 million USA radio plays.

After playing with local Buckingham based groups. Bernie formed Skinny Cat at the age of 17, Marsden got his first professional gig with UFO in 1972. He next played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1973, before he joined drummer Cozy Powell's band Cozy Powell's Hammer. He then joined Babe Ruth in 1975, and played on two releases for Capitol Records, Stealin' Home (1975) and Kid's Stuff (1976), during his time with Babe Ruth Cozy Powell recommended him to Jon Lord who was forming a post Deep Purple band with Ian Paice Paice Ashton Lord in 1976, with Tony Ashton .

Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as "Fool for Your Loving", "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues", "She's A Woman", "Lovehunter", "Trouble", "Child of Babylon", "Rough and Ready", and the multi-million selling chart-topper "Here I Go Again".