Bernie Marsden

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Bernie Marsden

Marsden in Zoetermeer Holland, in 2007
Photo: Jan Slob
Background information
Birth name Bernard John Marsden
Born 7 May 1951 (1951-05-07) (age 60)
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England
Genres Hard rock, blues-rock, blues, heavy metal
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, producer
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 1973 – present
Labels Castle
Associated acts UFO, Cozy Powell's Hammer, Babe Ruth, Paice, Ashton & Lord, Whitesnake, The Moody Marsden Band, The Snakes, The Company of Snakes
Website berniemarsden.co.uk
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul, Sid Poole Les Paul

Bernard John "Bernie" Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock guitarist.[1] Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth, from 1975–76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band, Whitesnake. In more recent years, Marsden has toured with his bands Company of Snakes, M3 (both formed with fellow former Whitesnake members Micky Moody and Neil Murray) and Bernie Marsden's Whitesnake, and performed with Elkie Brooks. Over the years he has taken part in a number of sessions and has released a handful of solo albums (And About Time, Too!, Look at Me Now, Green & Blues, Stacks). He has also collaborated with Micky Moody on a number of Marsden-Moody live and studio projects. On the Sweden Rock Festival on 10 June 2011 Bernie Marsden played with Whitesnake for the first time since 1981, thus becoming the second of only two former Whitesnake band members who have played with Whitesnake in recent years, the other person being Adrian Vandenberg, who also played with them on the Sweden Rock Festival.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] With UFO

  • 1973 "Give Her the Gun" (single)
  • 1993 The Decca Years

[edit] With Cozy Powell's Hammer

  • 1974 Na Na Na (single)

[edit] With Wild Turkey

  • 1974 Don't Dare to Forget

[edit] With Babe Ruth

  • 1975 Stealin' Home
  • 1976 Kid's Stuff

[edit] With Paice, Ashton & Lord

[edit] With Whitesnake

[edit] With Alaska

  • 1984 - Heart of the Storm (as Bernie Marsden's Alaska)
  • 1985 - The Pack
  • 1986 - Alive (VHS)
  • 2002 - Live Baked Alaska
  • 2003 - Anthology 1

[edit] With The Snakes, Company Of Snakes & M3

[edit] Solo

  • 1979 - And About Time Too! (reissue: 2000)
  • 1980 - Look at Me Now (reissue: 2000)
  • 1992 - The Friday Rock Show Sessions '81
  • 1992 - Never Turn Your Back on the Blues (live album, with Micky Moody)
  • 1994 - Live In Hell - Unplugged (live album, with Micky Moody)
  • 1994 - The Time Is Right for Live (the two above albums released as one)
  • 1994 - Real Faith (with Micky Moody)
  • 1995 - Tribute to Peter Green: Green and Blues
  • 2000 - The Night the Guitars Came to Play (with Micky Moody)
  • 2001 - Ozone Friendly (with Micky Moody)
  • 2005 - Stacks
  • 2006 - Blues 'n' Scales: A Snakeman's Odyssey 1970-2004 (compilation)
  • 2007 - Big Boy Blue... Live (live album)
  • 2008 - Radioland - CD Sampler of the Live Show (compilation/not released officially)
  • 2009 - Bernie Plays Rory
  • 2009 - Going to My Hometown (live album)

[edit] Film and television appearances

  • 1989 - Runaway Dreams (musical director)
  • 1995 - Rock Family Trees (interviewee)
  • 1998 - Still Crazy (performer, song "A Woman Like That")
  • 2006 - Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life (interviewee)

[edit] Other recordings

[edit] References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. Bernie Marsden at Allmusic

[edit] External links

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