SleazeRoxx.com recently caught up with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich to discuss the band's new album, Forevermore, and his experiences with the band since joining in 2002. An excerpt is available below:

Sleaze Roxx: Before we get deeper into the new album, I've seen the clip of your performance in Colorado when DAVID COVERDALE blew out his voice. That was a prime tour you were on with Judas Priest and your stomach must have sunk when that happened.

Doug Aldrich: "(long pause) Yes, I've never seen David in that position before. It's very rare that you see someone stop in the middle of a song like that. That is way out of character for David, he's one of those guys that just doesn't give up. He also doesn't want to fake it and sell the fans short. David had to pull the plug on it because he didn't want to sell the fans short. I said to him, 'David take it easy', he said, 'I just can't... this is what I do.'"

"David, along with a number of select singers, are like race horses, you can't tell them to slow down. That incident was very unfortunate, but I'll tell you what, he is singing better than ever. The challenge with David has been capturing his voice in a regular microphone. Since I've been working with him we've not yet captured the full vibe onto a record. If you heard him singing next to you, it would be like 'holy shit, that tone!' Having said that I think we got pretty close on this album."

Sleaze Roxx: You've been in Whitesnake since 2002 -- were you a fan of the band or Coverdale's work?

Doug Aldrich: "Originally I signed up for a two month tour in 2002. I've been a fan since I was about 16, I recall my mother had dropped me off at my friend's house because we wanted to learn how to play 'Mistreated'. There was no way that I could have played 'Burn' at that time! I've been a fan since I was a teenager. I really love David's voice, I was definitely influenced by DEEP PURPLE and later on by Whitesnake. When David left Deep Purple it would have been easy to do a Deep Purple Jr. kind of a thing but instead he did Whitesnake. The music was very different, it was blues based, it was gutsy, and had a sound that was influenced by bands like SLADE, STATUS QUO, THIN LIZZY and stuff like THE ALLMAN BROTHERS. As you know, it wasn't until Slide It In that Whitesnake found success in America, but there were several records released in Europe before that. I was fortunate enough to have been turned on to those records early on."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Forevermore is due out via Frontiers Records on March 25th in Europe and March 29th in North America. Audio samples of all tracks are currently available at Amazon.com here.

Forevermore tracklisting:

'Steal Your Heart Away'

'All Out Of Luck'

'Love Will Set You Free'

'Easier Said Than Done'

'Tell Me How'

'I Need You (Shine A Light)'

'One Of These Days'

'Love And Treat Me Right'

'Dogs In The Street'

'Fare Thee Well'

'Whipping Boy Blues'

'My Evil Ways'

'Forevermore'