antiMusic.com's Morley Seaver has issued a new interview with WHITESNAKE leader David Coverdale. The following is an excerpt in which he discusses the band's new album, Forevermore:

Q: What was the process like for putting this record together? You had kind of a premature start to things considering the tour was cancelled...

A: "Well no... honestly, we weren't planning on doing a new studio record. The plan was to mix the 1990 Donington show, with Vai and Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo and Aldridge. Some Greatest Hits Live, another video that we did in 08. There were a lot of these back burner projects that we wanted to finish off. So I could just focus now... as I'm getting up there. I'm celebrating 60 this year. I'll be on stage with 30,000 Brazilians I think.

But there was no plan for a studio record. At the end of 09... we had great success, which you probably know, with Good To Be Bad. And there were a lot of independent record companies who were very interested. And initially it was very easy for me to say no. But the owner of Frontiers Records, an Italian independent was absolutely relentless in his pursuit and I found him to be an intoxicating character, which is rare as orchids in the music business.

So I said, 'Well OK, before I make any commitment here, let me see what my partner Mr. Doug Aldrich has'. Because Doug is like me. We just write naturally. It's not necessarily writing for a project… you just pick up an instrument and something magical happens. So I drove down from Tahoe to LA for a couple of days with Doug to trade ideas and see what we had. And in two hours we had written 'One of These Days'. We finished off an earlier song of ours called 'Whipping Boy Blues'. And made a very healthy start on 'All Out of Luck'. So within two days, I was going 'Well this is strong enough of a foundation for me to make a commitment'. So we added a new album to the 2010 agenda and I'm delighted we did because I'm still enjoying it now when I'm working out in a morning."

Read the full interview at this location.

US syndicated radio show Rockline recently aired a special on WHITESNAKE, including an interview with Coverdale. A replay of the show is now available at this location.

In related news, Artisan News Service has posted a report on Whitesnake and the release of Forevermore. Check out the footage, including words from frontman David Coverdale, below:

Check out BW&BK; scribe Mitch Lafon's new Whitesnake story, featuring an interview with Coverdale, at this location.

Also, another new interview with Coverdale (conducted by "Poor Albert"), in which he discusses Forevermore, can be seen below: