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Bernie Marsden
Marsden in Zoetermeer Holland, in 2007 Photo: Jan Slob
Background information
Birth name	Bernard John Marsden
Born	(1951-05-07) 7 May 1951 (age 61) 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.

Discography [link]

With UFO [link]

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

With Cozy Powell's Hammer [link]

• 1974 Na Na Na (single)

With Wild Turkey [link]

• 1974 Don't Dare to Forget

With Babe Ruth [link]

• 1975 Stealin' Home
• 1976 Kid's Stuff

With Paice, Ashton & Lord [link]

• 1977 Malice in Wonderland
• 1993 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert '77
• 2007 Live in London '77 (DVD)

With Company [link]

• 1979 We Wish You Well/Right Time For Love (45rpm United Artists BP326)

With Whitesnake [link]

• 1978 Snakebite
• 1978 Trouble
• 1979 Lovehunter
• 1980 Ready an' Willing
• 1980 Live...in the Heart of the City
• 1981 Come an' Get It
• 1982 Saints & Sinners
• 2003 The Silver Anniversary Collection
• 2004 The Early Years
• 2008 30th Anniversary Collection

With Alaska [link]

• 1984 - Heart of the Storm (as Bernie Marsden's Alaska)
• 1985 - The Pack
• 1986 - Alive (VHS)
• 2002 - Live Baked Alaska
• 2003 - Anthology 1
• 2005 - Alive (DVD Ltd Edition via web shop)

With The Moody Marsden Band [link]

• 1992 - Never Turn Our Back on the Blues
• 1994 - Live In Hell - Unplugged
• 1994 - The Time Is Right for Live (the two above albums released as one)
• 1994 - Real Faith
• 1999 - In Concert & Studio Outtakes Mainly Guitars (Live Sampler)
• 2000 - The Night the Guitars Came to Play
• 2001 - Ozone Friendly
• 2004 - The Best Of

With The Little House Band [link]

• 2000 - Christmas 2000 (COS line up as The Little House Band) Unreleased Promo Cover Songs

With The Majesticaires [link]

• 2001 - Solid Rock (COS line up as The Majesticaires) Unreleased Promo Cover Songs

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

• 1998 - Once Bitten (Japan)
• 1998 - Live in Europe
• 2001 - Here They Go Again
• 2002 - Burst the Bubble
• 2005 - Classic Snake Live
• 2005 - Classic Snake Live 2cd Japan Edition
• 2005 - Rough an' Ready (CD)
• 2007 - Rough an' Ready (DVD)

Solo [link]

• 1979 - And About Time Too! (reissue: 2000)
• 1981 - Look at Me Now (reissue: 2000)
• 1992 - The Friday Rock Show Sessions '81
• 1995 - Tribute to Peter Green: Green and Blues
• 2002 - Blues Rock (Bad Ass'd Boogie Driven Hot Licks) Industry Only Sampler
• 2003 - Big Boy Blue (Advance Edition)
• 2003 - Big Boy Blue (2CD Edition)
• 2005 - Live At The Granary
• 2005 - Stacks
• 2006 - Blues 'n' Scales: A Snakeman's Odyssey 1970-2004 (compilation)
• 2007 - Big Boy Blue... Live (live album)
• 2007 - The Ironworks Session (Sampler Available Gigs Only)
• 2008 - Radioland - CD Sampler of the Live Show (compilation/not released officially)
• 2009 - Bernie Plays Rory
• 2009 - Going to My Hometown (live album)
• 2011 - Ballyshannon Blues for Rory
• 2012 - Very Local Boy (Sampler Radcliffe centre gigs only)

Film and television appearances [link]

• 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)

Other recordings [link]

• 1973 You & Me (Chick Churchill)
• 1974 Jumblequeen (Bridget St John)
• 1978 Ain't That Just the Way (Barbi Benton)
• 1979 Over the Top (Cozy Powell)
• 1981 Tilt (Cozy Powell)
• 1982 Before I Forget (Jon Lord)
• 1982 Reading Rock '82 (VA)
• 1988 Guitar Speak 2 (VA)
• 1988 "South Africa" (Ian Gillan, writer)
• 1990 Perfect Crime (Blonde On Blonde, as producer only)
• 1991 Forcefield IV: Let the Wild Run Free (Forcefield)
• 1992 Instrumentals (Forcefield)
• 1992 First of the Big Band - BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert '74 (Tony Ashton & Jon Lord)
• 1994 Tellin' Stories (Walter Trout Band)
• 1994 Line Up (Borderline)
• 1998 Still Crazy - Soundtrack
• 2000 Snakebites - The Music Of Whitesnake (Tribute)
• 2000 Reis Door Niemandsland (Mama's Jasje)
• 2002 Blues for Harlem (Larry Johnson)
• 2002 I Eat Them for Breakfast (Micky Moody)
• 2007 Booze, Brawds and Rockin' Hard (Chris Catena)
• 2007 Human Spirit (Gary Fletcher)
• 2007 Ian Paice and Friends Live In Reading 2006 (DVD)
• 2007 Little Hard Blues" (Andrea Ranfagni, "Everybody Knows", "May Day", "New Baby", "Easy Woman")
• 2008 The Original - The Audiolab Sessions 2002 (Les Castle)
• 2008 Live and Rocking! - Live at the Hell Blues Festival 2000 (Micky Moody & Friends)
• 2009 Endangered Species - Live at Abbey Road 2000 (CD/DVD, Tony Ashton & Friends)

References [link]

External links [link]

• Bernie Marsden official website