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White Spirit | |
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| Origin | Hartlepool, England |
| Genres | Heavy metal[1] |
| Years active | 1975–1981, 2022–2024 |
| Labels | MCA, Neat, Conquest Music |
| Past members | Bruce Ruff Janick Gers Phil Brady Graeme Crallan Malcolm Pearson Brian Howe Mick Tucker Ian Shuttleworth Toby Sadler |
White Spirit were an English heavy metal band from Hartlepool, best remembered for guitarist Janick Gers who went on to play with Ian Gillan, Bruce Dickinson, and ultimately, Iron Maiden. Other original members of the band were Bruce Ruff (vocals), Malcolm Pearson (keyboards), Phil Brady (bass) and Graeme Crallan (drums), with a later lineup including Brian Howe (vocals), Mick Tucker (guitars) and Toby Sadler (bass).[2] Pearson and Tucker revived the band between 2022 and 2024.
- ^ "White Spirit – Encyclopaedia Metallum". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 386/7. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.