White Spirit (band)

White Spirit
OriginHartlepool, England
GenresHeavy metal[1]
Years active1975–1981, 2022–2024
LabelsMCA, Neat, Conquest Music
Past membersBruce 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.

  1. ^ "White Spirit – Encyclopaedia Metallum". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 386/7. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.