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5 unusual facts about Adrian Vandenberg


Adrian Vandenberg

They are arguably best known for the ballad "Burning Heart," a song that features complementing guitar layers and harmonies, and "Friday Night", from the Heading for a Storm album.

He contributed the solo to their No. 1 hit "Here I Go Again," but guitarist John Sykes played all of the other rhythm and lead guitar on the album.

After an extremely successful world tour and extensive airplay for their 3 videos on MTV, van den Berg co-wrote all of the music to the follow-up album Slip of the Tongue.

However, in preparing to enter the studio for the recording sessions, he injured his wrist performing isometric piano warm up exercises and was unfortunately unable to contribute lead guitar work to the album Slip of the Tongue.

Slip of the Tongue (1990) (co-writer; credited as guitarist, but didn't play)



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#"The Deeper the Love" (David Coverdale/Adrian Vandenberg) (from Slip of the Tongue, 1989) - 4:22