https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rainbow/189246591087656
United Kingdom / London, England
Genre:
Hard Rock (early), Heavy Metal (mid), AOR (later)
Info:
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) were an English rock band, controlled by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with former Elf members, though over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up. In addition to lead singers Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Doogie White, the project consisted of numerous backing musicians. The band started out combining mystical lyric themes with neo-classical metal, but went in a more streamlined commercial style following Dio's departure from the group.Rainbow was ranked #90 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
History:
Early years
In 1974, Ritchie Blackmore became infuriated at the funk/soul (or as Blackmore called it, "shoeshine music") elements being introduced to Deep Purple by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, as well as with the rejection from his bandmates of his suggestion to record a cover for inclusion on Stormbringer. Blackmore had originally intended to record Steve Hammond's "Black Sheep of the Family", a song recorded by the band Quatermass, as a solo single to express that his ideas were being suppressed in Deep Purple. During recent US tours, Deep Purple's support band had been Elf, and Ritchie had been impressed by Elf's singer, Ronnie James Dio. Blackmore and Dio found they had such a creative rapport that a full album's worth of music was soon composed, and they recorded it with Elf as a session band. Emboldened by the experience, Blackmore decided to leave Deep Purple and form his own band around Elf, effectively taking it over minus their guitarist and renaming it Rainbow. The name of the band was inspired by the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Hollywood that catered to rock stars, groupies and rock enthusiasts.
Line Up:
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar (1975–1984, 1994–1997)
Ronnie James Dio – lead vocals (1975–1978)
Craig Gruber – bass (1975)
Micky Lee Soule – keyboards (1975)
Gary Driscoll – drums (1975)
Jimmy Bain – bass (1975–1977)
Tony Carey – keyboards (1975–1977)
Cozy Powell – drums (1975–1980)
Mark Clarke – bass (1977)
Bob Daisley – bass, backing vocals (1977–1978)
David Stone – keyboards (1977–1978)
Jack Green – bass (1978–1979)
Graham Bonnet – lead vocals (1979–1980)
Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals (1979–1984)
Don Airey – keyboards, backing vocals (1979–1981)
Joe Lynn Turner – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1980–1984)
Bobby Rondinelli – drums (1980–1983)
David Rosenthal – keyboards (1981–1984)
Dee Beale - live backing vocals (1981–1984)
Lin Robinson - live backing vocals (1981–1984)
Chuck Bürgi – drums (1983–1984, 1995–1997)
Doogie White – lead vocals (1994–1997)
Greg Smith – bass, backing vocals (1994–1997)
Paul Morris – keyboards (1994–1997)
John O'Reilly – drums (1994–1995)
John Micelli – drums (1997)
Discography:
Man on the Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer / If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll Single 1975
The Temple of the King / Self Portrait / Man on the Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer Single 1975
Still I'm Sad Single 1975
Man on the Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer Single 1975
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Full-length 1975
Rehearsals 1976 Demo 1976
Rising Full-length 1976
Starstruck / Run with the Wolf Single 1976
On Stage Live album 1977
Kill the King / Man on the Silver Mountain / Mistreated Single 1977
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Single 1978
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Full-length 1978
L. A. Connection Single 1978
Since You Been Gone / Bad Girl Single 1979
Down to Earth Full-length 1979
Can't Happen Here Single 1980
All Night Long Single 1980
Monsters of Rock Split 1980
The Best of Rainbow Compilation 1980
Magic / Freedom Fighter Single 1981
I Surrender Single 1981
Jealous Lover Single 1981
The Best of Rainbow Compilation 1981
Difficult to Cure Full-length 1981
Death Alley Driver / Power Single 1982
Stone Cold Single 1982
Power Single 1982
Straight Between the Eyes Full-length 1982
Can't Let You Go Single 1983
Street of Dreams Single 1983
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Boxed set 1983
Bent out of Shape Full-length 1983
The Final Cut Video/VHS 1985
Bad Girl EP 1986
Finyl Vinyl Compilation 1986
Since You Been Gone/All Night Long Single 1988
Ансамбль Rainbow Compilation 1989
Live in Germany 1976 Live album 1990
Hunting Humans (Insatiable) / Stand Up and Fight / Black Masquerade Single 1995
Ariel Single 1995
Stranger in Us All Full-length 1995
The Very Best of Rainbow Compilation 1997
Millennium Collection: Rainbow Compilation 2000
Universal Masters Collection Compilation 2001
Pot of Gold Compilation 2002
All Night Long: An Introduction Compilation 2002
Winning Combinations Split 2003
Catch the Rainbow - The Anthology Compilation 2003
Inside Rainbow 1975-1997 DVD 2004
The Collection Compilation 2006
Deutschland Tournee 1976 Boxed set 2006
Live in Munich 1977 Live album 2006
Live in Munich 1977 DVD 2006
Live in Köln 1976 Live album 2006
Live in Düsseldorf 1976 Live album 2006
Up Close and Personal DVD 2007
Live in Nürnberg Live album 2007
Anthology 1975 - 1984 Compilation 2009
Black Masquerade Live album 2013
Black Masquerade DVD 2013
Videos:
Ritchie Blackmore´s Rainbow - Black Masquerade (2CD) (2013)
Year : 2013
Style : Hard Rock , Rock , Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 305 mb
Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Introduction 02:20
2. Spotlight Kid 04:54
3. Too Late for Tears 05:10
4. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll 08:24
5. Hunting Humans (Insatiable) 06:49
6. Wolf to the Moon 06:24
7. Paul Morris's Keyboard Solo 05:56
8. Still I'm Sad (The Yardbirds cover) 06:12
9. Man on the Silver Mountain 05:12
51:21
CD 2:
1. Temple of the King 06:05
2. Black Masquerade 06:05
3. Ariel 08:23
4. Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover) 01:12
5. Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple cover) 06:38
6. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves 01:57
7. Hall of the Mountain King 06:29
8. Burn (Deep Purple cover) 04:40
9. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple cover) 08:11
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