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Critical Review: Inside Rainbow 1975-1979Rainbow
Release Date: 11/16/2004
Original Release:
2004
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 537676_CD
UPC # 823880016042
Label: Classic Rock Legends Ltd. (UK)
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Performer: Rainbow
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA) Notes: Rainbow: Ronnie James Dio (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); David Stone, Tony Carey, Micky Lee Soule (keyboards); Jimmy Bain, Bob Daisley, Craig Gruber (bass guitar); Cozy Powell, Gary Driscoll (drums).
Ritchie Blackmore's combustible guitar riffs in the seminal band Deep Purple were the sparks that fed the conflagration of a whole new genre: heavy metal. Blackmore's musical ambition led him away from the band in 1975, after which he poached members of the band Elf--including vocalist Ronnie James Dio--to record the solo project that would evolve into the band Rainbow. Dio's lyrics were a castles-and-kings affair and Blackmore's classical-derived music suited them well. The pair--with an ever-rotating line-up behind them--recorded several popular albums, until Dio was lured away by Black Sabbath in '79. Blackmore reunited with Deep Purple in 1984, revisiting Rainbow briefly in the mid-'90s before finally pulling the plug on both bands and moving on to the medieval folk act Blackmore's Night.
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Black Sabbath Blue Öyster Cult Def Leppard Dream Theater Great White Iron Maiden Judas Priest King's X Led Zeppelin Malmsteen, Yngwie Mastodon Motörhead Opeth Pink Fairies (The) Queensrÿche Ratt Symphony X Tool Twisted Sister UFO Van Halen W.A.S.P.
Influences:
Beatles (The) Beck, Jeff Clapton, Eric Cream Deep Purple Dio Elf (Band) Hendrix, Jimi Humble Pie Iron Butterfly Led Zeppelin Page, Jimmy Procol Harum T. Rex Uriah Heep Vanilla Fudge
Similar Genres:
Hard Rock
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