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L.A. (1975 – 1984, 1994 – 1997)
There are at least two bands sharing this name:
1. British hard-rock band (Ritchie Blackmore’s one);
2. American psychedelic rock band.
1. Rainbow was a British hard rock band formed by “Deep Purple” founder and former guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former “Elf” lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes.
The Dio Years
The name of the band Rainbow was inspired by the “Rainbow Bar and Grill” that catered to rock stars, groupies and rock enthusiasts. It was here that Ritchie spent some of his off time from Deep Purple and met Dio, whose band Elf had toured regularly as an opening act for Deep Purple. Rainbow’s debut album, “Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow”, was released in 1975 and featured the minor hit “
Man On The Silver Mountain”.
Rainbow’s music was different from Deep Purple’s. The music was more directly inspired by classical music and Dio wrote lyrics about medieval themes. Dio possessed a versatile vocal range capable to sing both hard rock and lighter ballads. Although Dio never played a musical instrument on any Rainbow album, he is credited with writing and arranging the music with Blackmore in addition to writing all the lyrics himself.
Blackmore fired everybody except Dio shortly after the album was recorded and recruited drummer Cozy Powell (formerly of the “Jeff Beck Group”), bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey. This lineup went on to record the album “Rising”.
1. British hard-rock band (Ritchie Blackmore’s one);
2. American psychedelic rock band.
1. Rainbow was a British hard rock band formed by “Deep Purple” founder and former guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former “Elf” lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes.
The Dio Years
The name of the band Rainbow was inspired by the “Rainbow Bar and Grill” that catered to rock stars, groupies and rock enthusiasts. It was here that Ritchie spent some of his off time from Deep Purple and met Dio, whose band Elf had toured regularly as an opening act for Deep Purple. Rainbow’s debut album, “Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow”, was released in 1975 and featured the minor hit “
Man On The Silver Mountain”.Rainbow’s music was different from Deep Purple’s. The music was more directly inspired by classical music and Dio wrote lyrics about medieval themes. Dio possessed a versatile vocal range capable to sing both hard rock and lighter ballads. Although Dio never played a musical instrument on any Rainbow album, he is credited with writing and arranging the music with Blackmore in addition to writing all the lyrics himself.
Blackmore fired everybody except Dio shortly after the album was recorded and recruited drummer Cozy Powell (formerly of the “Jeff Beck Group”), bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey. This lineup went on to record the album “Rising”.
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Man On The Silver Mountain
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Since You Been Gone
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Catch The Rainbow
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Stargazer
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Kill The King
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Starstruck
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All Night Long
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Gates Of Babylon
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The Temple Of The King
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Tarot Woman
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Street Of Dreams
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Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
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Still I'm Sad
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Shoutbox
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mpchekuri wrote:
between them and Bond?
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ViolentSymphony wrote:
Ronnie Dio and Ritchie Blackmore, both gods of Rock n' Roll!
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Tarkella wrote:
loveeeeeeee iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttt ( S-T-A-R-TR-U-C-K-) ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
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jjuge wrote:
Starstruck <3
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johnny8ball wrote:
Rainbow Rising... hearing it for the first time in years today. Incredible!!
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DARKUOLA wrote:
Seriously 1500 song per week maximum?
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DenSvyrydenkov wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Rainbow/+images/39029911
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h4ll0w3d wrote:
Dio era is just perfect! [9] but, actually I CANT LET YOU GO <3
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Lambuz wrote:
Dio era is just perfect! [8]
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SLIM-74 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.it/group/anti-McDonald%27s
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Duckzer wrote:
Awsome!
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umbralnergal wrote:
♥
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jjuge wrote:
Now I had listened Rainbow over 5000 times. RAINBOW <3
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cicerometallica wrote:
Rainbow it's a very great rock/heavy metal l band. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW ADD -ME(http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/cicerometallica) \m/.
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cicerometallica wrote:
Rainbow it's a very great rock/heavy metal l band. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW ADD -ME(http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/cicerometallica) \m/.
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amami-koi wrote:
Magic!
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xdevilbunny wrote:
Dio :D
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LRPohlmann wrote:
Perfect!
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MikeWire6666 wrote:
Hello! This group is for people who love HARD ROCK or HEAVY METAL: http://www.lastfm.es/group/Hard%2B%2BRock%2B%2526%2BHeavy%2BMetal
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mmm_bolle wrote:
zzzz))) good
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