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Pedal to the metal
In a recent interview, singer Marc Storace of the Krokus fame talks about his audition for Rainbow circa the Down to Earth sessions
Read more »Rainbow video director passes away
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Edd Griles, director of Rainbow 1980s AOR videos Death Alley Driver, I Surrender, Stone Cold, and Can’t Happen Here, among other things, has passed away. The eulogy mentions that he has also directed unspecified Deep Purple videos, but our search for relevant credits didn’t return any matches.
Read more »El Arco Iris
A new book about Rainbow has been published in Spanish. Titled Bajo el Arco Iris (Under the Rainbow), it covers all Rainbow lineups, discography, 20 pages of photos, list of live performances, as well as the early years of Ritchie Blackmore, his tenure in Deep Purple, summary of Blackmore’s Night, and reviews various guitars he […]
Read more »Abandon all hope ye
An outfit called Hypergallery has posters of Abandon artwork for sale. They are said to be limited edition (50 copies) prints “meticulously reconstructed from the original source material by artist Ioannis”. The band had just completed Abandon and were late getting the cover art together. I sat in their manager Bruce Payne’s office along with […]
Read more »When in doubt, have a beer
Here are a couple of excerpts from what appears the same Joe Lynn Turner interview, published on two different YouTube channels. JLT is reminiscing about his work with Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Read more »Arigato means thank you
Here’s Pete Makowski’s feature on Rainbow December’76 tour of Japan, originally published on January 29, 1977, in the Sounds. It is a rather long read, but well worth it. “RADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLESENTING: TONEE CALEE, DIMMY BAIN, COSEE POW, LONNIE DAMES DIO, LITCHIE BRACKMORE… LAINBOW!!!!!” (me first Nippon gig). The audience looked pretty ordinary until […]
Read more »Be professional, be reliable
Bob Daisley was interviewed by the Rock Daydream Nation podcast about his days in Rainbow.
Read more »Park and bark
Elizabeth the opera singer is drooling all over Rainbow take on Mistreated from Munich’77.
Read more »Fired a couple of times, then hired back
A few months ago, we’ve posted an interview with Tony Carey. Here is a much, much longer version of that conversation that has surfaced on YT since then. Tony digs deeper into his Rainbow story, and talks at length on other aspects of his career and the state of music business in general. Yep, it’s […]
Read more »Had a letter, once
Don Airey and Cozy Powell promote the Down to Earth Rainbow tour on British telly
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