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Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore formed Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple, and he used it to chase the harder, more medieval edge he wanted — heavy riffs, fantasy lyrics, and Ronnie James Dio singing like he meant every word. The early run, especially "Man on the Silver Mountain," "Stargazer," and "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll," set a template for metal's more dramatic side, and later lineups took the band toward radio rock with "Since You Been Gone" and "All Night Long."
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Rising (1976). It's the Dio-era lineup at full power: "Tarot Woman," "Run with the Wolf," and the eight-minute "Stargazer," with "A Light in the Black" closing it out. If you only hear one Rainbow record, this is the one that explains why people still talk about them.
Biography
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) were a British hard rock band formed in California in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Established in the aftermath of Blackmore's first departure from Deep Purple, Rainbow originally featured four members of the American rock band Elf, including their singer Ronnie James Dio, but after their self-titled debut album, Blackmore fired these members, except Dio, recruiting drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain, and keyboardist Tony Carey. This line-up recorded the band's second album Rising (1976), while Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) saw Bob Daisley and David Stone replace Bain and Carey, respectively. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll was also the last album with Dio before he left the band to join Black Sabbath in 1979.
Rainbow's early work primarily used mystical lyrics in a hard rock/heavy metal style, then moved in a more pop-rock direction following Dio's departure from the group.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2019Rainbow vorwärtsEP
- 1995Stranger in Us AllAlbum
- 1983Bent Out of ShapeAlbum
- 1982Straight Between the EyesAlbum
- 1981Difficult to CureAlbum
- 1979Down to EarthAlbum
- 1978Long Live Rock ’n’ RollAlbum
- 1976RisingAlbum
- 1975Ritchie Blackmore’s RainbowAlbum
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