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RAINBOW
CURRENT NAME	Rainbow
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	United Kingdom
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1975
LABEL	Regain Records
GENRE	Heavy metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2003-03-20, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-03-22, 03:49

Band biography

Rainbow was formed as a solo project of Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 when he left Deep Purple. The band has since then featured lots of different line-ups. The band broke up in 1984 but was once again resurrected in November 1993. The current status of the band is unknown.

Current members Add - Fetch
Paul Morris	1993-	Keyboards	See also Metalium
Greg Smith	1993-	Bass	See also Addictive
Ritchie Blackmore	1975-1984, 1993-	Guitars	See also Blackmore's Night, Deep Purple
Dougie White	1993-	Vocals	See also Yngwie Malmsteen

Former members Add - Fetch
John O.	1993-1995	Drums
Cozy Powell	1975-1980	Drums	See also Michael Schenker Group
Robert Rondinelli	1980-1983	Drums	See also Black Sabbath, Warlock
Roger Glover	1978-1984	Bass	See also Deep Purple, Lord, Jon
Gary Driscoll	1975-1975	Drums	See also Elf
Mickey Lee	1975-1975	Keyboards	See also Elf
Craig Gruber	1975-1975	Bass	See also Black Sabbath, Elf, Rods, The
Joe Lynn Turner	1980-1984	Vocals	See also Big Noize, Deep Purple, Icarus Witch, Joe Lynn Turner
Tony Carey	1975-1977	Keyboards
Jimmy Bain	1975-1977	Bass	See also Dio, Wild Horses, WWIII
David Stone	1977-1978	Keyboards
Ronald James Padavona	1975-1978	Vocals	See also Black Sabbath, Dio, Elf, Heaven And Hell
Graham Bonnet	1978-1980	Vocals	See also Alcatrazz, Graham Bonnet, Impellitteri, Michael Schenker Group, Moonstone Project
Chuck Burgi	1983-1984, 1995-1996	Drums
David Rosenthal	1981-1984	Keyboards	See also Yngwie Malmsteen

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Candice Night		Tambourine, vocals	1993-. 9
John Miceli		Drums	Live 1997. v
Lin Robinson		Vocals	Backing vocals 1982-1983.
Dee Beale		Vocals	Backing vocals 1982-1983.
Shoshana		Vocals	On Rainbow.

Buy Rainbow albums

Official releases Add
1976	Rising 10 / 10 Read our review here	Polydor
1977	On Stage (live)	Polydor
1979	Down To Earth	Polydor
1981	Difficult To Cure	Polydor
1981	The Best Of Rainbow (comp.)	Polydor
1982	Straight Between The Eyes	Polydor
1983	Bent Out Of Shape	Polydor
1986	Finyl Vinyl (live)	Polydor
1995	Stranger In Us All	BMG

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