Rainbow and the creation of Dragon Rock.

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   Yeah, definetely go with the 5 songs I mentioned, and go with the album
"Rising". "Kill The King" and "Gates of Babylon" off of Long Live Rock
and Roll are great, as are "Still I'm Sad" and "Self Portrait" from
their first album.

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Stargazer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: January 06 2006 Status: Offline Points: 16	Posted: January 06 2006 at 22:36
	Yeah, definetely go with the 5 songs I mentioned, and go with the album "Rising". "Kill The King" and "Gates of Babylon" off of Long Live Rock and Roll are great, as are "Still I'm Sad" and "Self Portrait" from their first album.

The Wizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7341	Posted: January 06 2006 at 22:31
	I have never heard Rainbow before but I'm becoming a huge Deep Purple fan so I'll probabley ended up a Rainbow fan soon. From what I hear, you have a pretty good case, but I'd need to hear them.


Stargazer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: January 06 2006 Status: Offline Points: 16	Posted: January 06 2006 at 20:46
	Why exactly is it wishful thinking? Who played neo-classical style metal before him? On a side note, if you would listen to any post-Bonnet Rainbow, you would hear some pretty fast solos in there. I mean, not exactly M.A.B. or Malmsteen, but he was probably one of the first shredders. Some good songs for that are Eyes of Fire, Anybody There, Maybe Next Time, Weiss Heim, and Difficult To Cure. Edited by Stargazer

Tony R Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979	Posted: January 06 2006 at 20:39
	I'm a big fan of pre-Bonnet Rainbow,but most of what you say is jusy plain wishful-thinking.There is quite a good case for us adding Rainbow as prog-related though. I caught them 6 or 7 times live around the UK bit drifted away after Castle Donington. Most seasoned proggers on this site are very familiar with Rainbow and the ahem "shredding" style of Mr Blackmore.....

Stargazer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: January 06 2006 Status: Offline Points: 16	Posted: January 06 2006 at 20:22
	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow would make an excellent addition to the prog. metal section of this site. The first incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, with Ronnie James Dio and Cozy Powell, featured very innovate prog. metal, including the innovation of "dragon rock", a mixture of metal music and medieval music that bands like Iron Maiden took to new heights. Ritchie Blackmore was the first guitarist to combine heavy metal music with...Well, anything really, but more importantly with classical and medieval elements. He arguably created progressive metal, and METAL in general with his amazing shredding style. Classical and medieval influences are strewn about his early works with Deep Purple, and the first four Rainbow albums show them VERY clearly. Ritchie Blackmore was the most experimentive guitarist of his generation, and most any progressive metal band, most notably Dream Theater, have all cited Rainbow and Ritchie Blackmore amongst their top influences. I can even provide some mp3 files to put on their homepage, and I'll write up the thingy and put on a band picture and everything. I really don't understand why they already aren't on here, and the very near godfathers of progressive metal should be posted on this site.