Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 16, 2018
Joe Lynn Turner, who has sang with Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Yngwie Malmsteen, has suffered a heart attack in Belarus. The Russian news agency RIA was first to report the news as the 66-year-old singer is currently being hospitalized in Minsk Belarus. RIA explained (translated): “Yesterday, a patient with myocardial infarction entered the hospital, he was treated […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 15, 2018
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow is a band that many more people should know about, but the fact that they’ve been broken up longer than they’ve been together might have something to do with that. However, with a lineup that’s included Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Deep Purple’s Roger Glover and keyboardist supreme Don Airey, and songs […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 18, 2017
In June 2016, Ritchie Blackmore took a break from his Blackmore’s Night project by bringing Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow back to the stage to play three shows in Europe, two in Germany and one in England. The German appearances featured classic hits from Deep Purple and Rainbow were recorded and are now available on a 2 […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 2, 2017
Witherfall, whose debut album Nocturnes and Requiems is out on February 10th, has a classic heavy sound to it that suggests the band has been around for longer than 2013, which is when the project first officially formed. Former White Wizzard members Joseph Michael and Jake Dryer got together with drummer Adam Sagan (Circle II Circle, Into […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 1, 2016
Last weekend, the metal community suffered another loss when former Dio and Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain died while on the Def Leppard ‘Hysteria on the High Seas’ cruise with his current band, Last In Line. He was 68. And while he’s had struggles with drugs and alcohol in the past, the official cause of death […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 24, 2016
According to some industry reports, including his former bandmate Simon Wright, Jimmy Bain, former bassist of Dio and Rainbow, has died at the age of 68. No cause of death has been listed, but a posting on Wright’s Facebook page appear tp confirm it. Bain had been playing in The Last In Line, a band featuring […]
Posted by Matt Albers on January 27, 2015
[youtube]http://youtu.be/tj_3FFEpCeo[/youtube] We’ve been telling you about the all-star Metal Allegiance show since its inception on Motörhead’s Motörboat cruise last fall. The big night was last Wednesday, January 21 in Anaheim, CA at the House of Blues. If you weren’t there, now you can watch the entire show yourself on YouTube! The lineup of participating musicians […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on August 4, 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eflPFiZy9M[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 39 years ago today, then newly departed Deep Purple guitarist recruited a then mostly unknown vocalist to record a solo effort he had been working on. The vocalist became a legend with […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on May 17, 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6CjO0H2j0s[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 38 years ago today, Dio and Ritchie Blackmore showcased some of the finest work in their entire careers with the release of Rising. This is the album that many consider to be […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on May 15, 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmnev7lwCg[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 24 years ago today, Ronnie James Dio released Lock up the Wolves. In my opinion, this is the worst album of any of Dio’s three most successful bands (the others being Rainbow […]
