New Rainbow remasterings are awful

Gerryn, Chadnliz and Schipo: ARE YOU PEOPLE SERIOUS???!!!!!!

>>Are you people serious<<

Legitimate question. Most folks would know of the band and a couple members, specifically Blackmore and Dio.

However, Rainbow is not a significant group in the grand scheme of rock and roll.

Gslone,

IMHO I would have to put Rainbow up there with the forefathers of metal or at minimum hard rock in general. I gues if you dont know whow Rainbow, Deep Purple is just another crayon in the Crayola box!!!

Rainbow is not Deep Purple.

Dio is not Ian Gillan but he could be Rod Evans or David Coverdale.

Blackmore is Blackmore in either band. A self absorbed and very good, but not primo guitarist, who has a much higher opinion of himself than do his contemporaries and reviewers.

Audiofeil,

"rainbow is not Deep Purple"

Totally agree. And also agree that Blackmore is a self indulgent self imposed guitar god, but by no means whatsoever a great guitarist. What he did do was put two very diverse and successfull projects together. If he didn't have such issues both bands would have gone much, much further. The original Rainbow line up with Dio was my favorite and probably the best that was put together.

My initial point was how someone could not know who Rainbow was. Gillan by the way could not hold a candle to Dio...Just my opinion.....

I've actually seen Ritchies latest project "Blackmores Night" with his wife Candice...Not bad...If your into minstrel music:)