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Jon Lord said in an interview that Roger can't sing. These recordings show that he was right.
Didn`t he do solo albums where he sang on them?
I have Snapshot. Quite good album and he sings on a few songs.
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Roger made an album called "The Mask" in 1983 or 84. He does a good job on vocals.
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Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
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quote: Early Eighties fan wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
I was at the Saturday 11th show at Ingliston but thought Rose Tattoo were superb saw them last year in Glasgow and still a great live band.
As for Rainbow it's hard to argue against the JLT thing but thought he did a pretty good job vocally. My biggest memory of the night was the brilliance of Ritchie's playing during Catch The Rainbow still not seen anything as good as that.
Then I saw Rainbow last time they played Glasgow a couple of years ago.
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quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
quote: Early Eighties fan wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
I was at the Saturday 11th show at Ingliston but thought Rose Tattoo were superb saw them last year in Glasgow and still a great live band.
As for Rainbow it's hard to argue against the JLT thing but thought he did a pretty good job vocally. My biggest memory of the night was the brilliance of Ritchie's playing during Catch The Rainbow still not seen anything as good as that.
Then I saw Rainbow last time they played Glasgow a couple of years ago.
i like Rose Tattoo as well but they are still kinda a poor mans ACDC to me .
i agree JLT is a good singer no doubt but a bloody awful stage presence for a hard rock band.
Another lasting memory I have from those shows was Blackers appearing through a huge cloud of dry ice belting out the SOTW riff
Happy days indeed
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quote: Scotsnake wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
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quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
I was at the Saturday 11th show at Ingliston but thought Rose Tattoo were superb saw them last year in Glasgow and still a great live band.
As for Rainbow it's hard to argue against the JLT thing but thought he did a pretty good job vocally. My biggest memory of the night was the brilliance of Ritchie's playing during Catch The Rainbow still not seen anything as good as that.
Then I saw Rainbow last time they played Glasgow a couple of years ago.
i like Rose Tattoo as well but they are still kinda a poor mans ACDC to me .
i agree JLT is a good singer no doubt but a bloody awful stage presence for a hard rock band.
Another lasting memory I have from those shows was Blackers appearing through a huge cloud of dry ice belting out the SOTW riff
Happy days indeed
I saw Rainbow both nights at Granby Hall in Leicester on this tour. Pretty much like your memories, I hated JLT prancing around and we seriously considered not going to the second night.
Remember CTR being great, and people burning posters of RB after the first night because there was no guitar demolition. I have no recollection of night 2 being any better, although iirc there was a guitar demolition.
This was where I lost Rainbow and never went to another show. I did like SIUA but wasn't motivated enough to see them live.
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quote: leelyt wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
quote: Scotsnake wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
quote: Early Eighties fan wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
I was at the Saturday 11th show at Ingliston but thought Rose Tattoo were superb saw them last year in Glasgow and still a great live band.
As for Rainbow it's hard to argue against the JLT thing but thought he did a pretty good job vocally. My biggest memory of the night was the brilliance of Ritchie's playing during Catch The Rainbow still not seen anything as good as that.
Then I saw Rainbow last time they played Glasgow a couple of years ago.
i like Rose Tattoo as well but they are still kinda a poor mans ACDC to me .
i agree JLT is a good singer no doubt but a bloody awful stage presence for a hard rock band.
Another lasting memory I have from those shows was Blackers appearing through a huge cloud of dry ice belting out the SOTW riff
Happy days indeed
I saw Rainbow both nights at Granby Hall in Leicester on this tour. Pretty much like your memories, I hated JLT prancing around and we seriously considered not going to the second night.
Remember CTR being great, and people burning posters of RB after the first night because there was no guitar demolition. I have no recollection of night 2 being any better, although iirc there was a guitar demolition.
This was where I lost Rainbow and never went to another show. I did like SIUA but wasn't motivated enough to see them live.
Actually Rainbow was really good at the start of the 1995-96 tour(s). Great show at Cirkus in Stockholm and totally sold out. Ritchie was ON then.
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Rainbow in Osnabrück 1995 was the best DP + related show I ever saw.
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quote: leelyt wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
quote: Scotsnake wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
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quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
I was at the Saturday 11th show at Ingliston but thought Rose Tattoo were superb saw them last year in Glasgow and still a great live band.
As for Rainbow it's hard to argue against the JLT thing but thought he did a pretty good job vocally. My biggest memory of the night was the brilliance of Ritchie's playing during Catch The Rainbow still not seen anything as good as that.
Then I saw Rainbow last time they played Glasgow a couple of years ago.
i like Rose Tattoo as well but they are still kinda a poor mans ACDC to me .
i agree JLT is a good singer no doubt but a bloody awful stage presence for a hard rock band.
Another lasting memory I have from those shows was Blackers appearing through a huge cloud of dry ice belting out the SOTW riff
Happy days indeed
I saw Rainbow both nights at Granby Hall in Leicester on this tour. Pretty much like your memories, I hated JLT prancing around and we seriously considered not going to the second night.
Remember CTR being great, and people burning posters of RB after the first night because there was no guitar demolition. I have no recollection of night 2 being any better, although iirc there was a guitar demolition.
This was where I lost Rainbow and never went to another show. I did like SIUA but wasn't motivated enough to see them live.
Actually Rainbow was really good at the start of the 1995-96 tour(s). Great show at Cirkus in Stockholm and totally sold out. Ritchie was ON then.
Yes, I have some boots of the early SIUA tour and RB is incredible. I definitely missed out, although I have no idea if they played in Leicester on this tour.
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quote: leelyt wrote:
quote: Concrete god wrote:
quote: leelyt wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
quote: Scotsnake wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
quote: Early Eighties fan wrote:
quote: lightintheblack0 wrote:
Roger sang backup though to call it singing is a push
In all honesty the lead vocals weren't particularly good either were they?
Graham Bonnet did a great job on the album but live he tended to shout his way through the show, he was a very powerful singer no doubt but he overdid the shouting IMHO.
Ritchie was a bit sloppy during the tour as well ,it was the start of the decline for his playing that would continue throughout the 80s.Though he did demonstrate enough of that gift to keep it interesting on that tour.I saw the tour at Ingliston in Edinburgh and the show was spectacular, highlights that stick in my mind were Cozys solo and Blackers climbing all over the place smashing guitars.
He did the same extended guitar smash, climbing on top of the PA etc. and throwing stuff into the crowd the following year at Ingliston, although i don`t think the sound/performance was considered as good as previous shows, in fact I think RB said somewhere that Ingliston was a low point of the 1981 tour, and i believe the first night at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983 was also a bit of a disaster? I played in a band with a guy in the early 90`s who had been on the lighting crew for Rainbow`s gig at Indliston in `81 and he said at one of the sounchecks RB got very stroppy with someone operating a spotlight or something and that the guy in charge of the lighting crew basically said tone it down or we all walk, and RB did calm down, although I believe on the second nigh/day when i attended he didn`t come along to the venue to soundcheck, just let the roadies/techs do it instead?
Rainbow played 2 nights at ingliston in 81,Both nights had Rose Tattoo (poor mans ACDC) as support, i was at both gigs, and both were ok nothing more nothing less, the lasting impression i have of both those shows was JLTs cringeworthy stage persona ,why that guy was ever allowed near Rainbow (and indeed DP) will forever remain a mystery to me?WTF were you thinking Blackers
I didn't go to see Rainbow again until the 90s so I didn't attend the playhouse shows in 83, i simply couldn't stand JLT though i did go to see DP with him on the S&M tour and he was still bloody cringeworthy
I was at the Saturday 11th show at Ingliston but thought Rose Tattoo were superb saw them last year in Glasgow and still a great live band.
As for Rainbow it's hard to argue against the JLT thing but thought he did a pretty good job vocally. My biggest memory of the night was the brilliance of Ritchie's playing during Catch The Rainbow still not seen anything as good as that.
Then I saw Rainbow last time they played Glasgow a couple of years ago.
i like Rose Tattoo as well but they are still kinda a poor mans ACDC to me .
i agree JLT is a good singer no doubt but a bloody awful stage presence for a hard rock band.
Another lasting memory I have from those shows was Blackers appearing through a huge cloud of dry ice belting out the SOTW riff
Happy days indeed
I saw Rainbow both nights at Granby Hall in Leicester on this tour. Pretty much like your memories, I hated JLT prancing around and we seriously considered not going to the second night.
Remember CTR being great, and people burning posters of RB after the first night because there was no guitar demolition. I have no recollection of night 2 being any better, although iirc there was a guitar demolition.
This was where I lost Rainbow and never went to another show. I did like SIUA but wasn't motivated enough to see them live.
Actually Rainbow was really good at the start of the 1995-96 tour(s). Great show at Cirkus in Stockholm and totally sold out. Ritchie was ON then.
Yes, I have some boots of the early SIUA tour and RB is incredible. I definitely missed out, although I have no idea if they played in Leicester on this tour.
if memory serves me right they only played 2 gigs in london (the Hammersmith)on that tour and the were the only UK shows ?,fortunately i was on holiday visiting friends so was able to go, cant remember if it was the first or 2nd night ?AWESOME from Blackmore best i have ever seen him in person,he really did have a return to form at that time.
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