Tag Archives: Rainbow

Album review: HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS – Big Trouble

Posted on August 20, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Mausoleum [Release date 19.05.14] I am always a little wary of a seemingly star-studded cast assisting a lesser-known musician. Often these are vanity projects or designed to capture more attention for an otherwise mediocre release. Unfortunately “Hollywood Monsters”, the brainchild … Continue reading →

Quick plays: HENRIC BLOMQVIST & FRIENDS, DYLAN KAY, MICHAEL STANLEY

Posted on August 17, 2014 by jason

HENRIC BLOMQVIST & FRIENDS All Of Your Illusions www.henricblomqvist.com [Released 01.05.14] Guitarist Henric Blomqvist hails from Finland and has worked with various bands and musicians over the years. This album is his debut solo release and the friends include vocalists … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged album, All Of Your Illusions, AOR, Big Trouble, Bob Seger, classic rock, Doogie White, Dylan Kay, hard rock, HENRIC BLOMQVIST & FRIENDS, Intentions Of A Man, Michael Stanley, Rainbow, review | Leave a comment

Album review: WAMI – Kill The King

Posted on May 20, 2014 by jason

Metal Mind Records [Released 13.05.14] Who is WAMI? Well they are a new band built around young Polish guitarist Iggy Gwadera from Anti Tank Nun (what a legendary band name!), after Marco Mendoza was impressed seeing him perform as a … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Dio, Doogie White, heavy rock, Izzy Gwadera, Marco Mendoza, Rainbow, review, Vinny Appice, WAMI, Whitesnake | Comments Off

Rock Stars: Interview with GRAHAM BONNET – 19 March 2014

Posted on March 27, 2014 by petefeenstra

With The Store For Music label re-issuing all 4 Alcatrazz albums – including ‘Live Sentence’ on CD and DVD and accompanying vinyl releases with full art work – as well as his recent ‘Catch The Rainbow’ tour and a forthcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rock Stars | Tagged Alcatrazz, Danny Johnson, Frank Zappa, Gary Shea, Graham Bonnet, interview, Jan Uveno, March 2014, Mario Lanza, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Ronnie James Dio, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen | Leave a comment

Gig Review: GRAHAM BONNET/CHROME MOLLY, The Garage, Highbury, London, 19 March 2014

Posted on March 22, 2014 by andynathan

After a chequered career, veteran singer Graham Bonnet has decided to play on his past as Rainbow’s singer in a brief, albeit commercially successful period. He was back, in front of an unexpectedly large crowd playing a wholly Rainbow set … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MIDNITE SKY, KRUK, THE CRINGE, FUSION ORCHESTRA 2

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jason

MIDNITE SKY – Blood, Sweat and A Little More www.midnitesky.de [Released 1.12.13] German melodic rock band who have a passion for bands like Europe, Dokken and Bonfire. Kicking off with the Europe sounding ‘Hellfire’ the band don’t really have any … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged Before He'll Kill You, Blood, classic rock, Deep Purple, Doogie White, Fusion Orchestra 2, Jazz rock, KRUK, melodic rock, Metal Mind Productions, Midnite Sky, prog rock, Rainbow, Sweat And A Little More, the Cringe | Leave a comment

Album review: DON AIREY – Keyed Up

Posted on January 19, 2014 by jason

Interview edit: Don Airey 19 January 2014 The full interview will be broadcast on Sunday 2 February at 18:00 Mascot [Release date 17.02.14] Virtuoso and legendary keyboard player (and all round nice guy) Don has played with pretty much everyone … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – The Singles Box Set 1975–1986

Posted on January 19, 2014 by jason

Universal (19 CD set) [Release date 2.02.14] Those lovely guys at Universal have really gone to town (again) here – and a set that will be beyond most fans’ needs (or price range); but the extravagance here matches the marvel … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: RAINBOW – Black Masquerade

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Yiannis

Eagle Rock Entertainment – Out Now Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan’s long and well documented feud, the very one that brought Deep Purple to breaking point on numerous occasions throughout their long and illustrious career, came to an end in … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged Black masquerade, Doogie White, DVD, German, hard rock, Rainbow, review, rock, Rockpalast, TV | Leave a comment

Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Dancer And The Moon

Posted on June 10, 2013 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it This is Blackmore’s Night eighth studio album and the band has been going for longer than Ritchie Blackmore’s time combined in Deep Purple and Rainbow now. Some Blackmore fans will still pine for these rock years, yet that’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ – The Dark and the Light

Posted on May 29, 2013 by jason

Metal Mind Productions www.metalmind.com.pl Doogie White (Rainbow/Malmsteen/Cornerstone) and La Paz are back for their second album, a follow-up to last year’s ‘Granite’. That album wasn’t too bad as it saw the band revisit songs from their original incarnation back in … Continue reading →

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DVD review: RAINBOW – Live In Munich 1977

Posted on May 19, 2013 by jason

Eagle Vision (also 2CD) Originally issued in 2006, this DVD shows Rainbow live with their latest line up just prior to the release of the Long Live Rock’n’Roll album. It was filmed for the Rockplast broadcasts and hence was heavily … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged Cozy Powell, DVD, Live In Munich 1977, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio | Leave a comment

Album review: THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT – Sense Of Time, At Your Service

Posted on April 29, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Sense Of Time (2011) Norwegian bassist Jan Holberg has a good philosophy outlined in his liner notes to 2011′s ‘Sense Of Time’: that with music there should be no boundaries. So in his first ‘solo’ venture he explores AOR and … Continue reading →

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Album review: DIO – Dream Evil

Posted on February 22, 2013 by jason

Universal (2CD) Fourth album from legendary classic metal band fronted by Ronnie James Dio, originally released in 1987, and what a classic it is. Featuring the studio debut of guitarist Craig Goldy, the album sadly gets … Continue reading →

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Interview with Lee Hutchings: director of the upcoming Cozy Powell DVD

Posted on February 11, 2013 by jason

Lee Hutchings is the director of the upcoming “Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story”, and he has been working on this along with producer Andrew Fawn. This documentary will feature exclusive and extensive interviews with family, friends, work associates and fans, … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Backstage Heroes | Tagged Andrew Fawn, Black Sabbath, Brian May, Cozy Powell, Dance with the Devil, Jeff Beck, Joe Geesin, Lee Hitchings, Rainbow, Whitesnake | Leave a comment

WILL WALLNER & VIVIEN VAIN – Rising

Posted on November 20, 2012 by jason

Metal Mind Productions Wallner and Vain, though sounding like the first act at an end-of-the-pier variety show, are in fact very well connected musicians indeed. The list of contributors to this debut album reads like a Who’s Who of late … Continue reading →

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RAINBOW – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll (Re-issue)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by jason

Polydor/Universal Another double CD re-issue of the band’s classic 1978 album, with the bonus CD adding rough mixes of songs on the original album, some live versions and a couple of rehearsal takes.Interesting sleeve notes that include interviews (archive ones … Continue reading →

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RAINBOW – Reissues

Posted on October 26, 2012 by jason

On Stage (2CD) Long Live Rock’n’Roll (2CD) Universal Universal continue their excellent, if long overdue appraisal of the Rainbow catalogue, with the former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore producing some of the best and most classic hard rock to come … Continue reading →

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RAINBOW re-issues due in November

Posted on October 24, 2012 by jason

Rainbow are set to release Deluxe Reissues of On Stage and Long Live Rock N’ Roll this November. Rainbow, lead by the guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting Rock songs of … Continue reading →

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Will WALLNER / Vivien VAIN

Posted on August 9, 2012 by jason

www.wallnervain.com (Ed’s note: this CD will be re-issued by Metal Mind in the autumn) This guitarist and vocalist duo have produced a fine rock album, plenty of polished shred, and more name guests than the Queen’s garden party. The keyboard … Continue reading →

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Dougie White & La Paz – Granite

Posted on March 30, 2012 by jason

Metal Mind Productions 2012 Summary : Former Rainbow singer revisits his earlier band with impressive results I’m one of those Rainbow fans that rates the 1995 album “Stranger In Us All” as inferior to only the Ronnie James Dio fronted … Continue reading →