1981 saw Rainbow releasing Difficult to Cure, the first studio album to feature new vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, as well as the first with new drummer Bobby Rondinelli, both of whom joined forces with Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, and Don Airey. The record was featured classics like “Spotlight Kid,” “I ...

Sunstorm is the latest project from former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. In recent years, Turner has begun to return to the public spotlight with assorted live shows and projects, including the Rated X band with Carmine Appice and Tony Franklin a few years back. After that foray into harder and ...

As the voice of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow in the early 1980s, Joe Lynn Turner garnered a good deal of attention from rock fans of the day. It is Turner’s voice you hear on classic hits like "Spotlight Kid," "Can’t Happen Here," "Stone Cold," "Death Alley Driver," and "Street of Dreams." ...

Ritchie Blackmore has long been one of the most revered figures in the world of rock and roll, as well as one of the most controversial. From his initial years in which he served as a session musician to his more recent medieval-style exploits, and everything in between, including Deep ...

    Following the release of Rainbow’s Long Live Rock and Roll album in 1978, vocalist Ronnie James Dio quit the band, eventually replacing Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath. Bob Daisley and David Stone were both let go from the group by Ritchie Blackmore, leaving it as a band with ...