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29 янв 2025 :	RONNIE ROMERO Reflects On His Time With RAINBOW: 'It Was A Huge, Huge Task To Be In The Band'
25 окт 2023 :	RONNIE ROMERO Says His Time With RAINBOW Is Over: 'I Don't Think That's My Place Anymore'
24 июн 2023 :	'Portraits Of Rainbow - The Dio Years' Photo Book Coming In September
1 май 2023 :	JOE LYNN TURNER Says RITCHIE BLACKMORE 'Wasn't Playing Well' During RAINBOW's Latest Concerts: 'There Was No Fire'
27 апр 2023 :	Ex-RAINBOW Singer DOOGIE WHITE On RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'He Sucks You In, Bleeds You Dry And Then Sets You Free'
30 янв 2023 :	RONNIE ROMERO Says He Contemplated Suicide Over Critiques Of His RAINBOW Performances
28 ноя 2022 :	RAINBOW: A Visual Biography Book By JERRY BLOOM Available In April
3 окт 2022 :	RAINBOW's JENS JOHANSSON Compares RITCHIE BLACKMORE To A Cat: 'You Never Know What He's Going To Think'
19 сен 2022 :	RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Fires Back At JOE LYNN TURNER Over 'Cheap Imitation' Comments
21 апр 2022 :	RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Doesn't Think There Are Plans For The Band To Do Anything In Near Future
23 апр 2021 :	Former RAINBOW Keyboardist DAVID ROSENTHAL Looks Back On Working With RITCHIE BLACKMORE, Performing With STEVE VAI In MORNING THUNDER
12 янв 2021 :	RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Explains His Anti-Music Business Online Rant: 'I Was Just Trying To Release All My Feelings'
7 янв 2021 :	RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Says It Would Be 'Really Hard' For Him To Be In Only One Band
28 дек 2020 :	RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO: 'I'm SO F**king Tired Of This Dirty 'Music' World'
25 ноя 2020 :	Is RAINBOW Still An Active Band? RONNIE ROMERO Responds
30 июл 2020 :	GRAHAM BONNET On His Stint With RAINBOW - "I Found Out Later, I Lost A Lot Of Fu@%ing Money From Playing In That Band"
23 май 2020 :	RAINBOW – New Coffee Table Style Book Due For Release In September
10 мар 2020 :	JOE LYNN TURNER Says RITCHIE BLACKMORE Is 'Cheating The Public' With Current Version Of RAINBOW
23 июл 2019 :	RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW: Pro-Shot Video Of 'Burn' Performance From Spain's ROCK THE COAST Festival
13 июн 2019 :	Watch RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Perform In Munich, Germany
11 июн 2019 :	Watch RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Perform At Finland's ROCKFEST
17 май 2019 :	RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Releases 'The Storm' Single (Audio)
5 май 2019 :	RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW To Release 'The Storm' Single This Month
12 апр 2019 :	RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW To Release New Version Of 'Black Sheep Of The Family' This Month
17 июл 2018 :	Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW - Rare 1979 Live Performance Of "All Night Long" Streaming (Video)
10 июн 2018 :	RAINBOW - “Kill The King” Pro-Shot From 1977 Unearthed

29 янв 2025

RONNIE ROMERO Reflects On His Time With RAINBOW: 'It Was A Huge, Huge Task To Be In The Band'

In a new interview with Sean P McKenna, host of "Rimshots With Sean" on Barstools And Bandtalk, Chilean-born singer Ronnie Romero reflected on his time with Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW, whom he fronted for sporadic shows between 2016 and 2019. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It was a huge, huge task, actually, to be in the band. Not only because there is a lot of different material for different areas, different singers that you need to cover, but especially because the people who, they were going to the shows, and I really respect this, they wanna hear the songs as close as the original, but at the same time, they don't want a guy just copying the original singers. So, it was always a fine line in between where I can actually do my performance. And it's a little bit unfair, but I understand the task. If I go and I sing, for example, 'Stargazer' in my pretty own way, the people are not gonna like it because they remember Ronnie James Dio singing that song. But also I cannot copy exactly how Ronnie James Dio did, because the people are gonna say, 'Oh, this guy's just copying it.' So, it was complicated, but at the same time it was a lot of fun. That was the music that I used to listen to when I grew up, when I was a kid, with my father — rest in peace. That brings me a lot of memories also from my childhood. So, it was just awesome for me."

Asked if there is a particular RAINBOW era that maybe strikes a chord a little harder for him than others, Ronnie said: "Yeah, especially the first period on the band, with the first record, [1975's] 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'. Especially that one, because I remember Dio, he was not much aggressive on his singing. He was way more melodic, like he was in his band ELF. So that's my favorite era from Ronnie James Dio, actually. So that's probably my favorite. Also the 'Rising' album because you have all those anthems like 'Stargazer' and all this stuff, but probably the first record."

Back in October 2023, Romero was asked by The Classic Rock Podcast which of his projects in the last decade and a half has given him the most satisfaction. He said: "Well, for me, obviously, because I grew up as a big fan, it was to meet Ritchie and play with him in RAINBOW. It was probably something that I still — I still think about it, like, I would really love to have my father at that time because he died before [I started playing with Ritchie], and he was a huge fan of DEEP PURPLE also. So that's the thing that I [would] love for my father to watch me doing. Even we did not too many shows — at the end, there were, like — I don't know — 12, 15 shows."

Asked if he would do another run of shows with RAINBOW if the now-79-year-old Ritchie called him up again and wanted to do it one more time before he retires from the road, Ronnie said: "Um, I don't think so. But we've been talking before the COVID, we were supposed to do a tour in 2020. And then because of the COVID everything stopped. And then I never talked to him again. But I was thinking about this recently. And since I quit from MICHAEL SCHENKER [GROUP], it's the same thing. And I was, like, I don't think that I wanna do it again. I mean, I really enjoyed it, as I told you, and it probably is the highlight of my professional life and Ritchie gave me the chance to be in the spot and to develop a career and I will be always grateful, but I don't think that I wanna be there. I don't think that's my place anymore — with all due respect, obviously. I think I really wanna face my career from now on in the way that I'm doing now, just putting my name on the front and try to do my own stuff."

Romero previously talked about his decision to focus on his solo career in September 2023 in an interview with Lana Teramae of Metal Express Radio. At the time, he said: "I'm not gonna say I got tired, but, yeah, there was a point where, for me, I wanted to get rid of this label of, 'Ronnie Romero, the singer of.' Obviously, I feel really blessed and grateful and to have the chance to work with all those great musicians, especially with Ritchie Blackmore because he gave me my chance on the music industry and he put me on the spotlight and all the stuff. And obviously, I will always be very grateful. But then there is a point, especially at the end of last year, I was doing a tour with Michael Schenker. And then I felt, like, 'Okay, I need to establish my name at some point.' Because those guys, they're gonna stop playing at some at some point. It's gonna be very soon, because Ritchie, I don't think we're gonna do more shows, but Michael Schenker is celebrating his 50 years career anniversary. So at some point, he's gonna stop, and I need to have something to show to the people. I really wanted to establish my name and get rid of this 'the singer of' [label]. So I can show what I can do in the songwriting side and all this stuff. I learned and I grew up with all those great guys and I played with them, but it was enough. And now I need to move on and look into the future with my own material."

When Teramae noted that Romero didn't want to "rely on the safety net" of singing for someone else's band anymore, Ronnie concurred, saying: "Yeah, absolutely. Actually, the feeling was I was in the safety side. It was not my name or reputation in the front of those shows. There was no my name on the tickets. I was playing big arenas, stadiums, long tours, a lot of things, but because it was somebody else there. So I really wanted to have the risk and see how it's going with my own name, and I think that's part of the excitement also."

Earlier this week, Romero shared his new single and video, a live version of the track "Castaway On The Moon", recorded live at the Spanish Rock Imperium festival.

Romero is also gearing up for his upcoming European headlining tour, which starts March 6 in Wolverhampton, U.K. and wraps up on March 19 in Weert, Netherlands, with support from ABSOLVA.

"Castaway On The Moon" is taken from Ronnie's latest solo album, "Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters", which marks the first time Romero has been involved with 100% of the songwriting on an album he sings on. Romero also co-produced the album with Andy C., marking another first for Romero.

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30 янв 2025

decided

1975 у Райнбоу реально лучшее из хард-рока того времени, и гитары мягко звучат и нет жестких мясных рифов, все размеренно и приятно. Тоже считаю лучшим альбом.

16 фев 2025

Nord61

decided, Я, кстати, никогда не понимал, зачем Кози Пауэлл изменил партию ударных, на концертах добавляя второй удар рабочего барабана в "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves".
По-моему, Гэри Дрисколл исполнил её на альбоме именно так как надо было - и тяжело, как поступь великана, но и экономно, песня, что называется, "дышала".
А Пауэлл - безусловно, великий драммер - но он слишком перегрузил её сбивками и всякими свойственными ему наворотами, из-за чего песня просто потеряла атмосферу. Тот случай, когда технарь испортил то, что нужно было играть проще.