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США 5 июн 2022 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Defends JOHNNY DEPP Against AMBER HEARD Allegations: '#MENTOO!' | 25 ноя 2021 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says He Is Using 'A Different Voice' For His Collaboration With PETER TÄGTGREN | 28 апр 2021 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Entertained Offers From FOREIGNER And BAD COMPANY Before Joining DEEP PURPLE | 1 фев 2021 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says His Collaboration With PETER TÄGTGREN Will 'Raise Some Eyebrows' | 17 дек 2019 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says He Has Cleaned Up His Act 'A Lot' Since Suffering Heart Attack | 4 июл 2019 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Is Collaborating With PETER TÄGTGREN On 'Deep, Dark And Heavy' Album | 12 ноя 2018 : |
Exclusive: HELD HOSTAGE Premiere “Show Me The Way Back Home” Lyric Video Featuring JOE LYNN TURNER | 17 апр 2018 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Cancels Tour Dates Following Apparent Heart Attack | 15 апр 2018 : |
Former RAINBOW And DEEP PURPLE Singer JOE LYNN TURNER Hospitalized With 'Heart Issue' | 14 фев 2018 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Classics In Westland, Michigan | 17 июл 2017 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says New RAINBOW Lineup Isn't 'Up To Snuff', Claims Fans 'Feel Disrespected' by RITCHIE BLACKMORE | 18 май 2017 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW Classics In Westland, Michigan (Video) | 26 мар 2017 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW Classics In Oslo | 29 сен 2016 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER's 'The Sessions' To Include Guest Appearances By DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE Members | 29 авг 2016 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics In Dallas | 31 июл 2016 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs At Finland's LANKAFEST | 22 июл 2016 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER On U.S. Presidential Election: 'Americans Are Sick And Tired Of Politicians Saying The Same Old, Same Old' | 29 июн 2016 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs Acoustic Versions Of RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics In Kastoria, Greece | 2 июн 2016 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER On DEEP PURPLE's Slaves And Masters Album - "It Is The Kind Of Record That Stands The Test Of Time Very Well" | 29 май 2016 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs At Whisky A Go Go | 21 апр 2016 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Discusses Upcoming “Secret” Project - “It’s Going To Change My Sound Completely”; Video | 13 апр 2016 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Is 'Humbled And Touched' By RITCHIE BLACKMORE's DEEP PURPLE Comments | 9 мар 2016 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics With TRIXTER's STEVE BROWN | 4 мар 2016 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER's 'Street Of Dreams - Boston 1985' Live Album To Be Released | 30 дек 2015 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Asks Fans Not To Purchase New BRAZEN ABBOT 20th Anniversary Compilation - "I Consider This A Breach Of Trust And Fair Business Practice" | 16 окт 2015 : |
Ex-RAINBOW/DEEP PURPLE Singer JOE LYNN TURNER Performs In Greek Cave: Video Of Entire Show | 15 сен 2015 : |
Ex-RAINBOW/DEEP PURPLE Singer JOE LYNN TURNER Performs In Greek Cave (Video) | 31 авг 2015 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs Acoustic Version Of VAN MORRISON's 'Moondance' | 27 авг 2015 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics In Crimea | 21 авг 2015 : |
Norwegian 'Street Of Dreams' Documentary Feat. JOE LYNN TURNER To Receive Worldwide Release | 12 авг 2015 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER | 15 май 2015 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW Classics In Helsinki | 13 апр 2015 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics At FRONTIERS ROCK FESTIVAL | 7 апр 2015 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says He Will Reunite With Ex-RAINBOW Bandmate RITCHIE BLACKMORE Later This Year | 13 фев 2015 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW's 'Street Of Dreams' On Bulgaria's 'The X Factor' | 18 дек 2014 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER: Rock Is 'Alive And Breathing Really Heavily' | 7 дек 2014 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER – Ritchie Blackmore “Is Just Itching To Rock Again” | 5 дек 2014 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says Fans 'Deserve' To See RAINBOW Reunion | 20 мар 2014 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Performs With Members Of PRIMAL FEAR, AVANTASIA And VOODOO CIRCLE On ROCK MEETS CLASSIC European Tour; Video Available | 11 мар 2013 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER - “I Don’t Think The Band Sounds Like DEEP PURPLE Anymore” | 30 дек 2012 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER, TONY CAREY Featured On New THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT Album | 30 ноя 2012 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Has 'No Idea' If He Will Be Included In Possible PURPLE 'Rock Hall' Induction | 24 ноя 2012 : |
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs In Tampere, Finland | 18 сен 2012 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Rumored To Be Forming New Supergroup | 26 июл 2012 : |
Ex-RAINBOW/DEEP PURPLE Vocalist JOE LYNN TURNER Comments On Passing Of LARRY HOPPEN | 21 май 2012 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER, STEVE AUGERI Taking Part In 'Legends: Voices Of Rock' Tour | 10 фев 2011 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER: GARY MOORE \'Was An Original Who Stood Out From The Rest\' | 24 янв 2011 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Comments On THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT Collaboration | 9 янв 2011 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Featured On New THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT Album | 30 дек 2010 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER To Appear On Russia\'s National New Year\'s Eve Broadcast | 11 янв 2010 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER - \"Been Doing A Lot Of Writing And Recording Songs In Different Genres / Sounds Than What Everyone Normally Expects\" | 19 апр 2009 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Claims That DAVID COVERDALE Has Used Pre-Recorded Tapes In Concert | 30 янв 2009 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Putting Finishing Touches On New SUNSTORM Album | 7 авг 2008 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER To Release 'Live In Germany' In September | 24 июн 2007 : |
AC/DC Members, JOE LYNN TURNER To Take Part In 'Classic Rock Cares' Fundraising Tour | 21 дек 2006 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER To Begin Recording New Album This Week | 27 ноя 2006 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Hard At Work On New Solo Album |
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3 дек 2022
JOE LYNN TURNER Says He Is 'Comfortable' Without The Wig Now: 'I Like The Way I Look'
Joe Lynn Turner says that he is "comfortable" being seen in public without the hairpiece he has worn since the age of 14 after being diagnosed with alopecia at three years old.
The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer, who turned 71 in August, went public with his new look in a series publicity images released to promote his latest solo album, "Belly Of The Beast". In a press release for the LP, Joe said that he started wearing the wig to deal with "emotional and psychological damage from cruel bullying in school."
In a new interview with Metal Talk, Joe spoke about what it has been like finally ditching the wig after all these years. He said: "I lost my hair at three years old, and I'm in the medical books because of that. People who get alopecia totalis, or whatever that type of alopecia is, usually get it in their thirties to forties. Men and women. So at three years old, that was remarkable. I found a doctor when I was nineteen, and he started to give me a certain type of steroid injections, and I started to grow facial hair and body hair. I also had a moustache and beard for a while, which didn't look very good. They actually put me on display at the Mayo Clinic in New York, where all these doctors came in with their clipboards, taking notes to see how he did this because it was medical history at that point. Nowadays, they actually have a drug or something that will grow hair, but the side effects are supposed to be a little dangerous, and I'm too old for that. I don't need that. I like the way I look. I'm comfortable with it now.
"As far as the people I've worked with, when I walked in to audition for RAINBOW, Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover were at the board at the studio," he continued. "One of the first things Ritchie said to me was, 'Do you take your hair off to wash it or do you leave it on?' And I said, 'Either way.' So he said, 'All right. Fair enough, Get in there and sing.' And, obviously, I got the job. So I guess that answers one question of how other people took it. Nobody, at least the people that I worked with, seemed bothered at all. In fact, they were very protective in a way. I'll never forget one time when Glenn Hughes and I were with HTP [HUGHES TURNER PROJECT], we were on the road, and there was one bully, you know, and he was giving me some kind of shit. I mouthed off to him and everything else, but Glenn just got in the way and said to him, 'Look, I'll kick your fucking ass if you don't leave him alone.' And I was, like, 'Wow. Hey, Glenn, you don't have to do all that, you know? I've been fighting my battles for years.' But I was really impressed, and I love him. To this day, we're great friends.
"So, my people loved it, but there were a few haters out there that were always mocking me, making fun of me," Turner revealed. "For them, it was never really about the singing, the writing or anything. It was always about the wig, the hair, you know. [Laughs] I think it says more about them than it does me. I mean, they must have some pathetic lives to make fun of someone who's not in control of this issue. You know, it's not like I chose it.
"Anyway, it made me stronger. As the press release says, I think it made me wiser. It also made me more determined, focused, and angry. But anger is a good tool if you use it right. It's a motivator. And I think it motivated me, too, to try to rise higher than the rest. So in a way, the curse was a blessing."
Turner previously discussed his decision to drop the wig in an interview this past September with the "Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern" podcast. At the time, he said: "It's absolutely liberating. First of all, I'll give a little background. It was an open secret. It wasn't like I was trying to fool people or ever denied it or anything. In fact, I never thought it was that important, but certain, shall we say haters, or whatever, these bigots, these bullies, they would always take a shot at me, which I always thought they were just pretty jealous, really, to be honest with you. And then it said more about them than it does me. That's not my kind of people. What about the music? That's what's important."
He continued: "I knew this was on my so-called bucket list before I was gonna leave this planet. And while we were making this record, I started to feel, 'Something has to happen.' And my partner, wife, co-manager — she's amazing — she just said, 'Now's the time, man.' And I said, 'You know, you're right.' Even though I was trepidatious about it — of course, she would know naturally I would be a little fearful, because you're putting your foot in an unknown territory — she said, 'You know what? Once you're yourself, people love you more.' And she was damn well right. Once you're yourself, people love you more, because you come out and say, 'This is me. I've got nothing to hide. I've got nothing to prove. Take your shots. Do what you've gotta do. And hey, by the way, here's the record. Now what?'"
Alopecia areata is a disease that happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss. Hair follicles are the structures in skin that form hair. While hair can be lost from any part of the body, alopecia areata usually affects the head and face. Hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter, but in some cases, hair loss is more extensive. Most people with the disease are healthy and have no other symptoms.
Alopecia became a topic of discussion in the mainstream media in March when actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony. Will's wife, the 50-year-old actress Jade Pinkett Smith, experienced hair loss due to alopecia and has always openly shared her struggle. The confrontation took place after Rock made a joke, calling Pinkett Smith "G.I. Jane" in reference to her bald head, which she has previously explained is due to alopecia. The shocking incident saw Will storm on stage to hit Chris following the offending comment before returning to his seat and yelling "keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth" shortly before he collected his best actor gong for his role in "King Richard".
A few hours after Joe first posted his new photos on social media, fellow ex-RAINBOW singer Graham Bonnet took to his Facebook page to share one of the images and he wrote in an accompanying message: "Hi all. Graham here. I'm posting this photo of my friend Joe Lynn Turner because I was moved to tears today when I saw it.
"Joe exemplifies the meaning of rockstar. His bravery is staggering. This industry is ruthless (especially in our genre),particularly when it comes to hair. I still hear the tale about Ritchie Blackmore posting a guard at my hotel door to keep me from getting a haircut. BTW, that never happened, although he was so pissed when I did visit the barber.
"But I digress...... I don't know if Joe will see this but I want him to know how proud I am of him and how moved I was at his honesty.
"You have blazed a trail today, Joe. If you are reading this, I want you to know that I never realized what a beautiful man you were until I saw this photo."
Joe was the singer of RAINBOW between 1980 and 1984 and he sang on the album "Difficult To Cure", which featured the band's most successful U.K. single, "I Surrender".
During Turner's time with RAINBOW, the band had its first USA chart success and recorded songs that helped define the melodic rock genre.
1990 saw Turner reunited with RAINBOW leader Ritchie Blackmore in a reformed DEEP PURPLE for the "Slaves And Masters" album.
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