And what a show it was: 'Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977' showcases an endlessly bootlegged gig in which Blackmore belatedly arrives, having been smuggled out of Austria after allegedly getting into a ...

The problem with musical mavericks is things can just as easily go south as stratospheric. Perhaps Ritchie Blackmore mused on that as he spent two nights in a Vienna police cell after the band's ...

When it comes to pioneering jam metal bands, few artists can compete with Rainbow and their legendary penchant for stretching out straightforward rock songs into exercises in instrumental abandon. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It was a time when rock gods walked the earth… While Rainbow's first three albums with Ronnie ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

Rainbow was formed by Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 after he left Deep Purple at the height of their fame. They were instantly successful and released a string of hit albums, with an ever-changing line up ...