Rainbow

Rainbow is an English band founded by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. The band also included Heavy Metal legend Ronnie James Dio, who had previously been a member of Blues band Elf. They were one of the two Deep Purple offshoot bands (the other being Whitesnake), even having Roger Glover on bass at one point.
After leaving Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore recruited Dio and his bandmates from Elf to form his own band. They pioneered the genre of Neoclassical Metal. After Dio was booted in 1979, the band took on a more poppy sound with the addition of Graham Bonnet on vocals. Dio's songwriting approach was more about medieval stuff which Ritchie wanted out in order to be more commercial.
The band never had a consistent lineup and the other guys are en eternally rotating cast. The band hasn't really done anything since the 90s, although they reunited in 2015 not much has come of them since.
Category:Bands
Category:1970s
Category:Bands that never had a Consistent Lineup