conversationpc wrote:
I much prefer their first three or four albums. After that, their sound just got too commercial in comparison, not to mention that Ronnie James Dio was the perfect singer for that band.
Stargazer is certainly my favourite Rainbow song and Dio was the most talented singer they ever had...but I love the Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner eras too. The singles they released in the late 70s/early 80s are real AOR classics, I reckon - even though the albums were a bit weak overall.
JLT was never accepted by the Rainbow fan base though - in the UK at least. His nickmame was "The Poof".



