Tag Archives: Jimmy Bain

First Two Years Of RAINBOW Get Anthologized

December 1, 2025

This year marks the semicentennial anniversary of the mighty RAINBOW, the ensemble devised by Ritchie Blackmore and upon leaving, respectively, DEEP PURPLE and ELF with a prospect of creating medieval metal, and is there a better way to celebrate the … Continue reading →

Posted in News Tagged , , , , , ,

The Whole Of WILD HORSES Works To Be Boxed

November 29, 2025

A supergroup of sorts, with former and future members of THIN LIZZY, RAINBOW and UFO, WILD HORSES left a scarce legacy of only two albums, but those two records remain interesting. Sure, people expect more from the collective Brian Robertson … Continue reading →

Posted in News Tagged , , , ,

DIO – The Studio Albums: 1996-2004

November 9, 2023

BMG 2023 Recapturing glories of yore, the avatar of all things hard ‘n’ heavy leads his troops on to final victory. If you pictured this ensemble’s timeline as a graph, it didn’t flow like the rising and the falling of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reissues Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

DIO – Holy Diver – Super Deluxe Edition

September 2, 2022

Warner Bros. 1983 / Rhino 2022 The vision never dies: a shining metal monument gets a new clarity and acquires a different depth in a box set sealing its fate as a solid bolide caught in time. Long ago, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Reissues Tagged , , , , ,

DIO’s “Holy Diver” To See A Super Deluxe Treatment

May 20, 2022

There had never been a singer like and neither there will be anyone like him. A vocalist of fantastic abilities, a composer and lyricist par excellence, and one of the nicest persons this scribe chanced to meet among artists, Ron … Continue reading →

Posted in News Tagged , , , ,