Talk:Rainbow (band)
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I think this page needs renaming. I could not find it. A search for "Rainbow" took me straight to a page on Rainbows (the things in the sky). I had to go to Deep Purple and backtrack. What makes this incosistant, is that if I search for something like the work "Thunderbird", I get a page with links about cars, newsreaders and more...
- Try to find any band that has a common word for a name. When searching for a band always include "(band)" in your search.
Anyone want to re-arrange this page so it's easier to find? I don't want to break things.... I agree with these gyus. This page sucks...try to do some better page of rainbow PLEASE.
- There is a disambiguation page for the word Rainbow, accessible from the page Rainbow (the thing in the sky) which is indeed the first to appear when searching for Rainbow. The first page to show up should be the disambiguation page anyway, but I don't know how to modify that. But I agree this page isn't as good as it should be for a legendary band such as Rainbow. And I always thought Rainbow was a heavy metal band, not a hard rock band... am I wrong? I mean, Ronnie James Dio (and some of the other vocalists of Rainbow too) is definitely a heavy metal singer to me... --IronChris 18:17, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Band?
Can Rainbow really be classed a band when they never had the same line-up from one year to the next? I mean why not just release the next album as Guns'n'Roses? People only know them for their one hit "Since You Been Gone" and that was written by Russ Ballard who writes for everyone. AlfredG 24jun06
Of course they can. Many bands went through numerous changes in line-up. In fact, I think the fact that the band is really called "Richie Blackmore's Rainbow" tells us it is the barinchild of Blackmore. That's no biggie though. Candy 16:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Progressive metal?
What makes Rainbow a progressive metal band? Besides, it says progressive metal in the introduction, but not in the infobox, which isn't very logical. IronChris | (talk) 19:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC) Rainbow isn't progressive metal.--Neo139 03:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
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- No idea why they have the preposterous title "progressive metal". Blackmore's band is simply a rock band. I wouldn't even call them heavy metal at all. Candy 16:24, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dio - No instrument
"Although Dio never played a musical instrument on any Rainbow album, he is credited with writing and arranging the music with Blackmore in addition to writing all the lyrics himself." Doh! What's the voice but and instrument? Someone change this before I do next week. Candy 16:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please do not enter it. It will be removed. I haven't checked the history of the article (yet), but most people would agree that an instrument is a tangible object. Tirolion 15:48, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] (Un)Discography
Why isn't Final Vinyl mentioned in the "official" discography? Even if it's a compilation of tracks -- ie there was no specific studio date for the recordings -- there are loads of compilations that are deemed official releases. Led Zeppelin's Coda, Nirvana's Incesticide, the Dead Kennedys Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death, et cetera, et cetera. Tirolion 15:48, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
It's listed under Live albums. I know, I did a lot of revamping on the album pages. --Vazor20X6 02:34, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Incorrect picture
can someone remove the picture? this is not Rainbow but circa 1991 Deep Purple !! 82.37.36.93 17:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Power Metal
Rainbow are generally considered to be one of the founders of the power metal genre, yet it isn't listed as a genre, nor is it even mentioned in the article. --E tac 07:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Street of Dreams
It says that "Street of Dreams" was banned by MTV (quoting from a bio) but MTV must have played this video 5 times a day for months in 1983. -Opalxx 22:00, 4 February 2007
