Rainbow – Down to Earth – 1979 Well, Ritchie Blackmore didn’t waste any time. No sooner is Dio out of the band, Graham Bonnett is in, and the Power Pop is in full force. From the outset, Down to Earth sounds like a band trying to be radio friendly. The Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Rainbow – Long Live Rock and Roll
Rainbow – Long Live Rock and Roll – 1978 There’s a theory that the children of a movement are more like the cult of that movement. More earnest. There’s less irony. I think that’s sort of true. And it’s no truer than it is with Rainbow. Only it’s weirder because Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Black Sabbath – Never Say Die
Um…..What? Black Sabbath – Never Say Die! – 1978 Talk about sounding absolutely nothing like yourself. Never Say Die!, the last Sabbath record with Ozzy is one of the most confusing records I’ve ever head. Let alone from Sabbath. It’s as though, at times, a power pop group decided to Continue Reading