The Other Side of Rainbow

I would recommend the book. It’s basically comments by band members and peripheral people. I like the honesty in it. I think Tony Carey has demonstrated over and over that he is a really good guy. By all accounts he could have trashed Blackmore to no end but he really doesn’t do that. My regrets are with Eddie Trunk comments. I think he’s more of a head banger at heart and I don’t respect his opinions that much in the book. his idea that the first Rainbow album had only one good song was irritating. I think he said he only liked “Man on the Silver Mountain”. Ok, the production is much like Stormbringer and therefore isn’t a “heavy sounding” album but, For me, those tunes are magical and every guitar solo on that album is a thing of beauty. Even Blackmore and Dio are on record as saying the first album is the best one. Don’t get me wrong because “Rising “ was intense and it further clarified the vision of the intense dramatic side of Rainbow but if I could only have one it would be the first. So aside from the dread in reading the Trunk comments it was good. Nothing against Trunk as he has done a lot for amplifying the greatness in Metal music but I don't find his input to be coming from the perspective of a sophisticated Blackmore fan. The cover of the book is truly horrible and the pictures are pretty bad too but I am liking the book just for the raw content. Kind of cool reading the Wendy Dio input too. The good and bad of life with Blackmore. Like I said no regrets in buying it.

While i would have hoped the author had interviewed Ronnie James Dio, there are some good quotes from a lot of the musicians who played in 4he group. Not real in-depth and no real dirt,but there were some good stories and some stuff i never knew. There was some good info on Dio,his background even before Elf. Makes me want to hear some of those great songs

Of all the Rainbow books I have this is the best one. Well done !!!

Great book, good stuff

If you are a fan of Rainbow and/or Blackmore, this book will have some interest for you. I was hoping for a more biographical book, but this is a series of quotes from former bandmates. They address things from how they came to be in the band, the making of the albums, the many changes in the people and music, and--of course--the Man in Black. I hoped for a more cohesive story, but this was still interesting enough.

Pretty good read, interesting. Giving you tons of observations and statements about the Man in Black.It is NOT a history book or a true study of Rainbow, but rather a collection of sentences, paragraphs and blurbs from everyone around or in Rainbow.

Great book! I certainly enjoyed reading about the evolution of Rainbow. Lots of characters and opinions give a new perspective to Ritchie Blackmore and the way he steered the band. Musical memories from one of my all time favorite bands.

A fascinating look into the mystique that is Rainbow told by many of the voices that were in different incarnations of the first four eras of the band. Great inside stories about the songs and personal revelations.

I have always been a huge fan of Rainbow. I consider Rising to be the greatest classic rock/metal album of all time - I must have bought a dozen versions of it over the years on vinyl and CD. Overall...the book is not bad. None of the big players are interviewed (no Blackmore, Dio and Cosy had passed) - although you do get stuff from Turner and Bonnet. What I did find amusing was how so many of the musicians involved talk themselves up - especially the keyboard players! Quite a few pieces of info are repeated and some are even non-essential. What would have helped flesh out the story would have been album and gig reviews from the time period as the book has a really weak finish. Band a 5 book a 3.

I've been on a "Rainbow" kick for the past year or so, which meant that this book looked interesting.It's made up of a series of interviews with former band members and other related people (eg. Wendy Dio) about the various stages of the band, and then broken down into chapters based on era, album and lineup.The interviews appear candid, and some people are extremely blunt (Tony Carey). Not everyone is represented, the man in black himself is absent from the proceedings, and the book was written after the death of Cozy Powell.And Bob Daisley has his own (very good) bio.It's not as detailed as I'd like, but it is one of the better band bios, so 4 stars is about right.Worth a read for fans.

Fairly co.prehrnsive

An excellent book about an amazing band. The Dio years were probably the best but each incarnation gave us something new.

This book read like a long magazine article.It's essentially a series of quotes from the two dozen or so musicians who have played in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow..The barely stitched together chronology does not trace the band's trajectory as much as it shows how all these musicians worked for Blackmore and lived to talk about it. Most of them are very gracious in giving due credit to the talent RB has,but most also say he was mean-spirited and a horrible boss.Far greater praise goes to the late,great Ronnie James Dio, who crafted the vocals on the first 3 Rainbow albums before The Man In Black tired of him.All eras of Rainbow are touched upon,so whether you prefer the English,70s,sound or the American radio-ready albums sang by Joe Lynn Turner in the 80s,it's here.