I haven't been able to bring myself to see him in tights, but I have heard that it can be good..the music not the tights

Thanks for that I will put that on my Xmas list !! and yes the S&M cd is more latter day Rainbow and not Purples best. Do you like the Morse era Purple ?? I saw them a couple of time and he is a really great guitarist and does the music justice, though Purple without the man in black is just not the same.

I must of seen the film Tommy as a teen more times than any other film.

No I haven't !! When Joe Lynn Turner did vocals on the Slaves and Master tour of 1990ish, the one good thing about that tour was they Did burn as the opener to the show, which was cool !! With Gillan they didn't do MKIII stuff which is a shame. So although I do not like JLT as a vocalist it made it bearable having Burn in the set !!

Burn is a great album and Burn itself is my fave Purple riff !! and You fool know One is so catchy !!

Yes I did and its on the dvd Come hell or High water. I remember we were sitting directly behind Jon lord at the side of the stage. They kicked into highway Star, but Blackers didn't come on so they kept the intro going and going, we could tell there was a problem, after a while they went on with the song without Blackers, when it came to the guitar solo he came on, threw water over Lord to the cameraman. I thought great we are in for an interesting evening !

Great stuff !!

Yes they are a good band although when I saw them Rogers wasn't the singer !! though I saw him with Page in The Firm !!

Her is a few of my tickets to see Purple, i saw them about 8 times !!

Although I am a Dio years fan and not Ozzy I did got to see Sabbath with Ozzy as it had to be done, also I have been to the Ozzfest to see him too. I like his guitarest Zk Wylde and think he is a great player !! I love one of Zaks solo songs called Horse called War, what a riff, love playing that !! Oh and the one time I went to see sabbath with Dio as singer, when we got there at the hall, it was cancelled due to floor stage problems, we were gutted. We got a refund and bought tickets to see Thunder the week after. But Dio stayed on and met us to say sorry and autographed stuff for us.

Cool !! thats Leicester isn't it ?? I love Kill the King , what a great song, what a great band !

Yes and he did some great albums with Billy Cobham and James Gang !!

That must of been cool to be there, I didn't see them untill 1997 and 2001/2, although the 2001 gig had the Wakeman,Howe,Anderson,Squire and White too, oh and Squires bass solo spot was so heavy and shook the floor boards. I have to say I have a soft spot for the Drama era lineup as Tempus Fugit is one of my fave tracks and Chris used some of this for his solo spot !!

Thats great thanks, oooh that pic is making me thirsty

The gates of Delerium middle section really does sound like the end of the world on Relayer !! awsome stuff !!

I will have Magners please !! Cheers and I think the site is great and so good seeing all the memorabila !

Me at Headley grange ... and this one at Silverstone...

1st Feb

Yes Blackmore was a great showman, even on the Straight Between the Eyes dvd if you fast forward past the awful vocals of JLT, you get some vintage Blackmore stage antics and wild solo's !! Love Dio as a vocalist in both Rainbow and The Sabs.

Yes you could be right, but I think the fact that there have been so many MKs has kinda added musically some great songs that might not of been written if the MKII were always together. Though Ritchie was and always will be Deep Purple to me !!

Thought I would start off this again ! any Deep purple Rainbow fans out there ??

The Dio years is the era I like, Heaven and hell is a their best album in my opinion, They wrote some great songs on there, very melodic unlike the overrated Ozzy stuff which for me is a bit dense !! I like lots of Ozzy solo stuff due to the great Randy Rhoads and Zak Wylde on guitar. Ozzy is a great showman but as a singer to me is god awfull, unlike Dio who has to be one of the great rock singers !!

I have a mate at work that has all his 60 or so albums and he played me the Apostrophe cd and I thought it was great !! in fact really interesting. I heard one of his earlier and latter day albums and was not so keen, but the mid 70's period to me sounds good even if I am a bit green on him !!

Moving Pictures is one of my all time top 10 album !! The first four songs on the album have to be some of the best rock put to record ! Stunning band, great live and very talented bunch. I like to think of them as the thinking mans rock band...so why do i like them then !!!??

Wolfsbane, Megadeth, Paul Gilbert, Slayer, Maiden etc etc etc !!