Slip Of The Tongue bonbed - why?

[Bono Nettencourt]

That Purple album was shit too. Screw DC for alienating Aldrich for wanting to do a Purple mk3 reunion with Blackmore (which is understandable)

What did Blackhead end up doing instead? Rainbow?

[Bono Nettencourt]

What did Blackhead end up doing instead? Rainbow?

Yeah he reformed that lame all scab Rainbow for that short tour. Must have had a desire to play some rock again but he didn’t want to deal with anyone with their own opinion about it.

He didn't even tour much. Like 1/2 dozen dates in Europe. And it was 3 years after the Purple album. They probably couldn't agree on whose scabs to use.

[Fletch]

I went down a bit of a WS rabbit hole last week (I was a casual fan even when they were mega huge). I had no idea they were a band that was so apt to rerelease old material. I really like Fool For Your Loving but had no idea it was an old song that was already a single until recently.

The late 70’s/early 80’s stuff I like a lot - very Bad Company-ish to my ears on a lot of songs.

[DemonFilth2001]

I've only heard this from a few people, but they were reliable...before Vai came aboard Coverdale was actually working with Malcolm Young. Young couldn't commit to the band though because The Razor's Edge was going to be coming out and his loyalty was obviously with his brother and AC/DC. Those were actually Malcolm's solos that Vai was just redoing pretty much note for note. I was surprised when I originally was told this, but if you listen carefully to SOTT you can definitely hear Malcolm's phrasing in a lot of those leads.

This simply didn’t happen. Someone’s bs’n you. Probably assumed you’d know it.

[DemonFilth2001]

I've only heard this from a few people, but they were reliable...before Vai came aboard Coverdale was actually working with Malcolm Young. Young couldn't commit to the band though because The Razor's Edge was going to be coming out and his loyalty was obviously with his brother and AC/DC. Those were actually Malcolm's solos that Vai was just redoing pretty much note for note. I was surprised when I originally was told this, but if you listen carefully to SOTT you can definitely hear Malcolm's phrasing in a lot of those leads.

This simply didn’t happen. Someone’s bs’n you. Probably assumed you’d know it.

[Anthrax442]

He didn't even tour much. Like 1/2 dozen dates in Europe. And it was 3 years after the Purple album. They probably couldn't agree on whose scabs to use.

I accidently just bought a bootleg of one of the shows, and it's somewhat confusing, because Eagle Rock apparently released it officially, so I'm not sure if there's any difference between what I have and what they released.

Anyway, the band Ritchie put together was fine, and Ronnie Romero was a great choice to sing, but Whitesnake played those songs better on the Purple Tour. I never loved Ritchie nearly as much as some people, and his playing at those shows sounded like a guy in his 70s that hadn't played rock in 20 years. I'm sure it would have been cool to see in person, but I'm not sad he only played a few shows.