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Poll Question: Which of these two rock giants do you like more?
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I'm no fan of Rainbow but I know all their line ups and studio albums.
The question seems simple, which one do you enjoy more, well does this answer your question..

I'm a big fan of Lovehunter, Ready an' Willing and Come an' Get It. I'm the only one of the family that discovered Whitesnake 'prog' part. Really awsome. Due to I love Mk 3 and 4 this is the result why I like Whitesnake blues/hard rock era. Having Jon Lord, Paice and Coverdale. Really great. Especially Ready an' Willing recomended to all if you haven't heard it.
From Rainbow the only album that I enjoy entirely is the debut.

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Whitesnake. Hah!. Tongue
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Not a blasphemous question at all...
Rainbow by a bit... three first albums are masterpieces
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I dont see what Rainbow has to do with powermetal. Powermetal is bands like Hammerfall, Conquest of Steel or Jag Panzer I dont think that sounds anything like Rising. Dio may have some fantasy-lyrics but the music he makes is just ordinary blues-based hardrock.
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true, noone can question the quality of the first 4 Whitesnake LPs..

but, Rainbow's first 3 are far more groundbreaking and, IMHO, better...

power metal owes big to 'Rising'...
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Rainbow (all their albums are good). But I also like Whitesnake and dont I think 1987 sounds commercial at all. They may have a few ballads but the rocksongs are much louder than anything the old Whitesnake did. People only call them a hairband because of the image. I dont see whats so wrong with a lot of the so-called glambands anyway. Bands like Motley Crue, WASP, Cinderella, Ratt, KIX made perfectly normall heavy metal and they sound hard as nails. People just dont like those bands because of the image not because of the music. I think they sound much more HM than those lame thrash bands of the same period like Slayer and Metallica. Thats cheesemetal  
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I can't say that I'm a huge fan of either (although I have had albums by both bands at one time or another); but, anyone who thinks Whitesnake was cheesy 80's metal needs to listen to Slide It In. Cozy Powell's amazing drumming on "Slow And Easy" still astounds me. R.I.P., Cozy.

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Hey guys...  I am a big fan of both rainbow and whitesnake... I always thought whitesnake was cheese metal until I looked deeper.  I was just discussing this with my friend who is an accomplished jazz drummer and a big fan of progressive music and metal.  He said that he saw whitesnake live in their prime and to this day it was one of the best performances and most talented bands he has ever seen.  They had a world class lineup of seasoned, top notch musicians, at one time including Steve Vai.  He said that people who don't understand often laugh when he says that... I thought they were cheesy too, except for one or two songs, until I recently heard 'Crying in the Rain' and also 'Love Aint No Stranger'.  Anyone who has any interest in progressive rock or metal or _any_ kind of intense, blues driven music has to hear these songs... then try to tell me they are cheesy.  I used to judge them by their appearance... it never occured to me that they could be mind-roastingly stellar musicians.  Don't know about the Rainbow comparison but also a stellar band there.  To me 'Stargazer' is one of their all-time greats, also a complete mind-roaster.   Cheers and happy hunting.
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I'm going to have to say Rainbow.
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Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Lets see: the classic rock of Rainbow or the hairmetal cheese of Whitesnake.
 
That's a tough one!
 
   Whitesnake - hair metal cheese?!Confused that's an exaggerated statement. What Whitesnake album have you listened to reach such a conclusion?
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    I can't say I am a Whitesnake expert, but come on. You couldn't avoid it in the '80s. They were just as cheesy as the other bands.
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Lets see: the classic rock of Rainbow or the hairmetal cheese of Whitesnake.
 
That's a tough one!
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The only Dio Rainbow album I really think is great is Rising. The first Rainbow is dull and Long Live Rock & Roll has its moments of inspired and uninspired in my opinion. I did like the Grham Bonnet cd and I think Joe Lynn Turner was allright. I liked Whitesnake in 1987 and a few of their previous works. Good solid rock.
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Rainbow - but only for the Dio stuff.

"Live... In the Heart of the City" is a fantastic live album - almost up there with "Made in Japan".
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Originally posted by daz2112 daz2112 wrote:

I love both but early Whitesnake wins it for me!
 
  At last one vote for Whitesnake.ClapClapClapLOL
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I love both but early Whitesnake wins it for me!
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I enjoy both, but prefer Rainbow.
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Originally posted by purpleblues1 purpleblues1 wrote:


However, both band leaders lost the plot  in the 90's and onwards- coverdale did his best Robert P_lant impression before coming to his senses, whilst Mr Blackmore seems to have undergone some form of brainwipe - witness "Blackmore's Night" ,tights and all- with no evidence of a tongue any where  near his cheek. To open the debate- where do Gillan fit in this equation? my favorite DP offshoot!!Cool


Gillan were great at their peak. It's a pity Ian disbanded them in the early Eighties, although of course I am more than happy that DP reformed after that. They had one hell of a great keyboard player in Colin Towns, and both their guitarists were more than worthy of note. Of course, Janick Gers is by far the most famous of the two, being the third axe in Iron Maiden -  but Bernie Tormé more than held his own on such classic albums  as "Glory Road", "Mr Universe" and "Future Shock".
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