Top 10 Genres Ritchie Blackmore Has Played
Ritchie Blackmore is an English guitarist. He's been known for the lead guitarist of band Deep Purple and Rainbow. He's played several genres through his career. Now I am going to mention some of those genres. Including sub-genres.
Hard Rock is a subgenre of rock music known for having heavier guitar riffs/solos. It originated around 1964-1965 with various Garage Rock bands. Maybe his most common genre. A lot of his notable riffs are hard rock riffs. Smoke On the Water, Since You've Been Gone, Mistreated, Mean Streak, Woman from Tokyo etc.
Heavy Metal music is a sub-genre of rock music that originated in the late 1960s-70s, featuring more distorted and heavier instrumental work and darker lyrical themes. Heavy Metal broke into mainstream success with bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica.Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more
Child In Time, Speed King, Perfect Strange, Light in the black, Fireball, Flight of the Rat etc.
Gates of Babylon, Stargazer, Kill the King. His solos were mostly power metal. Riffs weren't that much power metal. But he's one of the pioneering power metal guitarists.
Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock: electric guitar, electric bass, and drums, often with Hammond organ. Soldier of Fortune, When a Blind Man Cries, Stormbringer, The Gypsy, Holy Man etc.
Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s. Deep Purple started as psych rock band. But they soon became a prog rock band.
He invented it - should be higher.
Psychedelic Rock is a style of rock music in the late 1960s where it is incorporated, influenced or inspired by psychedelic culture which revolves around the perception of hallucinogenic drugs. It is incorporated with improvisation, electronic sound effects and extended solos. His albums of 60s were psych rock albums.
Blackmore's Night.
May be shocking but true. Ritchie Blackmore used to be in a band called "The Outlaws". They used to play instrumental rock and pop songs.
Wow I knew he played hard rock and heavy metal I did not know he played all of these genres.