Rainbow is a name of, at least, three bands: 1) A UK
hard rock band. 2) A
k-pop group (
레인보우) releasing in Japan. 3) A USA
psychedelic rock band. 1) A defunct UK
hard rock band formed by "
Deep Purple" founder and former guitarist
Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former "
Elf" lead singer
Ronnie James Dio, bassist
Craig Gruber, drummer
Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist
Micky Lee Soule. Over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes. The Dio Years