Ritchie Blackmore – Deep Purple/Rainbow

Founding member of Deep Purple, prolific riffologist (might have just made that word up), can play classical, blues and (latterly) folk (ignore that bit of his life if you want) – and is responsible for Child in Time and Stargazer, two of my, and surely everyone’s, favourite rock songs.

Ritchie Blackmore Results So Far (updated 07/11/24)

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Solos (0-25)

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We need speed, accuracy and the ability to make us all throw our heads back and scream 'There is a GOD.'

Chords (0-25)

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Riffs, rhythm, and general backbone umphiness. The rhythm section is the driving force of any band, can they do it or are they just a soloing show off?

Innovation(0-10)

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Would you associate this person with novelty and introducing something new? Or do they just do what they do?

Versatility (0-10)

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Can they play three chords and move their fingers fast, or is there some depth? Can they play different genres?

On stage Charisma (0-10)

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We need someone to look good on stage, some spark to get us off our seats, posing, ecstatic exprerssions while whizzing down the fretboard, that sort of thing.

Off Stage Shinanigans (0-10)

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Rock stars need to be stars, they need to live the dream so we can through them. Tellys through the window, tight pants, fun with whichever gender they want to have fun with, all at once all of the time. Or maybe they're just too cool to through things out of windows.

Skwiggles Popularity (0-10)

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We score this one on how many tees and hoodies have Skwiggles sold (10 - loads 0 - nowt)

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