Joe Lynn Turner - Deep Purple, Slaves & Masters (6 of 11)

[@sonjabrentley6408]

Joe Lynn Turner is a fantastic singer. King of Dreams is one of my all time favourite songs. He was great in Rainbow too

[@TonyT007]

Stone Cold

[@nicolaspawloff8323]

The Cut runs deep is a huuuuuugeeee deep purple perfect song!

[@carlosruizesparzadiazcontr1259]

Joe Lynn Turner really rocks! And yes... is great album! I do love it

[@oldgoattheantichrist3468]

Slaves is a great album it just doesn't beat the classic Gillan/Coverdale albums or Come Taste the Band which is one of my very favorites.

[@centinela24542]

Slaves is essentially a BLACKMORE IDEA, AND ALSO BLACKMORE HAS THE FULL CONTROL, LIKE IN RAINBOW, TOO BAD THE FANS DOESN´T UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIMES ARE CHANGING AND STILL BE STUCKS IN THE ALBUMS OF THE ""BELLE EPOQUE"". I´M MORE OPEN MINDED, AND CONSIDER THAT ALBUM AN ABSOLUTE JEWELL. NOT TURNER FAULTS WASN´T BE ACCEPTED BY THE FANS. PEOPLE DON´T UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIVES CHANGING

[@chrispalmtag3243]

The cut runs deep is a masterpiece and can go toe to toe with any of the MK's and Gillian ( don't get me wrong, I mowed a lot of yard's at 11 to buy my first album made in Japan) but I hate what he's done with Deep Purple and I don't think Deep Purple is Deep Purple without Ritchie. I loved the burn album and slave's and master's sits right with my Burn album and I find I play them together a lot more than the stuff with Ian. You and Ritchie put together some classic music and it seemed like you brought Ritchie back to life when you 2 where together Waiting to see you when you come to Cali and see what other type of magic you have in your bag. You are on the top of the list for lyricists and have brought a lot of pleasure to my soul 💯🎯👊💥🔥

[@blackmoreOrion]

Joe, your arguments might be right but only in your head. The reality was that DP sold out Europe and Japan shows because of the history of this band while in USA they had trouble to organise a coast-to-coast tour and they ended up with handful of dates at the east coast. DP were NOT a commercial band like Aerosmith.

[@johnmcminn9455]

the thing I love about Joe Lyn Turner is he embraces the areas of the voice most singers avoid. JLT is a true range singer has great sounding low baritone and not only can sing upper range, he sings in the fold countless songs he hits the pitch B4 from all directions that is the hardest thing to do with voice and he is the master. Ian Gillan is amazing he has a unique and powerful style and can rip you face off with rasp or clean wide open tones. Jesus Christ Super Star has been redone by modern singers who are consistent and technically great but IAN Gillan is the best , just can not be duplicated

[@HusdalHusdal]

I met that guy. He is AWESOME

[@beerdog67]

Pretty bad though when Jon Lord, himself, says they should have never done an album with this guy-Turner was even more cocky than I thought he'd be

[@jlkbbk2003]

I LOVE this interview series which I just found on youtube.....the one makes me so sad about Jimi Jamison as he was so humble and down to earth and gracious in his interview and he seemed so aproachable, so free of conflict and issues, and obviously a heavenly voice.......I think some just go home earlier because they have more work to do some where else. Godspeed Jimi.

[@flemmingerichsen8621]

I am sooo good. The best album ever. Bl.a. bl.a. 😎😎😎😎

[@2007Tarkus]

Yeah I will go along with that it was a fantastic album at the time

[@clintbronson5]

Love Joe! STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE 👀

[@callmekarlos6184]

"Slaves And Masters was loved everywhere except the UK and it is the last great Deep Purple album" Oh man, this is so stupid. "I made them look better and dress better" :0 What are you supposed to say?

[@alsatiancousin2905]

@vanledfloyd - I happen to agree It's a great record with a stunning opening track in King of Dreams.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Ian and Jon saw another Ritchie in Joe and saw that with those two together they were going in a pop direction and that wasn't going to happen...

[@jsb_music]

The singer that shall remain nameless was of course Jim Jamison. Jim was in the band but his record company Scotti Bros. wouldn't let him record or tour with Purple.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Anyone judging The Battle Rages On and saying it was a poor album should stop and think about the circumstances under which it was made/recorded. Deep Purple had just fired Joe Lynn Turner, much to Ritchie's annoyance And then to piss off Ritchie even further, they brought back his old nemesis Ian Gillan. It was Ritchie who got Ian Gillan fired in the first place, and then he brought in his old Rainbow pal JLT. So given all this anyone who thought TBRO was going to be a cohesive album was living in a dream world. Some of the songs have familiar riffs from Rainbow songs throughout them, anyone think that's coincidence? That was Ritchie at his hard headed bloody minded best!

[@JohnnyangelNIU]

That is usually ranked as Purple's worst album, no matter what the circumstances. Look at how some of the titles were changed for what could have been great songs- stuff only Limp Bizkit and Slipknot can get away with, not Purple. One Man's Meat was supposed to be Stroke of Midnight. Read 'Classic Rock Magazine's list of Purple albums from worst to best - Battle Rages on is Dead Last, Slaves and Masters roughly in the middle.

[@patrickmichels7888]

It's a classic great album and very underrated! Ian's voice is slightly off sometimes but really it's an amazing album

[@CB-xr1eg]

You are talking about The Battle Rages On, I assume?

[@patrickmichels7888]

Yea I just listened to it thus week and the production and performances all are stellar. The songs are good to great. Battle rages on May be my favorite purple song of all time.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Anya is my favourite, or Solitaire, or The Battle Rages On, or Time To Kill..lol.

[@carl13220]

At least, this interview shows us insights of what's going on inside a band....in this case Deep Purple..Pretty informative.

[@BadgeAYAOTD]

Very few musicians would ever state that their intent was to be more commercial, and there is a reason for this. Music is supposed to be played for yourself, not for fans or attracting attention. When someone first picks up an instrument or in Joe's case the microphone, they should be doing it because it is their passion and not to be in the spotlight. Making pop music for the sake of making pop music limits creativity and makes the music synthetic and bland, aka Slaves and Masters.

[@chrisrose3967]

If u wanna play music for yourself don't play records. Records are played and financed from Record Companies in order to sell. Every kind of music from the moment that is captured in a record and published must sell. Otherwise just tour and play shows, don't make records. And many Artists today choose wisely to do that

[@thetruthhurts6652]

Slaves and Masters was a good album but it was 10 years to late.

[@steveannett4059]

Ive said this in other videos ive seen featuring Joe

[@bruffie]

Great singer, great writer and good album, but such a complete egotistical prick.

[@brakesforsnakes757]

@@bruffie Most of the greats have enormous egos and I'm fine with that because we get timeless music.

[@SteveBello]

I heard the singer that lost out was Jimi Jamison from Survivor?

[@kikiu2619]

I must say I think Turmer is right when he states that S&M is the last great Purple album. Ian Gillan never sang well after Purple reformed. I never understood why Blackmore agreed to the reunion in the first place and why he didn't quit in 1985.

[@gobberz3228]

henrik h Because they were offered a fortune

[@jessicaantonopulos430]

la personalidsd y presencia de Ian tapa si su voz no es como en los principios importa la presencis

[@NightmareSnake]

I thought the Turner album was better than most or the Evans albums, but EVERY Deep Purple album is a MUST HAVE

[@centinela24542]

Evans albums where more John Lord idea, Slaves and Masters was an ABSOLUTELY BLACKMORE IDEA. I love it, too bad people doesn´t understand it. Respect.

[@palg123]

Slaves And Masters is great album, one of my favourite with Joe Lynn Turner on lead singer.

[@MrFrostien]

I love Joe as a singer He is one of my all times favorites, but man he has a huge EGO. Slaves and Masters is a good album but come on it will never be better than In Rock, Machine Head or Burn.

[@scythianarcher4133]

Man, it doesn’t have to be better than In Rock. If it has a few good tracks(which it does have), it is good enough to take it’s place among Purple albums.

[@spinalcrackerbox]

Well, Frostien, he doesn't say once that Slaves And Masters is *better* than any other DP album, so it's all good.

[@DeeSee77]

He doesn’t say that though, does he?

[@LyonThroy-RSA]

All rock singers have huge egos. You can't belt it out on front of a stadium if you're a shrinking violet. JLT is the bizniz

[@doogiedondouglasthebsideso3912]

It doesn't sound like purple and how great is that! I'm the biggest DP fan alive but as a musician I know if your music doesn't evolve it gets stale and old. I love the album and I had the opportunity to meet Joe after a gig in San Juan Capistrano in 05 and hung out drinking and listening to the greatest stories ever coming from the nicest humblest guy. His only desire was to make the best music he could. I think he accomplish that and much more S and M great album under tuff conditions. Rock On Joe

[@abelincoln5698]

I like Joe and enjoy these interviews but I gotta say if he and Ritchie had decided that Aerosmith during the Rag Doll era was their template , I can absolutely see why Ian and Lord were against the material . We all know Aerosmith made mad money and got big in those yrs but those albums were completely lacking in soul and and wasn't even close to Toys era as far as I was concerned. It was like plastic Aerosmith. I get wanting to commercialize but I also can understand why Lord and Paice didn't care for it

[@peteyoung7665]

Yes Aerosmith from rag doll and on was just horrible!Compare those albums to Rocks or Toys it’s like a joke.

[@bvsfan]

so then did he get his hair back? I read at one point he DID have alopecia (you can tell in the Street of Dreams video that he had lost his eyebrows, eyelashes and WAS wearing a wig).

[@monkeycrud]

JLT misses the point now, as he did then; the essence of Purple is not driven by commercial success it's driven by musical achievement. Image, etc., were superfluous to Purple.

[@jsb_music]

@belarus84 ...I read somewhere that after already being in Rainbow and Purple, it would have been a step back to get Turner. I also believe Turner was contractually obligated to a project called Mother's Army at the time as well.

[@playersmusic6365]

yeah I hear ya clive...... I love Joe , by Joe..... made everyone dress better , well he a real icon for that surely , or just a fuckin joke.... Respect Clive...

[@SilverTounge85]

Haha, indeed! Rainbow with special guests Jon Lord and Ian Paice. Neither Ian or Jon liked Joe very much, they stood up to Blackmore and said that they should get Gillan back, along with the management, record label, poor record sales etc.

[@johnkeel5524]

thank you joe

[@johndoe-zf7wz]

I think to say that Slaves & Masters was the last great DP album there was is overrated. Battle Rages On was a very good album as well. Truth is if you've played out all the DP albums and want to hear something different yet relevant then Slaves & Masters would be a good choice to go with. I feel the same way about Come Taste The Band.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

+john doe I'd call "Purpendicular" the last great DP album. I saw DP with JLT back in '91, and the first observation I had was that, after Winger left the stage, half the arena cleared out. Uh oh, this band is losing its fan base. Was thrilled to death to hear "Burn" live (the opener), and JLT looked pretty comfy up there with RB and RG. Some of the performances were run-throughs, but highlights were JLT doing a snippet of "Hey Joe" and "Child in Time." "The Cut Runs Deep" was easily the highlight of the songs from "Slaves & Masters," but "Truth Hurts" -- an otherwise boring track for me -- really was done well. Beyond that, no, I'm not a fan of that album at all. Most of it sounds like leftovers from "Bent Out of Shape," with Jon Lord and Ian Paice guesting, as someone said. No thanks to the commercial direction, as the band had already dropped that in order to get IG and RG into the band in the first place, and while other bands were doing the same thing doesn't mean we want to hear it (Black Sabbath and "No Stranger to Love", anybody?). I'd still like to hear that second album, though.

[@BozCobra]

+QuarrellaDeVil Maybe thats because Winger fans have crap taste? Not saying Slaves and Masters was a very good record, but it had LOVE CONQUERS ALL, which to me is one of the best love ballads ever written by a hard rock band. It was a decent album and Winger is generic crap.

[@Whackooyzero]

It is a very good album. But last great purple album? What about Purpendicular Joe?

[@nicolaspawloff8323]

Majestic Album. Nothing to add. Nothing to substract.

[@rf396]

NO disrespect To JLT. GREAT VOCALIST. I think thought as one can see, HE was all about the commercialism and making money out of Purple. Paice and Lord were not. "I" dont think that makes them "jealous" as JLT claims. "I" think it makes them HONEST about what they want to create. Still and All Slaves and Masters was and IS an EXCELLENT album, and JLT's contribution to the ONGOING Purple legacy cant and shouldnt be overlooked

[@VincePalamarasecretservicejfk]

Slaves & Masters is an awesome album: along with Perfect Strangers, the best two DP albums since 1984

[@BlackCrowNavajo]

@giogeius actually his name is Joe not John...

[@BrianSherman-TheTVGod]

Great interview. Slaves & Masters is THE best and most consistant 'Purple disc. Killer playing and vocals.

[@ricknowak4582]

I am a huge deep purple fan. But slaves and masters wasn't great I thought. But after reading some of these comments I am going to listen to it again and hopefully can find some live tracks from that album.

[@GreenerHill]

You're right on all counts there. Jamison's manager persuaded him to not join Deep Purple. By the time JLT joined, I think most of Purple were regretting the firing of Gillan. JLT therefore had a very hard job. I agree with him on some points - S & M was a great album. However, so was Battle Rages On. The Morse albums are from a different band. Joe is a very classy singer, whatever anyone says.

[@fredkafanka]

O Love the album

[@Cordwangle2]

I actually liked The Battle Rages On. It wasn't a great album but it had a few decent tracks and it sounded like Purple. Gillan knocks spots of this guy any time, any place.

[@davidbuzzin426]

👍😉🇺🇸JLT

[@peteyoung7665]

Joe is a fantastic singer but has nothing to do with Deep Purple and that’s just the way it is.Gillan is Deep Purple’s voice forever and ever even though Coverdale and Hughes did a fab job Gillan is Deep Purple more then Blackmore.

[@riversidepete6128]

check out joe's first band " fandango"...nothing like deep purple, but good stuff

[@TheRattleSnake93]

Whoah whoah, just watched the whole interview and can't figure out if he is trolling.Slaves and masters last great DP album? Purpendicular buddy, take it and enjoy it. Man he looks smug after puting all those people to listen songs like 'child in time' or 'smoke on the water' with him on vocals. Gillan is above him at every single thing, dedication, voice, style, CHARACTER.

[@bruceharrison8160]

Any D.P. line up is great. But my favorite is M. K.2

[@033Y03B0VRNE]

yes, looked more like the last and not lost rainbow album more than DP after if you compare to perfect stranger

[@Mr.Goldbar]

11 part interview and he's never mentioned his stint with Yngwie? Does he try to erase that part of his career? What a shame, cuz I got introduced to him from Yngwie's Odyssey and Live In Leningrad and he seriously made Odyssey the best Yngwie album ever that even non shredders can appreciate

[@LivingLegendsMusic]

In Joe's defense, our time was limited and as an interviewer it was my bad to not address it in even a cursory fashion . . . I do know he was proud of that Yngwie period . . sorry bout that . . .

[@Mr.Goldbar]

@@LivingLegendsMusic no worries, was just wondering why it happened

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

why didn't Ritchie and JLT just put Rainbow back together after S and M ? They could've asked Chuck Burgi and David Rosenthal back, I think it would've been great.

[@corybanter]

I'm sorry, but Slaves and Masters is not a "great album." It's an OK hard rock album, but it doesn't sound like Purple in the least.

[@jamesstrange904]

I have to agree. but it's all a matter of personal opinion. In my book, SaMs has its moments, overall a disappointment. Joe's assessment is a bit biased, as it should be as he put a lot of sweat into SaMs.

[@salt27dogg]

You have to put what he is saying in context in the 80s . Purple was a 70s band . Purple with joe was 1991, glam rock was dying out though.

[@tonyii3818]

Truth Hurts

[@rf396]

@HoosierMF Agreed. the BAND is a monster plain and simple. The fact that THE BAND continues to Chug WITH or WITHOUT Key members cannot be overlooked. I know of no other Monster band that could do it SUCCESSFULLY.

[@luckydee7909]

l don't like to compare,different periods,every vocalist was great,every record,and S.nM. too.

[@jessicaantonopulos430]

tiene una voz privilegiada Joe

[@TheRetrospective]

true, Slaves and Masters is a fantastic record

[@kiernanholland]

I don't know what it is.. But I like watching musicians talk about their experiences of being in big bands,,, But I like musicians that I hardly even listen to .. I only ever liked one rainbow song and that was the pop one "Stone Cold"..

[@kikiu2619]

...bring your ski-gear"...ha...ha... Classic.

[@HectorRodriguez-uv1ti]

Sure Is a great album but, can you compare it with In Rock or Machine head?. I don't think so

[@cjmeadors]

I get why small-time artists feel the need to brag & promote themselves, but there comes a point when it's no longer necessary and only has the optimistic effect. I don't think Joe ever got the memo.

[@roberthastings4144]

It was a great album.. All good songs -groove melody rhythm very catchy -a thousand times better than Battle Rages On. Definitely up there with Machine Head and Perfect Strangers

[@JohnnyangelNIU]

Battle Rages on was complete garbage. Slaves and Masters probably was one of the last all around real good Purple albums. I hate to agree with JLT but that statement is pretty true..

[@anthonynewman7257]

Yes I agree with that statement Joe Lynn Turner only lasted one album with deep purple and Ian gillan replaced him

[@TheRickc67]

shot in the dark album / toss of the coin !

[@hokendog]

The US didn't like that version of Deep Purple? Hmmm.... they seem to do ok with an American on guitar for the last decade.

[@miguelandressalas]

totally agree with you... If you have JLT and Blackmore

[@drone6337]

Regardless of opinions, Richie deemed him appropriate for Rainbow and DP, so, it is what it is.

[@CB-xr1eg]

+B Frazia No, it is what it WAS..a bad move to have him in DP

[@IllusionSector]

I like turner and I don't care what DP's lineup is as long as the music is good. The problem is that while the lyrics in the said album are fine, musically the material just isn't that good.

[@paujoekrisjam]

Deep Purple is SMW, Highway Star and Ma He. Great Band.

[@fotioskatsoulis99]

Slaves and Masters wasn't a bad album. Should of been deep rainbow. Understood from Lord and Paice been opposed to it,since they were in the entire history, so they looked at Turner as an outsider. Glover already worked with Turner had no objections but close to Gillan himself, while Blackmore was fine with him, since he was no Gillan to him but Gillan was purple .I think Turner could worked with the Coverdale and Hughes era. He can play guitar, too, but could he play Blackmores licks? Or Bolins? That's a question.

[@freedom_aint_free]

Joe is the redhead child that "old-school" audience didn't want, but they didn't understand the new times, I'd compare it with post-Ozzy Black Sabbath, where they had amazing singers but could never be as great as with Ozzy.

[@cornucopia8591]

Man you are good pop singer but Deep Purple isn't a pop band. Thank you for your great talent.

[@spinalcrackerbox]

So, Rainbow was a pop band? I wouldn't file them under that.

[@navneetkishen6142]

He is a versatile singer. He can sing anything from pop to hard rock.

[@cornucopia8591]

@@spinalcrackerbox Sure heavy pop. But not with Dio. Songs like Since You've Been Gone, I Surrender or Stone Cold... what is it, for God's sake - jazz rock fusion? Blackmore's favorite band of that era was ABBA.

[@ninoorjon]

​@@spinalcrackerbox Rainbow was a greatest rock band when Dio Sang there.

[@mejsmith1]

@@spinalcrackerbox Dio left Rainbow because Blackmore wanted Rainbow to have a more pop direction. So, there is some validity to that statement,

[@luizlauretinodemelo]

GRANDE VOCALISTA *****

[@erich84502b]

Slaves hit number 87 on the top 200 in 1990

[@ShempDavidNiven]

No offense, Joe - Side 1 of S&M was fine, Side 2 was....um....pretty bad, actually....and let me say this as a music fan, never mind a Purple fan specifically: THANK GOD the world was spared yet *another* processed-cheese AOR stinkbomb written by Desmond Child, Jim Peterik, Diane Warren, or any of the other usual suspects who dominated/destroyed heavy rock in the 90s and beyond. My opinion of Jon and Ian just went through the roof learning that they refused to hire out the songwriting to outsiders (they ended up doing so later, but Michael Bradford and Bob Ezrin may very well have had a clause in their contracts stating _if you want me to produce the record, I get co-songwriting credits on the album_ - which was actually a stunt from the bad old days of payola and Mafia domination of the music business)

[@TheRattleSnake93]

I think this is why Jon Lord had white hair after 1991, having to listen Joe Lynn singing Deep Purple songs live. Don't get me wrong, the album is great, but the rest is bullshit.

[@marcelojavierlovera6130]

that album sounds great even to this day but the rock songs were missing, not at all the tracks were at the same level but JOE did an amazig job, the rest of the members who complained should have written more material connected with PURPLE.

[@repetitivemotion]

From "Black Knight": Jimi Jameson was offfered the job but turned it down. Terry Brock had impressed but rumors of a clash between Brock and Blackmore resulted in the singer walking out.

[@PrinceSaschaVykos]

@vdoundakov I respectfully have to say, I disagree with Turner being a better fit for Rainbow. There wouldn't be a Rainbow a REAL Rainbow, not "Chicago-lite" without Dio. Dozens of Power Metal bands have made careers out of emulating the Dio era sound... And no one really credits the commercial, american radio friendly stage of Rainbow with the singer that REALLY started it, Graham Bonnet. Of course, it doesn't work in Joe's benefit to admit not everything is his idea.

[@TheGrabsplatter]

@PrinceSaschaVykos Amen brother!!

[@lance98541]

Slaves & Masters is one of the worst albums Purple ever did.This guy never suited the band's style from day one,Rainbow maybe,Purple no way.This guy is full of himself.

[@salt27dogg]

Lance I like Slaves and Masters but personally only because it was Rainbow nostalgia. Don’t forget , it was after House of blue light which was horrible.

[@rf396]

@HoosierMF Actually Blackmore and Gillan wre always fighting with each other. Im not Blackmore and I dont know his mind. He DID say that S&M was the best Rainbow Album Purple ever made. Take what you like from that. Doesnt matter to ME. I love Deep Purple regardless. Saw them on tour for Abandoned I think was years ago, totally unreal concert. So while the Mark II lineup is THE lineup to ME, I listen to Deep Purple no matter what Mark they're at.

[@Machineman19862]

What a diva!!!!!!

[@MrTMarshy]

@luckieian Legendary comment mate...you're spot on.

[@minyahdaddy]

Jealous? Threatened? Lord/Paice were right to resist the commercial push because DP at its best is about collaborative creativity, an idea damaged by The Ritchie and Joe Show. It's all win-win now anyway: DP flies high and free with Morse; Ritchie lives out his medieval fantasy; JLT keeps the past alive; and the fans can enjoy/buy them all (as I do).

[@oberfour1]

@danthemustang1 Rod Evans way under rated. I agree other wise.

[@thequinnster72]

Turner was nothing more than a "special appearance guest" for Purple in retrospect. He should have known this before deciding to join the band. He sounds awfully bitter about his departure and the return of Gillan, which should have been no surprise! S&M is middling to be honest, and I have no bias since I did enjoy some of his work with Rainbow. Anyway, you can't join a historic band 20 years into their career and think you are going to gain the rightful front man slot!

[@hollywoodartchick]

I think that it is normal for fans to have expectations around a name. It did not seem like Deep Purple to me, either. That is not to say I would not be OK with a whole new project involving those guys and some of the material. They are all great, but why do they have to keep the same name when the direction is changing that much?

[@anthonybryant3038]

I'm surprised his ego fit in the room with the rest of his body.

[@HawkEye40]

eh... no... Ritchie hates Fireball. he always said that S&M was one of his favourites

[@hasseholm7814]

Great person singer and songwriter. Legend

[@kaligula11]

so many people cant accept anything new from their favourite bands. ok, dp with joe was different, just like dp with tommy was different. but they were great bands anyway.

[@Machineman19862]

I made everybody dress better, what the heck are you talking about, Deep Purple was never a fashionable band, it is all about the music.

[@markrago7217]

S&M is pretty solid, but it certainly doesn't compete with Purpendicular, Abandon, or Whoosh.

[@kalervonPoika]

That piano riff from "The Cut Runs Deep" is actually a reworking of an improv by David Rosenthal during the live version of "Still I'm Sad" in the 70s (Munich 1977 for instance). This proves that Blackmore was really trying to do Deep Purple and slipping them Rainbow outtakes.

[@johnbarrett4846]

Rosenthal joined Rainbow in 1982...Knob, do your research.

[@ozzyvaldez1265]

Hell of a chip on his shoulder

[@bvsfan]

it IS, isn't it? Tough having an ailment like alopecia with no cure.

[@rburch5567]

I do like Slave and Masters. It is great music; but, there's always a but. Joe writes love songs and I just don't believe that's what's best for Purple.

[@explorations1797]

Jeez what an egomaniac this guy is, and its not like he has a lot to back it up. If this guy's crowning achievement is being on the god-awful Slaves and Masters album, he really needs to re-evaluate his life. That album was the epitome of the Foreigner-esque cheese that Rainbow got into once the 80's came. The album IS totally forgotten by the public, and with good reason.