Top 2 Bands Ritchie Blackmore HATED The Most

[@HawklordLI]

Is there anybody Ritchie Blackmore doesn't hate?

[@floyd445]

@@HawklordLI 🎸🎵🤣

[@Klaus80804]

Candice Night 🙂

[@AlanPeters-o7n]

I think Ritchie Blackmore was a sociopath/psychopath, in that he had little respect for anyone but himself. He even hated Graham Bonnet his frontman, for refusing to grow his hair long. However, his music is in a different class from bands like the Police and it will be remembered and played for a lot longer, before it disappears into obscurity.

[@steveludwig4200]

Dude appreciated The Who, Hendrix, Rory Gallagher and Van Halen.

[@TomLymberopoulos-du5he]

Ian Gillan wants nothing more to do with him apparently they had a falling out sometime ago Ego I would imagine

[@thingssmall390]

Blackmore is Blackmore !! That's what he is..

[@zemlidrakona2915]

I would not have guessed The Police. They occupy such a different space as any bands Blackmore has been in.

[@Glenn1967ful]

I would have thought Gillan would be the obvious one, due to Blackmore and Gillan falling out big time in 1973.

[@jonblackers4339]

I d take these AI generated clickbaith posts with caution. RB was never a person saying he hated other bands, he was more subtle. Of reggae he said it was black racist music

[@Dibbdroid]

@@Glenn1967ful and yet Ritchie joined Gillan on stage in '79. Most of the problems within Deep Purple in the 70's were because they were driven into the ground by the management, which is why Gillan left.

[@Taylor.Dude.]

These dumbs videos have convince so many people that Jimi Hendrix didn’t like Led Zeppelin but there’s no proof of that. Carmine Appice said it and these hacks run with the story. Jimi’s tour manager said Jimi liked Led Zeppelin and would listen to them. They ignore the tour manager. Neither Carmine and the tour manager can prove it what they say.

[@peterkin1010]

Got to admit I also HATED tbe early Police material. Some of the most banal repetitive rubbish ever in the mainstream . Two hits consisted of "Roxanne...Put on the red light..(repeat 50 times) " and "Sending out an SOS (repeat 50 times) " utter CRAP ! The Police got better as they went on.

[@AXE668]

I'm a big fan of Blackmore's playing, and he has a reputation for being a pretty difficult bloke to get on with, but he's obviously been very fond of wig makers for quite while.

[@markcbb]

Really surprised one wasn't Deep Purple.

[@arthurdent1097]

that was my first thought

[@magpiesfan]

Ritchie IS Deep Purple. They sound like a lounge band without him. In any case, their greatest songs are the ones he wrote.

[@gheffz]

I must admit, I was waiting for it!

[@DragonFlySlayer-wf6ne]

I remember once watching a drum video cause I'm a drummer and I dig Ian Paice, Paice mentioned once that Ritchie said that "Technically Eric Clapton can't really play a guitar" I was never there, but I've heard that Ritchie was very difficult to work with at times. As Ian once put it, if Ritchie was having a bad day , then everyone else was too. Ronnie Montrose was another one that was difficult. He once told Sammy Hagar, you don't play guitar, you don't talk between songs, you don't say or do anything except sing the songs. Then he ended up firing Sammy Hagar and Bill his bass player at the time. That's when Montrose broke up. That whole business in music is much like prostitution. I've seen Ritchie once play with his Rainbow band here in Fresno California Seland Arena. Ritchie opened up for Blue Oyster Cult. I guess Rainbow's time was cut short and Ritchie became mad. So all of his songs during the set Ritchie would play up until the solo and then he'd turn down the guitar's volume and take his guitar off and lay it down. People booed as they wanted to hear his brilliant guitar work. But he cut all the songs short cause he doesn't like being fucked with I would imagine. I've seen Rainbow "Blackmore's Rainbow" about 4 times where I witnessed some of the greatest guitar work on the planet. Another thing too I remember. When Ritchie tore a guitar up he'd swing it around above his head feeding back and it sounded so cool! He then reeled in the guitar as it swung it around and once he got a hold of it he then took it as it had a broken head he'd still use his tremolo bar and pull the guitar in and out of key with style to the musical situation that was happening. Not too many guitarists can smash a guitar and still make it sing. Yeah Ritchie was difficult but he is a great guitar legend!

[@Romulus980]

Blackmore now has mellowed a lot to the degree that he dances on stage, does a shed load of interviews on youtube, talks more during concerts ; this what a good woman can do ❤

[@AudiophileTubes]

Well, there are many like me who love Blackmore (and his bands), The Police, and The Rolling Stones.

[@TigerRogers0660]

He's said on a few occasions that Uriah Heep were a poor man's Deep Purple. The 2 bands were similar with the 5 piece lineup including prominent Hammond Organ in their songs. But Uriah Heep had something that Deep Purple NEVER had - stellar multi-layer harmonies, thanks to 3 or 4 band members who could sing!!

[@marques04rj]

Sure? He said this about Uriah Heep? I love Deep Purple and recognize the similariy with Uriah Heep (only on first Uriah Heep albuns). But I must say that Uriah Heep is better, in my opinion. And I really don't like to compare bands, but since he said such an idiot thing, I must disagree and say that Uriah Heep is better. Blackmore is a genius with the hands and an idiot with when using his mouth

[@brianfergus839]

@@marques04rj​​⁠ I always liked Uriah Heep better than Deep Purple. That “look at yourself” lp kicked my ass!

[@IansDrumsandBass]

That's true. Never thought of that.

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@brianfergus839 "Look At Yourself" is the VERY best Heep album - & one of the best rock albums in history!! Perfect from start to finish.

[@steveludwig4200]

That's funny because I SAID the exact same thing about Uriah Heep.....(poor mans Deep Purple).

[@williamsullivan4222]

Ritchie is a pro. And everyone has an opinion. I'm not a pro but agree with Ritchie

[@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up]

How can anyone hate the Police. Especially musicians. They had so much talent it should have been against the law. And the songs. Perfectly written!

[@swampula]

Sting is the biggest a...hole of all time. He and Bono. That's why!

[@JLar-bb5hl]

Gay music. Dee doo doo daaa - come on!

[@danielmacdonald8349]

I can’t stand them either!

[@JLar-bb5hl]

@@danielmacdonald8349 Message in a bottle and Roxanne, don't get me started on their "hits". And give me a creepier song than Every breath you take, a totally disgusting stalker song. The guy can't even sing. Ritchie was right on!

[@RishabhAniket]

​@@JLar-bb5hlThat's supposed to be tongue in cheek you knobhead! If u r so thick enough not to understand the humor and not appreciate the musical talent of each of the three go to a clinic.

[@bobubastardbbqandmetal9908]

I like that he's not afraid to voice his opinions on popular iconic bands. In many ways i agree with him. I'm not a big stones fan or the police, of even the Beatles.. I'm more of a Sabbath, Deep Purple, Zeppelin guy.

[@eddievanhaIen]

Fact. Including VH, Iron Maiden, Dio, Thin Lizzy, Megadeth, UFO, Judas Priest, and others 🎸

[@larrylanberg3552]

Yeah man, I dig what you're saying. I never liked the Beatles, not at all. To my ears its like kiddie tunes.

[@worshipkyama9566]

Yea me too​@@larrylanberg3552

[@bobubastardbbqandmetal9908]

@@eddievanhaIen those are all my fav bands

[@bobubastardbbqandmetal9908]

@@larrylanberg3552 Im not gonna deny they influence those that influenced me as a musician, like Lemmy, amd Ozzy.. but that was their time

[@Ukraine_Rocks-OK]

Totally agree. The Rolling Stones is the most lackluster band from the pantheon of stars. .. Them, nithwistaing being together to play music , have produced less than five songs of notice. In 60 years

[@lucone2937]

Ritchie Blackmore also disliked Ian Gillan and Graham Bonnet for various reasons, but I think Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath formed so-called the Unholy Trinity of British Hard Rock and Heavy Metal in the early 1970s. Led Zeppelin was and is the most versatile of those three bands. Robert Plant has done lots of good music during his solo career too.

[@user-xm9sb5zv8t]

But lives performance Deep Purple are far better and standout out of those two made in Japan.. California jam ..

[@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117]

Purple always had the best musicianship which come to life on live lps like made in Japan, scandinavian nights

[@GVarner]

Black Sabbath they were the first Really Heavy band out of The UK and they did not kiss any ass record label or anything

[@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066]

LZ is horribly overrated. The most sued rock band from that time for a good reason

[@teddyboymanlapaz8202]

Yes you are correct!!! LZ is the most versatile in copying song from other artist and pretending it to be an original....😂😂😂

[@ImaDogTrainer]

Ritchie went into a time warp and is now a 15th century minstrel

[@TojuRacing-440]

Now that IS funny, well played Sir!

[@toothnail605]

YUP! He's been over there by knotts Berry Farm playing at Medieval Times for the horses and kids, just get extra napkins and wipes cuz da chicken IS greasy.

[@peter5014]

I love Ritchie Blackmore I love Deep Purple and I love Rainbow..... ............................ .... but I love also The Police

[@joekowalski182]

Blackmore is Deep purple!!

[@user-dh5bnafe4b]

They would have been a much, much lesser band without John Lord, probably the greatest of rock keyboard players.

[@maurogajardo620]

"He hated this..he hated that" Rock journalism at their worst

[@williamwalker146]

Ritchie's got a point

[@AinulannuarBinadnan]

Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath, Deep Purple Uriah Heep

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

Love Ritchie Blackmore's talent! One of the most underrated guitarists of all time.

[@JiniGuitar]

underrated??🤔

[@rodrobson]

I hated the Deep Purple reunion in 84. If it was done as a one off with a tour it would have worked. Old rivalries resurfaced and today it's a Ian Gillan tribute band that no matter how many new songs they bring out the band defaults to machine head. I am a big fan of Ritchie and always wondered if he would make the same decision again.

[@l.rongardner2150]

Ritchie Blackmore: "We need to defund the Police."

[@billyz5088]

Police were a pop-rock band - but they had a truly great drummer in Copeland - and even if you did not care for Sting or his hits - Copeland had a point when he noted that after about a dozen hits in a short period - Sting stopped taking advice on how to write songs - The Stones also had a great drummer in Watts - he was not a dynamic drummer like a Copeland or a Peart - but he was rock solid dependable - and he appreciated it more than the rest when Mick Taylor was brought in - who arguably saved the Stones - from themselves ..

[@marques04rj]

Not only Copeland, Sting and Andy Summers are very talented musicians (you can see, for example, Sting solo career, the quality of his works). It is stupid when Blackmore compares The Police with any other pop bands. Blackmore is a genius when playing guitar, but a stupid and limited ashole when talking

[@AinulannuarBinadnan]

Ritchie Blackmoore is the first original shredder !

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

Oh I know who Ritchie blackmore is! Another brick in the wall! 😅

[@waynewilliams-xc4xs]

I heard he hated the Banana Splits and The Evolution Revolution which was Lancelot Links band but that he was rather fond of Nigel Tuffnals Band.

[@kristopherraucci7633]

I seen Deep Purple back in 1984, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. It was the Perfect Strangers Tour. I was 17 years old and I was mesmerized. Seen them thereafter, however Blackmore was not around. Seems like he didn’t get along with many on the music business and certainly not liked by many other great musicians.

[@teamtempest844]

Ritchie Blackmore, awesomeness!

[@chrismoller4272]

I certainly prefer early Rainbow and all of Purple to The Police and the Stones although give Keef and company credit, they write a good tune.

[@sandersdev]

Agree, particularly regarding Police. Stones, many impressive hits, long record of success, but often give the impression of pub rockers

[@Gk2003m]

I see his points. There are plenty of bands that I respect their talent, but don’t like their music. As far as the Stones, even Mick Taylor kinda agrees with Blackmore. Taylor is on the record (as it were) saying that Jagger and Richards are not really songwriters. I was not a fan of the Police at first, having seen them in a small joint on their very first US tour before they became big. I’ve grown to like their music, and they certainly are talented players and good writers.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

That Taylor statement is straight nonsense!! So many bangers under the Jagger-Richards signature. They were not far behind Lennon-McCartney!

[@jonh.1585]

Sting & The Stones could buy and sell Ritchie...ha ha😎💙

[@edljnehan2811]

I would have thought ELP would have been one of those bands due to the brawl they had at California Jam 1 over who was going to close the show😊

[@EdrowBarin]

Once Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple, Deep Purple didn't sound like DP anymore

[@hansfyhrqvist7734]

Ritchie Blackmore the all-time best guitarist and Deep Purple and Rainbow the all-time best heavy bands. Ritchie should be knighted!

[@martinstewart5205]

Good guitarist but not the best. That accolade belongs to Mr Jimmy Page

[@slowery43]

You should really look at laying off those hard drugs, it's messing with your mind

[@jeromeportier4914]

@@martinstewart5205 Blackmore is a technical player. Page is not. Now you can be a great musician without being technical, but 'best guitarist' suggest a high level of skill as an instrumentalist...

[@eddhardy1054]

Even Page admits that Blackmore is better at improvisation. Page's skill lies in the studio.

[@antonioteixeira4626]

O maior guitarrista, principalmente ao vivo. Não têm igual.

[@LucicPower]

Damn, he read my mind, i dont get either group

[@CaseAgainstFaith1]

I adore The Police, one of my favorite bands.

[@josevi5835]

I love Deep Purple and Blackmore guitar playing. But Police was an incredible group and the Stones are the biggest rock and roll band ever existed.

[@ellroy1111]

Blackmore ha versioneado a Los Stones. Creo que Keith y compañía no han podido aguantar ni un lp de él jamás.

[@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl]

I agree with him on the Police. As for the Rolling Stones, they're not my favorite band but they're not idiots. They knew how to win fans. Most people don't have the brains to listen to more complex music, so they like simple music with catchy hooks and relatable lyrics, and that's what the Rolling Stones provided. And if his problem with them is lack of originality, then shouldn't he hate Led Zeppelin? Smoke on the Water is one of my all-time favorite songs. We played it in school jazz band: those were good times for me. Child in Time is another masterpiece. But when I got Deep Purple's greatest hits, I was mostly disappointed. They are some of the greatest musicians in rock, but it songwriting? Most of their songs are not like Smoke on the Water or Child in Time. Most of their songs are boring and unmemorable. I'd take them over the Police, but not over the Rolling Stones. They are better musicians than the Stones, but the Stones are superior songwriters.

[@135-g1c]

You scratched a lot of nonsense. All the Albums until 1975 are filled only with world hits .Whichever album you take it has 8 hits. The Roling Stones is more of a Jagger show than any memorable music. Jagger is an average singer. The musician around him are the same. In 50 years of career they have no more than 5 decent songs 😅

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

​@@135-g1csay what you want about Mick, but Keith Richards was one of the greatest songwriters in rock from 1966 to 1973

[@wangson]

Huh...Well, I can understand why he can't take The Police. I've never really caught on to that type of genre....that funk/reggae/rock fusion....not my thing. The Rolling Stones? They're certainly not up there with any of my favourite bands, however they really do have some absolutely amazing songs!!

[@AnotherCastle-gt7vs]

I love Blackmore, best on a Strat ever. I have to admit, i can't stand the police either.

[@harryschubert2490]

I like his wigs!

[@1blastman]

I like a lot of Blackmore's music, but I don't think I'd get along with him. The Police and the Stones are two bands I really like.

[@JazMcG]

I was expecting them to be Deep Purple and Rainbow.

[@bitterlifes]

Bravo maestro Richie absolutely all this things are true, i totally agree!

[@stevenholquin2127]

Every Move You Make I’ll Be Watching You Richie is Right That Song 🎶 By The Police 👮 is Kind of Creepy

[@floyd445]

El mejor de todos de hard rock 🎸🎸🎸

[@navydad1475]

I’m not a musician and there is a lot of bands I don’t care for. I like the police and don’t really care for the stones. That’s the great thing about opinions.

[@charlesivey100]

I kinda agree with Blackmore regarding the Stones in the late '70s. Too much disco influences and perhaps they were stealing riffs from Chuck Berry and ideas from the Beatles in the '60s. I liked the Stones early music and wore out the Hot Rocks and Get Your Ya Ya's out albums. And Mick's live singing these days, ugh... Sorry Mick, you're still a cool guy.

[@ronrice1931]

Rock and roll players should shut their traps and play rock and roll.

[@SuperPatrick777]

Rock , rock and roll died out in the early to mid .sixties .

[@GG-ml3vr]

​@@SuperPatrick777Not according to Lemmy.

[@papalaz4444244]

Thing is, Ritchie is the Troll King and people still don't get him or see any wind ups he might be doing :)

[@killsun13]

You can't dissect Ritchie Blackmore with true accuracy. Just listen, learn and enjoy

[@Movingforward2000]

Agree 💯 Could never stand the stones either

[@luizoswaldoabreu2752]

I think it's a very subjective matter, but c'mon, the stones are outstanding! It doesn't matter if they don't have a guitar hero in the type of Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, etc...... (in fact, they had Mick Taylor, a great blues guitarrist during five years, I think). The Stones never intended to put a guitar solo in the first place in their sound. In their songs all elements are important, being the drums, the bass, the guitars, the singing, the lyrics and so on..... of course Deep Purple is a very good band, but the Stones are, together with the Beatles, the Who and the Kinks the greatest rock bands in the world indeed. Greetings from Brazil!

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

My #1 Most Hated KZbin thing is a creator "making a documentary video" with a computer generated voice over with it's singular robotic tone. Yikes. Blackmore agrees 100%.

[@hognaut]

I don't know where Blackmore's coming from. There's only band that sounded like The Police and that's The Police, and as for The Stones being "idiots", that sounds like something personal to me and nothing to do with their music. Sometimes I just wish my heroes would keep their mouths shut and let their music do the talking.

[@RamManNo1]

Right! I’ve never listened to another song or band in my entire life and thought “that sounds like the Police” 😅

[@jhutt8002]

I get his point. The Police really popularized the "new wave" sound in rock music that completely overtook most rock in 1980's (that wasn't inspired by Van Halen.) I hate that sound too. Albeit they always did maintain some of their edge, I think Blue Öyster Cult and Don't Fear the Reaper is even more to blame for it.

[@hognaut]

@@jhutt8002 your wrong, nobody else sounded like The Police, not even close. Who else was in that new wave of rock music? The main genre of music late 70s early 80s( in the UK) was synthesiser oriented and what is generally known as Britsynthania.

[@jhutt8002]

@@hognaut I think you answered your own question there.

[@jhutt8002]

@@hognaut 1980's New Wave is quite well defined genre by this point. I don't like most of it, to me all of them sound quite the same. But that's just my personal opinion. By saying they sound like The Police. It's not critique. The point is Police was hugely infuential to them and created lot of the sound associated with the genre. Just like saying most Doom Metal sounds like Black Sabbath for instance.

[@steveludwig4200]

Absolutely agree with RB about the Stones. They were BORING as hell LIVE and Van Halen proved that in 1981 when they blew them off the stage in Orlando at the Tangerine Bowl and any other show they opened for them. Fans were BOOING the Stones from "Stare Me Up' on...

[@A200]

I don't understand then why Blackmore played PAINT IT BLACK with DEEP PURPLE

[@DavidOHara-t4b]

In addition to 1st comment . Yeah, the Police are pish and the Stones do recycle old blues , but they are good at it . I'd still pay to see Blackmore though.

[@gheffz]

It is interesting that AC/DC (Angus Young) didn't really like Deep Purple. And ha, Angus Young considers Chuck Berry on of his main inspirations. (The knee walks, for example).

[@willbond]

Wasn't planning on bagging on Blackmore, but I've seen all three of those bands live, and Rainbow was the weakest of them. To be honest, I expected him to say he hated Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.

[@andrespalacios1122]

I do love Ritchie's work, specially with DP... But... 👀 What a bad taste...!!!

[@kendallevans4079]

A reverse video on bands/musicians who hated Richie would take too long...

[@WineSippingCowboy]

I like 👍 Deep Purple and Rainbow 🌈. I like The Police 🚔 and The Rolling Stones. Blackmore can hate me for liking these 2 bands! L 🤣 L

[@threadnugent]

Hysterical… I love RB… his solo on Gates of Babylon makes Clapton look like the complete bore that he is

[@ivanstankovic2960]

Ritchi likes Blackmores night ,Deep purple and Rainbow....

[@kees1705vanwely]

Well mr. Blackmore, De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum. I like Your music! But also the Police and the Stones...

[@geezberry8889]

rainbow was so much better than DP. those dio albums i still listen to them

[@danielmacdonald8349]

@geezberry8889 - I’m sorry sir - but I have to disagree. I have seen BOTH many times - and the Purple shows were better in my opinion. There isn’t a single live Rainbow album that can touch Deep Purple’s Made In Japan. Just my opinion - and you have yours. But either way - I like them both very much.

[@geezberry8889]

@@danielmacdonald8349 better songs with Rainbow. Dio just wrote better songs, a better singer

[@machendave]

Blackmore ended up being a Steeleye Span/Fairport Convention fusion

[@kevinputry5655]

I agree with him about the Stones but not about The Police. Sure, there's probably some bands that tried to coy The Police but they are a band that had an original sound.

[@JLar-bb5hl]

@@kevinputry5655 Yes, an eerie, terrible sound. Like three witches wailing in the woods.

[@buckchile614]

Disliking The Police might get you arrested

[@slowery43]

give up on your comedy dreams cupcake

[@MichelleBedard-w6j]

They will arest you while playing there instruments

[@kenchristie9214]

The Stones are a great live band who never made any great albums, in spite of what a music rag like Rolling Stone may claim.

[@todisom7141]

Ritchie Blackmore is a great player but the stones are one of the greatest bands ever thats why they have been able to keep going for 62 years so far.

[@Murdo2112]

The Stones are the world's most overrated pub band.

[@todisom7141]

@@Murdo2112 the Beatles are the over rated band. Of course these are just opinions based on my own musical taste.

[@Murdo2112]

@@todisom7141 Or lack thereof.

[@todisom7141]

@@Murdo2112 take your medication maybe you will feel better.

[@kippsguitar6539]

He's right, they are junk and haven't written a decent song for 50 years, popular because of tjwor antics amd showmanship not music, spot on

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

The Police like Deap Purple ? He must be nuts ,

[@marcelopowel186]

Blackmore plays tunes from Rolling Stones, I love The Police, Blackmore and Rolling Stones lol I think he doesn´t like The Police because of the fashion that Style in the 80´s

[@MarkSchreind]

Blackmore is a great guitarist, but he was difficult to work with. His fame is limited compared to other guitarists he could easily outplay.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

The Police and The Rolling Stones.

[@Olive-gd3wn]

Stones was indeed an overated band in regard of its music , especially after the middle eighties but on stage it has always be one of the greatest.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Every damn band declines after 10-15 years in the market. That's not an exclusive Stones thing lol

[@MaunoAumanen]

Ritchie IS litlle monster

[@georgewoelfel4691]

After listening to Smoke On The Water 8 thousand times in a month when they came out ,Deep Purple became bogged down as a limited source of inspiration to most of us....there were newer and better things around the corner...after listening to Blackmores hate list, I think jealousy became prevalent while other new groups took the headlines. To me Blackmore was an excellent guitarist but his criticism of others made him look small and petty and not inspiring.

[@everts1698]

I agree with him on the Police

[@ВикторПодвойский-и5щ]

I am so glad that I am of the same opinion on the Stones as Ritchie my favourite and the most respected guitarist of all times.

[@ffqff2415]

Now my dear friend, tell us who hates Ritchie, and why.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

I’m with him on the Police… couldn’t stand them or Sting! I disagree with Richie’s assessment of the Stones though… I mean come on, they’ve written & recorded so many superb songs over the decades & he calls them ‘idiots’?!

[@madcyril4135]

From u.k I’m 67 now, and have had a love hate thing with the stones for years. Totally agree with your comment, the stones should have packed in Years ago! Mick Taylor period for me, but as you said even from the beginning and up to recently. Absolute killer riffs! Gotta hand it to them! I’m not into the police, but have an Andy Summers solo classical guitar album. Off the scale with musicianship! People get really hot under the collar when it comes to music. People have a point and you won’t change it like religion. It’s only Rock n Roll but I don’t like it as much as I used to.

[@marcstevens8576]

I'll agree with you to an extent. Sure The Police were a fake punk rock band that every teenager loved back in The Day, however, he had a point with The Stones, as one would with Zeppelin, about Them ripping off chords from earlier blues guitarists. C'mon, guys like Leadbelly, Muddy, Johnson, etc. Played similar solos long before The Stones did blue-eyed versions of the same style, although none of them were really really recognized until later years. Agree with ill-tempered Blackmore.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@marcstevens8576 They did start off their career by doing covers, and as a blues based band it was inevitable they’d be heavily influenced by the originators. Once they were writing their own material their sound evolved, although still with strong blues & country influences. Personally I don’t have a problem with that, probably because I grew up during the ‘blues boom’ era listening to bands like Fleetwood Mac, The Bluesbreakers, Taste, Paul Butterfield, Canned Heat etc who all borrowed from or ‘ripped off’ the original artists… and in the process often rebooted those previously neglected artists’ careers. I think the Stones’ blues roots help to explain their remarkable longevity… the genre is universal & timeless.

[@davidjackson2690]

The Stones suck.

[@davidjackson2690]

​@@madcyril4135great comment buddy!

[@markgilham2453]

Has he not heard Chuck's 1957 performance of Smoke on the Water?

[@Fuxerz]

Top 3 guitarists in the world in his day.

[@mikeyerian2562]

A lot of people don't know that Blackmore had nothing but praise for The Jets.

[@eltonmayo2027]

especially now that Aaron Rodgers is their QB

[@MrJoebuck74]

Deeo Purple at least 10 albums Police 2 albums Stones 1 Antology in my shelves .......says it all!

[@c.d.macaulay66]

He's also one of rock's biggest jerks. From what I've heard, he dislikes everybody except himself.

[@bobbyevans6590]

He loves Jeff Beck

[@candicesimionescu9910]

No that's not true. He liked Tommy Bolin, likes Brian May and many otherss.

[@c.d.macaulay66]

@@candicesimionescu9910 Tommy Bolin, huh? A very interesting choice. Great, under-the-radar player. Thanks for the reply.

[@Megamanic-nw9ni]

He was a big Jethro Tull fan in the '70s. I think he's a fairly shy individual & he puts up a barrier by saying outrageous things.

[@c.d.macaulay66]

@@Megamanic-nw9ni OK. Martin Barre is a helluva guitarist, isn't he?

[@Boards-dont-hit-back]

He still has lovely thick hair for his age.

[@STPfuzzDemon]

I hate Blackmore's rug. Other than that, he seems like a great bloke.

[@terryleeslaughter4611]

Blackmore is my favorite guitarist

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

I just wanted to say “Hawkwind”. Not bc it has anything to do with Ritchie Blackmore. Just felt like sayin’ it. Also, “Lemmy Kilmister”. Thanks.

[@irresistablejewel]

Master of the Universe

[@johntate5050]

I wonder what he thinks about The Cheeky Girls and Jedward.

[@genghiskhan7041]

The Rolling Stones were a lot more popular than Ritchie ever was. Guaranteed his hatred of them is based on jealousy.

[@piotrkostka8494]

Tak naprawdę R. Blackmore nie lubił jednego zespołu - Deep Purple z Gillanem.

[@PiotrLangtvedt]

To prawda. Ale to tak naprawdę nie jest dziwne. Gillan miał za mocną osobowość a Blackmore zawsze chciał mieć wszystko pod kontrolą.

[@piotrkostka8494]

@@PiotrLangtvedt Pod halą w Zabrzu 31.10.1993 stały dwa autobusy. Kolegą do mnie: „Ty, patrz. Jednym pewnie przyjechał Gillan, a drugim Blackmore.”

[@PiotrLangtvedt]

@@piotrkostka8494 Hahaha. 🤣 I tak właśnie było. Wiem że to chore ale Blackmore nie jeździł z resztą w tym samym autobusie - miał własny. Było już tak w czasach Rainbow. Ale on był zawsze lekko świrnięty: na pytanie o swoich rodzicach odpowiedział w poważnym tonie: "Mój tata pracował w fabryce a moja mama była czarownicą". 🎵

[@piotrkostka8494]

@@PiotrLangtvedt Teraz, na starość, wypowiada się dosyć racjonalnie. Dej mu Boże zdrowia.

[@elenka.svaliva2]

Rithcie is right as always.👍

[@chrisbacos]

I've seen many of his peers dislike the Stones. They are far from unoriginal. Guess what Ritchie? Many if not most bands have stolen riffs. I'm afraid I have to disagree with him on the Police. I have always liked them but Sting has morphed into a self-righteous holy bore. He was not keen on the punk/new wave thing but that's fine. Don't get me wrong I like RB and loved Deep Purple as a kid. Still do. Getting back to the Stones it's merely jealousy

[@Fuxerz]

Lemme hates the Stones, too. I think it's that they are viewed as debutant's.

[@jerrywoods4066]

I hated the police. They have talent but their music especially the vocals just doesn't do it for me.

[@Brummie666]

Blackmore has openly admitted to nicking riffs himself, but the guy is a genus and I agree with him, but I'd throw Zeppelin in there as well

[@Geekeric]

I guess he must love ABBA then. He did play some great guitar despite his bad taste in music.

[@squid667]

He does. He has said that he thinks Benny and Bjørn are some of the very best composers of our time. Supposedly Cozy Powell also liked Abba a lot. I also remember reading somewhere that Pete Townshend was completely obsessed with their song SOS when it came out. I must say that I agree with them.