(2/4) Bonnet addresses THAT FAMOUS Blackmore HAIRCUT STORY!!

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  • In this short and exclusive video, rock legend Graham Bonnet addresses the infamous story that has been circulating for years about his departure from Rainbow - for cutting his hair! Get ready to hear the truth straight from the source as Bonnet puts his side of the story across.
    Join us as Graham Bonnet dispels the myths and sets the record straight regarding Ritchie Blackmore's claim of firing him from Rainbow for getting his hair cut short behind his back. In this candid and revealing interview, Bonnet shares his perspective, shedding light on the real events that transpired during that critical time.
    It's a rare opportunity to hear Graham Bonnet's side of the story, giving you a fresh perspective on the famous haircut incident that has captivated fans for decades. Don't miss out on this exclusive revelation straight from the rock legend himself.
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  • @markneal3445
    @markneal3445 Рік тому +40

    What a legend! He is one of the best vocalist of all time.Seems like a great guy

  • @user-hp6ls8qy6d
    @user-hp6ls8qy6d Рік тому +53

    Graham Bonnet isn't as famous as he should be. Great voice.

    • @groundhog5923
      @groundhog5923 Рік тому +5

      Definitely agree with this. In retrospect, unfortunately he is cast as a bit of a journeyman - but what a journey! Not many were able to make the transition from old school heavy metal to the 'noodle fingered hair metal' 80s. Graham did it all with some of the best and arguably got better with age.

    • @vintagevinylvets1187
      @vintagevinylvets1187 5 місяців тому

      Bless you! Graham is very underrated!🎧

    • @flipwright1138
      @flipwright1138 2 місяці тому

      Not as famous because of the haircut.

  • @groundhog5923
    @groundhog5923 Рік тому +18

    Wherever Graham went, he delivered amazing vocals. As a 'tweener' of his music, his work with Alcatrazz is what connects with me most. He was so good with Yngwie. There was a confidence expressed in the vocals that meshed so well with the phenomenal guitar work.

  • @bobthebear1246
    @bobthebear1246 Рік тому +12

    Possibly the most underrated Rock singer ever.

  • @banditalley9592
    @banditalley9592 Рік тому +11

    I've been a huge Blackmore fan for about 40 years now, and out of all the interviews I have read and seen, he does have the ability to make up about 80% of it. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!

  • @rosskstar
    @rosskstar Рік тому +14

    "I can't be on the same stage as that haircut"... should have been in Spinal Tap

  • @sixslinger9951
    @sixslinger9951 Рік тому +18

    I saw Graham with Yngwie back in the 80s. Always loved his voice. Good to see he is in good health and spirits.

  • @petecarter2618
    @petecarter2618 Рік тому +12

    Dont forget he was in the Marbles in the late 60s 'Only one woman' etc. Such a great voice. Loved his single 'Night Games'

    • @ackerjawaka4742
      @ackerjawaka4742 Рік тому

      The only rainbow album i really love is down to earth, the only one bonnet is singing on, he sung on a msg track called dancer when Gary Barden left that was really good but Barden rejoined the band and replaced grahams vocals, what a dude 🍀♠️

  • @boblozaintherealworld3577
    @boblozaintherealworld3577 Рік тому +15

    First time I remember seeing Bonnet was on some TV video. He had short hair and wore a suit and his voice was STRONG!

  • @danalopresto3139
    @danalopresto3139 Рік тому +16

    Such an awesome talent with a style all his own. Rainbow was such an anomaly, their first three singers (Dio, Graham & Joe Lynn Turner) are/were so iconic, not many bands could match that talent.

  • @boddodd
    @boddodd Рік тому +5

    Grahami is so likable and such an amazing talent,

  • @smithpm81
    @smithpm81 Рік тому +9

    one of the best vocalists ever

  • @polo7155
    @polo7155 Рік тому +9

    And now what:s the story behind Ritchie's wig?

  • @yanikem6655
    @yanikem6655 Рік тому +6

    Fantastic interview, what a great guy!! I was just waiting for that black bass to fall off the wall!!

  • @SketchesofChina
    @SketchesofChina Рік тому +7

    Eyes of the World was always one of my favorite Rainbow songs.

    • @michaeldean7220
      @michaeldean7220 7 місяців тому +1

      The best track on Down to Earth for those that were not so keen on the more commercial tracks

  • @jornfox3545
    @jornfox3545 5 місяців тому +3

    I think Ritchie just had a bee in his Bonnet.

  • @juanmanuellopez7485
    @juanmanuellopez7485 Рік тому +5

    I love that man, from the very first time I heard him singing, long long time ago

  • @kamaboko1
    @kamaboko1 Рік тому +6

    If I saw him walking down the street today I wouldn't recognize him.

  • @saldada6928
    @saldada6928 Рік тому +4

    GB was a great singer for thee Rainbow of the '80's

  • @rticle15
    @rticle15 Рік тому +3

    It was fantastic to hear Graham featured prominently on the Guardians of the Galaxy 3 soundtrack. Great voice, great tune.

  • @JohnSmith-oe4ci
    @JohnSmith-oe4ci Рік тому +12

    just aswell Rob Halford didn't join Rainbow

    • @wtglb
      @wtglb Рік тому +1

      Blackmore asked Andi Deris to join Rainbow and when he asked Ritchie if the current singer (I think it was Doogie White) knew he was to be replaced and he said “no”, Deris turned him down, he didn’t want to be a part of that & thankfully he did, he’s been the frontman for Helloween since ‘94. Love his integrity 👍🏻. Helloween did a cool tune with Candice Night (Blackmore’s wife) called “Light the Universe”

  • @cyclesgoff9768
    @cyclesgoff9768 Рік тому +4

    Blackmore got it totally wrong. Bonnet was one of the coolest guys in rock in the early 80s.
    Edit. Especially the red trousers.

  • @namejebus1227
    @namejebus1227 Рік тому +4

    This guy on stage in the all night long video is a rock GOD

  • @giaimant8619
    @giaimant8619 9 місяців тому +1

    Mr. Bonnett was able to work with great musicians but in terms of personal success he deserved much more...
    Legend!

  • @threeleggedman
    @threeleggedman 11 місяців тому +1

    I'll be honest - I had a problem with his short hair back in the early 80's. Rob Halford, too. It was a perception back then that you weren't rock'n'roll without long hair. Still loved the music, I just used to think - grow your hair out! Now that I'm bald,, I don't miss the long hair at all. Especially in the summer. If I had it, I'd keep it short.

  • @micchaelfearn5163
    @micchaelfearn5163 Рік тому +2

    Graham's voice was awesome, take some beating! !!

  • @montbob100
    @montbob100 10 місяців тому +3

    i laughed harder on this one than ritchies story.

  • @EmbraceBoredom-pr7rt
    @EmbraceBoredom-pr7rt Рік тому +14

    You should have just asked for one of Richie's wigs if you're hair wasn't long enough 😆😆😆😆😆

    • @VRPRocks
      @VRPRocks  Рік тому +2

      😯🤣

    • @tontoepstein6860
      @tontoepstein6860 10 місяців тому +1

      For real. For the last 45 years, Blackmore has only needed a hair cut. Not haircut. Hair cut. Singular. One hair. The rest were carpet strands.

  • @paulbuxton1326
    @paulbuxton1326 Рік тому +2

    Him & Ronnie we’re both Awsome 🎼👌

  • @Stonefreaky
    @Stonefreaky Рік тому +5

    Legend.

  • @MrGrand2000
    @MrGrand2000 Рік тому +6

    Long hair and image was sometimes more important than talent back in the day…

  • @dgs931
    @dgs931 Рік тому +8

    Assault Attack is Graham's finest work imho...ooh ..first!

    • @MarkTurner-vs7uc
      @MarkTurner-vs7uc Рік тому +2

      I agree

    • @highwaystar3780
      @highwaystar3780 Рік тому +2

      1. DOWN TO EARTH
      2. ASSUALT ATTACK
      3. NO PAROLE
      4. DISTURBING THE PEACE

    • @dgs931
      @dgs931 Рік тому

      @@highwaystar3780 i'd flip 1 and 2 but 100% agree mate

  • @clubderunzensiertendichter
    @clubderunzensiertendichter Рік тому +1

    THANK YOU !
    In solidarity with the fighters for peace, love, freedom, justice and truth, we express our feelings with music on our channel.
    Greetings from Germany, CLUB OF THE UNCENSORED POETS

  • @adamsmashups4839
    @adamsmashups4839 Рік тому +3

    I thought this was going to be about Blackmore's wig.

  • @phildavies6020
    @phildavies6020 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome voiced performer... Marbles and Rainbow.

  • @azapro911
    @azapro911 9 місяців тому +2

    All those years in the States, he's not lost any of that Skeggy accent.

  • @DonaldKDever
    @DonaldKDever 10 місяців тому

    I went in there dressing room at the Lakeland Civic Center 1982.
    I was a nightclub singing drummer, working T-Shirt security, it was Ghost in the Machine album. I kept guard at the front of house sound man. After the show i went back stage and walked right in there dressing room. It was me and those three, i babbled something, shook hands with Stewart, turned around and walked out.
    I have his used drums sticks, there were at least a hundred broken sticks all around the drums!
    I was 29

  • @thetruthhurts6652
    @thetruthhurts6652 Рік тому +9

    To bad they only did one album. It was a great album. Even Blackmore said if that line up stayed together it would have been the best band in the world.

    • @michaelcottle6270
      @michaelcottle6270 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, that was my first Rainbow album. Graham was absolutely phenomenal from start to finish. Lost in Hollywood, Eyes of the World, Loves no Friend + the two hit singles - really solid record.

    • @thetruthhurts6652
      @thetruthhurts6652 Рік тому +3

      @@michaelcottle6270 not a bad song. Eyes of the world is a masterpiece

  • @zenn3339
    @zenn3339 11 місяців тому

    One of my favorite singers.

  • @spleefthedude7747
    @spleefthedude7747 Рік тому +1

    I saw Graham a few years ago with Michael Schenker and he looked totally different.

  • @garyunsworth726
    @garyunsworth726 Рік тому +3

    It was in Newcastle this happened

    • @claymor8241
      @claymor8241 Рік тому

      That’s right a guy I knew (a quite well known NE drummer) was working in City Hall at the time backstage and heard RB talking about it.

  • @brianfergus839
    @brianfergus839 7 місяців тому

    What a surprise that Ritchie turned it into a bigger drama 🙄

  • @walterevans2118
    @walterevans2118 Рік тому +3

    Ritchie's practical jokes were the stuff of legend. From putting amplifiers under floorboards to wake people at night with Ghost sounds,,to Throwing Javelins through peoples doors,,,,,One that made me laugh was one DON AIREY spoke about ...You might go home & find all your FURNITURE from your HOUSE had been removed 😳😆😂

    • @aalexjohna
      @aalexjohna Рік тому +1

      It's a shame he's still alive.

    • @rosskstar
      @rosskstar Рік тому

      with friends like that,...

    • @walterevans2118
      @walterevans2118 Рік тому

      @@rosskstar ...'who needs enemies' ....I don't think that other guy was making any pretenses to be his friend judging by what he said..

  • @iainholmes2735
    @iainholmes2735 11 місяців тому

    I wish Yngwie would sit down with JLT and Graham, write some great songs with Desmond Child, and make the ultimate album with both vocalists.

  • @RodCornholio
    @RodCornholio 3 місяці тому

    Proper naughty geezah! Exactly the type of old dude I want to grow into. Terrence Stamp too. They still got it.

  • @treeduck3705
    @treeduck3705 Рік тому +4

    Hilarious stuff! 😂

  • @keithjennings5221
    @keithjennings5221 6 місяців тому

    One of the nicè guys in rock

  • @zog97xy
    @zog97xy Рік тому +5

    Blackmores "hair" is a wig!

  • @divineintelligencevideos56
    @divineintelligencevideos56 11 місяців тому

    Coming from an interview with Ritchie Blackmore Ritchie told the interviewer that while Graham Bonnet was on Stage singing after getting a Fresh Haircut that he was Pissed about it!!! Ritchie had Anger issues, and that Night he said he wanted to Smash His Guitar into the Back of Graham Bonnet's Head!!! True Story! Watch the interview! The reason he was Pissed was because, Ritchie wanted a Long Hair Rock Star image of his Band Mates!, and Graham Bonnet Messed that up at the time with a Short Haircut! L.o.l. Damn 😆😅🤣

    • @VRPRocks
      @VRPRocks  11 місяців тому

      Yeah, it's a very famous interview with Ritchie, which is why I wanted to get Graham's side of the story 👍👍 thanks for watching!

  • @brianfergus839
    @brianfergus839 7 місяців тому

    Hair > Talent

  • @walterevans2118
    @walterevans2118 Рік тому

    7 Floors up ?....You'd have needed a Grappling hook....lol

  • @SoulStylistJukeBox
    @SoulStylistJukeBox Рік тому +4

    Forget to put his teeth in for the interview. Happens to me too.

  • @greglavine4035
    @greglavine4035 5 місяців тому

    Boils down to control...

  • @zeroman614
    @zeroman614 11 місяців тому

    Never go full New-Wave.

  • @tonynew3047
    @tonynew3047 Рік тому +4

    I wish he would move that chair.

    • @brookt3497
      @brookt3497 Рік тому +2

      He's certainly moving those basses... 🙂

  • @nookiebroon4424
    @nookiebroon4424 11 місяців тому

    In every single story involving Richie Blackmore, there is Richie's side, & there is the truth.

  • @UncleBill732
    @UncleBill732 10 місяців тому

    The swinging bass above your head makes me nervous.

  • @dougmorisoli6482
    @dougmorisoli6482 11 місяців тому +1

    And then there’s Blackmore’s version of the haircut. Said he wanted to hit him with his guitar. Blackmore indeed took it personally. Richie says “we” wanted him to have long hair. I believe Bonnett. Blackmore lives at the center of his own universe. Not uncommon with those of great talent.
    ua-cam.com/video/Shw1b1UoqFw/v-deo.html

  • @45ounce
    @45ounce 11 місяців тому

    Keep waiting for that bass to come off the stand and hit him on the head 😮

  • @lucasvonbraun
    @lucasvonbraun 2 місяці тому

    The irony is that Graham still has his hair, and Ritchie doesn't ... Ritchie's wigs are worse than Graham's short hair

  • @nick1065
    @nick1065 Рік тому +2

    It’s Graham Fellows not Graham Bonnet.

    • @Scott-xw5kl
      @Scott-xw5kl Рік тому +1

      Joan Chitty just out of shot

    • @robbiekop7
      @robbiekop7 Рік тому +2

      Two Tubs of Margarine On The Go

    • @Scott-xw5kl
      @Scott-xw5kl Рік тому +2

      Would love to hear Bonnet belting out I can't go back to savoury now

  • @stephenomara9343
    @stephenomara9343 10 місяців тому +2

    Richie is a brilliant guitarist but think he’s a bit of a bully

  • @alfching2499
    @alfching2499 Рік тому +2

    Is this the Only One Woman singer???

  • @paulthomasbranda7591
    @paulthomasbranda7591 Рік тому

    Looks like a Manhattan apartment.

  • @MichaelSorensen-bl3ec
    @MichaelSorensen-bl3ec 11 місяців тому

    Ritchie never allowed the truth to get in the way of a good story..........

  • @DONTEVENSOUNDSAME3
    @DONTEVENSOUNDSAME3 Рік тому

    John Shuttleworth

  • @user-fl3ey6pe6k
    @user-fl3ey6pe6k Рік тому

    i wish the sound was better, my be my computer

    • @VRPRocks
      @VRPRocks  Рік тому

      Sadly it's hard to balance the sound on video with interviews that aren't in studio, as you can see he was just in a busy part of his home. You can though, hear the full interview on the Vintage Rock Pod podcast where the sound has been enhanced: open.spotify.com/episode/0MGnwuCKtrvbwVW8YV2hJ0?si=g-mxEYvWSHCudsNZd8LqOA

  • @TheSteveSteele
    @TheSteveSteele Рік тому

    Snails, not devil horns. 😂

  • @lstarrtna4288
    @lstarrtna4288 Рік тому

    Funny story Ritchie should not Have lost Tony Carey, where it fell apart.

    • @VRPRocks
      @VRPRocks  Рік тому

      If you haven't already, you can see my interview with Tony Carey talking about his time in Rainbow and why he left ua-cam.com/video/3ymwKAaIAl4/v-deo.html

  • @davidweatherstone956
    @davidweatherstone956 Рік тому

    Aha , Graham Bonnet’s Barnet for fecks sake !

  • @FLStelth
    @FLStelth Рік тому

    MOVE YOUR CHAIR! Is anyone else distracted by that swinging black guitar?

  • @boogyjuggy
    @boogyjuggy 11 місяців тому

    hair, lolllllllllllllllllllll....just sing, have fun....F Ritchie...

  • @smithpm81
    @smithpm81 Рік тому +2

    the hair cut made no difference to the songs or legacy

  • @hannunurminen4407
    @hannunurminen4407 2 місяці тому

    Ritchie Blackmore is wearing a wig these days 😎

  • @MarkTurner-vs7uc
    @MarkTurner-vs7uc Рік тому

    Yngwie says Graham unplugged his guitar and yngwie punched and knocked him down.

    • @tonynew3047
      @tonynew3047 Рік тому +2

      Graham also said Yngwie was a great guitar player but a bit of a c**t ( said it at one of his concerts ).

    • @michaelcottle6270
      @michaelcottle6270 Рік тому +1

      Judge for yourself: ua-cam.com/video/7N29MzwwcxE/v-deo.html Looks more like Yngwe tried to rub his guitar against a monitor & lost connection...

    • @michaelcottle6270
      @michaelcottle6270 Рік тому

      @@tonynew3047 and as Bronn so eloquently put it in Game of thrones...
      ua-cam.com/video/NjPsQNGlNQg/v-deo.html

    • @claymor8241
      @claymor8241 Рік тому +1

      Well Yngwie is a big fella I can see him being capable of knocking someone on their heels. Maybe Graham should have joined Prince’s band.

  • @stormbringercoming8105
    @stormbringercoming8105 Місяць тому

    Blackmore is such a malcontent. Always looking for a new direction, new talent, then repeatedly sabotaging it before he gets what he’s looking for.

  • @trikkke11
    @trikkke11 Рік тому

    Blackmore himself never had a talent for cool haircuts. He's down there together with Gene Simmons. They must have the same hairdresser.

  • @airdog1829
    @airdog1829 6 місяців тому

    Blackmore's hair was a wig. He was only jealous.

  • @charlesjaphe
    @charlesjaphe 11 місяців тому

    haha

  • @wesworach7441
    @wesworach7441 11 місяців тому

    We all know what Ritchie is capable of ! ...

  • @Vincent-fo7xp
    @Vincent-fo7xp Рік тому +2

    Richie is such a child