Re: Bad Company
aeroplane, i agree with you. But it seems to be on Deep Purple's site , Ritchie Blackmore hardly mentioned (not to mention Coverdale, Hughes, Bolin and Turner). Apparently, the "great" have such a tradition - to delete all, what they have not been involved. I think this is very dishonorable to their side:mad Actually, my most favorite albums of Bad Company - are those on which sings Brian Howe. And his solo albums are a great melodic hard rock!
I wasn't aware that Deep Purple also did this, though I never would have expected it since Ian did that one album with Black Sabbath and should know better than to discredit temporary lineups since he was also in one with Sabbath. Then again, it is hard to say who writes or approves the content for their web site. From my experience extensively visiting web sites and emailing artists to get music or interviews, typically the bands hire a webmaster to do a lot of the content and for the most part stay out of his/her way.
Generally, it is one band member (usually the "face" of the band) who keeps an eye on the web site. Examples I know of personally are Frankie Banali with Quiet Riot, Dave Sabo of Skid Row, Blas Elias of Slaughter, Nikki Sixx with Motley Crue, Leo Lyons with Ten Years After, Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, Erik Turner with Warrant. Normally nobody else with the band outside of that one member has much to do with the band web site, though as with near everything in life there are exceptions to that.
I also prefer Brian Howe and even Robert Hart to Rodgers. I think Hart is the best singer of the three (I've heard him in bands outside of Bad Company to know that) and for me, the best Bad Company songs were recorded when Howe was in the band.
Maybe I'd feel differently about this if I were 10 years older, but fact is the first Bad Company music I ever heard was Howe's and I still like it better after going back and listening to their music with Rodgers. Reading your age on your profile, I assume it was the same for you?
