Legendary laborious rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) joined one other legend, Russian punk rocker Andrey Knyazev and his band KNYAZZ (КНЯZZ) for a efficiency of their collaborative observe “Stalker” on November 23 at VK Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Multi-camera video of Joe‘s look could be seen under.
Turner and Knyazev met in 2021 and immediately discovered widespread floor, discovering in one another comparable private ideology and unified rock and roll spirit. They each developed a mutual need for a collaboration on a tune that might be an ideal match.
In August 2023, KNYAZZ launched their current album, from which Joe Lynn Turner really linked with the tune “Stalker”. On this specific tune, they had been in a position to mix their comparable worldviews, present issues, and struggles of humanity and agree on the truth that the destruction of the planet’s future is being eradicated by their very own hand. Joe Lynn Turner wrote verse and refrain in English, preserving the which means and message of the unique lyric written by Andrey.
This model of the tune “Stalker” exemplifies a world unity of not solely completely different generations of rock musicians but in addition voices in two completely different languages warning of the inevitable apocalypse by the fault of mankind.
Joe mentioned: “For my part, ‘Stalker’ is about hope… Every single day we wrestle between good and dangerous, the sunshine and the darkish…A non secular warfare between good and evil. ‘Stalker’ tries to point out that humanity is able to some very, very evil issues, but in addition the hope that as a warrior, you possibly can overcome that. The sunshine at all times overcomes the darkness. And we should seek for that mild inside ourselves. So, ‘Stalker’ is a message of hope, of inspiration, via the desperation of life. We should turn out to be that mild, for mild will at all times overcome darkness.”
The official music video for Joe Lynn Turner and Andrey Knyazev‘s model of “Stalker” could be seen under.
Turner broke with most worldwide artists who canceled their stay appearances in Russia in response to the worldwide condemnation in opposition to the Kremlin and its president, Vladimir Putin, over the warfare in Ukraine. As well as, main report labels suspended their operations in Russia, whereas streaming providers like Spotify pulled out of the market.
Greater than two years in the past, Joe dropped the hairpiece he had worn for the reason that age of 14 after being recognized with alopecia at three years previous.
The singer went public together with his new look in August 2022 in a collection publicity photographs launched to advertise his newest solo album, “Stomach Of The Beast”. In a press launch for the LP, Joe mentioned that he began sporting the wig to cope with “emotional and psychological harm from merciless bullying in class.”
Joe was the singer of RAINBOW between 1980 and 1984 and he sang on the album “Tough To Treatment”, which featured the band’s most profitable U.Okay. single, “I Give up”.
Throughout Turner‘s time with RAINBOW, the band had its first USA chart success and recorded songs that helped outline the melodic rock style.
1990 noticed Turner reunited with RAINBOW chief Ritchie Blackmore in a reformed DEEP PURPLE for the “Slaves And Masters” album.