Rainbow was active from 1974 to 1985.
=== Split (19972014) ===Many Rainbow songs have been performed live by former members of the band since the group's split in 1984 and then in 1997, particularly former frontmen Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Doogie White in recent years
 With Joe Lynn Turner, who replaced Bonnet in 1980, with Powell departing at the same time, Rainbow recorded three more albumsDifficult to Cure (1981), Straight Between the Eyes (1982) and Bent Out of Shape (1983)that had commercial success similar to the band's previous albums

