Former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner was interviewed at a press conference in Russian-annexed Crimea, where he was performing. At the conference, the singer praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and said he has “no love anymore for the United States.” Read select quotes from the conference below as transcribed by Blabbermouth.net.
Turner said he that he might settle down in another country ruled by an authoritarian leader — Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. He said he was considering moving to Belarus “if Lukashenka lets me in.”
“I just might apply for citizenship, because I have no — truth be told — I have no love anymore for the United States, really,” Joe said. “I don’t like the administrations, I don’t like what’s going on, I don’t like the lies to the people… I don’t like anything. It’s not the country… my father’s country. When there was opportunity, when there was truth — some truth anyway — I think…”
He continued, “You might see this. This is a pin of Putin. [points to his pin] Why? Why? I don’t wear this to placate you. The word [placate] means to impress you. I don’t. I wear it, because I believe it.
I’ve listened to every leader in the world. The only one who’s telling the truth is Putin. So I think there’s a very good question for me personally, because, as I have said already, there’s a house being built in Belarus and perhaps an apartment in Moscow. I’m thinking about it. I have some very, very important friends there who I love very much, and I think I have found a new life and a new home. And that is ‘pravda’ [Russian word for ‘truth’]; that is the truth.”
Turner is married to Maya Kozyreva, a lawyer from Minsk, the capital of Belarus. “She is my greatest asset in life. She’s my angel,” he told Guitar World in 2012.
A video from the press conference appears below.
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This guy was in the worst version of both Rainbow and Deep Purple. Both bands were basically over when he joined. He added absolutely nothing. As far as him not living in the United States anymore, who cares. Hey Joe, you are wearing a granny wig.
Good luck doing shows in the Crimea, Bulgaria and the rest of the former Eastern Bloc. Nobody cares.
I would rather eat Spam laden puke than hear Street of Dreams again.
If you are needing a good laugh on a Monday. Take a look at this discography.
Solo
Rescue You (1985)
Nothing’s Changed (1995)
Under Cover (1997, cover album)
Hurry Up and Wait (1998)
Under Cover 2 (1999, cover album)
Holy Man (2000)
Slam (2001)
JLT (2003)
The Usual Suspects (2005)
Second Hand Life (2007)
EPs
Waiting for a Girl Like You (1999)
Challenge Them All (2001)
The One (2004)
Live albums
Live in Germany (2008)
With Fandango[edit]
Fandango (1977)
Last Kiss (1978)
One Night Stand (1979)
Cadillac (1980)
The Best of Fandango (1999, Japan only)
With Rainbow
Difficult to Cure (1981)
Straight Between the Eyes (1982)
Bent Out of Shape (1983)
Finyl Vinyl (1986)
With Yngwie Malmsteen
Odyssey (1988)
Trial by Fire (1989)
Inspiration (1996)
With Deep Purple
Slaves and Masters (1990)
With Mother’s Army
Mother’s Army (1993)
Planet Earth (1997)
Fire on the Moon (1998)
With Brazen Abbot
Eye of the Storm (1996)
Bad Religion (1997)
Guilty as Sin (2003)
A Decade of Brazen Abbot (2004, live album)
My Resurrection (2005)
Live at Berkrock (2008, DVD)
With Hughes Turner Project
HTP (2002)
Live in Tokyo (2002)
HTP 2 (2003)
With Sunstorm
Sunstorm (2006)
House of Dreams (2009)
Emotional Fire (2012)
With The Jan Holberg Project
Sense of Time (2011)
At Your Service (2013)
With Rated X
Rated X (2014)
Now for a real big laugh, a list of Harry Taint’s Discography
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Looking at the two side by side, I think I would have to say mine is better.
One of the great things about this country is that you can leave if you want to, unlike many of the dictatorships around the world. So, Joe, if you are not happy, then leave. But be careful of what you wish for. Your buddy Putin made a name for himself being an assassin in the KGB.
STUP IR KAKER PUNUM you LEE HARVEY OSWALD wanabee clown.
And take your silly wig with you.