Joe Lynn Turner was born as Joseph Arthur Linquito 2 August 1951 in Hackensnack New Jersey, USA. He made his first records with Fandango in the early 70s. Deep Purples's Ritchie Blackmore asked him to join Rainbow in 1980 and he was in the band for 4 years. His solo debut came 1985 and was called "Rescue Me". In 1987 he joined Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force and made two records "Odessey" (1988) and "Trail by Fire - Live in Leningrad" (1989). In 1990 he joined Deep Purple and recorded "Slaves and Masters" (1990) with them. He released "Under Cover" and "Under Cover 2" during the 90s. It was just covers. Fall 2001 he released "Slam", his 4th solo album. In spring 2002 he released "HTP" (Hughes/Turner Project) together with Glenn Hughes. Show less «