In Popular Culture
Blackmore was ranked number 16 on Guitar World's "100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time" in 2004, and number 55 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2012.
He is portrayed by Mathew Baynton in the 2009 film Telstar.
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