Louder Sound lists Roger’s seven favourite Deep Purple tracks Hard Lovinâ Man (Deep Purple In Rock, 1970) âUnlike concert halls, studios are very dead spaces. But the live sound we got on stage changed the band; it made us animated and aggressive. We started making violent music. With Hard Lovinâ Man there was no toning […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-13
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A new book about Rainbow has been published in Spanish. Titled Bajo el Arco Iris (Under the Rainbow), it covers all Rainbow lineups, discography, 20 pages of photos, list of live performances, as well as the early years of Ritchie Blackmore, his tenure in Deep Purple, summary of Blackmore’s Night, and reviews various guitars he […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-06
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A rare interview with Mickey Lee Soule. This was done in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and covers most of Mickey’s career — from starting to learn the piano at the age of 6, to his current at the time projects, and everything in between. The first album with Elf was produced by […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-04
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According to the German online retailer JPC, the next Deep Purple single from =1 will arrive on June 28, and it will be in physical form. The track to be released is Pictures of You, and the formats will include CD and vinyl.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-04
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[Updated] A short, but quite substantial interview with Glenn Hughes. Now with the review of the gig in Brno on April 28.
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Posted in News, Tour Reviews by Nick on 2024-05-03
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Guitar.com has a very short interview with Steve Morse, where he weights in on the digital vs analogue amp debate: With any digital amp, Iâm not able to get the interaction between reducing the level of the guitar in the input and having the tone change from distorted to slightly distorted to smoother and to […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-03
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Black Country Communion have released an official video for the single Enlighten from their upcoming new album V. We’ve been able to witness an unofficial one back in March, when the song was premiered live.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-03
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Metaltalk has a brief and, frankly, rather superficial review of the Singapore gig. Of interest, might be the setlist, which can give an idea of what to expect throughout the summer. At least, until July 19th.
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Posted in News, Tour Reviews by Nick on 2024-05-02
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Early rock’n’roll guitar pioneer Duane Eddy has passed away: Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as âRebel Rouserâ and âPeter Gunnâ helped put the twang in early rock ânâ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86. Eddy died of […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-05-02
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The first single from =1 is upon us.
[Updated] with video.
[Update #2] live performance.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-04-29
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