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[Updated Sep 25 with link to the recording] On August 26, 2025, Roger Glover has appeared on the satellite radio SiriusXM show Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk. Blabbermouth has some quotes of what he said.
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You don’t wear that stupid shirt
Ian Paice was an inaugural guest on the Metal Sticks podcast, hosted by the recently retired from Iron Maiden Nicko McBrain and Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni. The Made in Japan remix is mentioned as soon-to-be-released, so this must have been recorded some time in early August. Dig into the drummer talk!
Read more »One thing led to another
Nic Simper has published the next chapter of his memoir, dealing with the immediate aftermath of his dismissal from Deep Purple and consequent stint with Marsha Hunt. I had a visit from the Deep Purple road crew, Ian Hansford and Mick Angus, who had come to collect the Jaguar. It was good to see them […]
Read more »A drink or four
Music Radar has an article about Coverdale joining Deep Purple, with input from the man himself. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but also a daunting challenge – not least because of the fearsome reputation of Purple’s moody guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore. “I think I was the only singer they auditioned,” Coverdale recalled in an interview […]
Read more »Trouble with Rock Legends
The packaged Rock Legends Tour, featuring Joe Lynn Turner, among others, was supposed to take place in Germany and Austria throughout this October. The tour website now informs that for one reason or another it is not taking place. Some dates have been rebooked for late 2026 (some of those into smaller venues), others cancelled […]
Read more »Stone cold
Blabbermouth reports that Joe Lynn Turner will be a member of the jury for the Russian song contest Intervision that will take place in Moscow on September 20, 2025. Intervision 2025 is a Russian state-sponsored music competition, decreed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in February as an alternative to the popular Eurovision Song Contest, which […]
Read more »Less is more
Music Radar has a short interview with Glenn Hughes, focusing mainly on his bass gear. How has your bass rig evolved since your days with Trapeze in the early ’70s? Well, Trapeze was all Hiwatt amps. And I wasn’t using pedals back then. I started using pedals in Deep Purple. But for me, it was […]
Read more »The first take is always the one
John McCoy has appeared on the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, talking about the Gillan band. It was an in-depth conversation, at 1 hour and 16 minutes, so we haven’t listened all the way through it yet. But we’re being assured that here John does not sound as bitter as in his other recent interviews.
Read more »Jesus that speaks with tortoises
A couple of long term Gillan’s talks. You’ll need an hour and a half to go through them, so plan accordingly. On September 11, 2025, Ian Gillan was a guest in a Zoom meeting organized by The Third Age Trust. Here he talks about all thing in his life, from the early childhood to celebrating […]
Read more »Fixing it
In other Steve Morse news, he was recently featured in the American Musical Supply series Punch In with the Pros. Steve Morse, legendary guitar virtuoso, came through our studio and played a little game that we like to call “Punch In with the Pros”! We had Steve listen to the track “Fix You” by Coldplay, […]
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