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Here is an interview with Ritchie Blackmore circa 1983, taken from an unidentified source. In this fascinating archival interview, legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore talks about his life and career, including his early beginnings, session work, forming and working with Deep Purple, the creation of his own band Rainbow, and his work with Ronnie James Dio. […]
Read more »Craig Goldy recalls his interactions with his guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore when Giuffria was opening for Deep Purple on the Perfect Strangers tour
Read more »This mini-documentary about the death of Randy Rhoads has an amusing Blackmore hearsay appearance, with his alleged premonition of the tragedy.
Read more »Here’s another one of them YouTube vocal coaches, who have never heard Child in Time. She starts with a promise to dissect and analyze the vocal performance and explain how to safely replicate it at home. Predictably, it ends up with the fairy lady blowing her mind up against the wall. It’s fun to observe […]
Read more »Meanwhile, Classic Rock reviews another family box set — Rainbow’s The Temple Of The King 1975-76: The tour rehearsal material, for all its historical value, is ruined by too much bass and distortion. But across six live discs – with just a little overlap with the band’s 1977 album On Stage – there is much […]
Read more »Get Ready to Rock reviews the upcoming Ian Gillan Band box set Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story, now due out apparently at the end of March. Another wonderful package, two fold out card cases with a 7” booklet that is well annotated. Bonus artwork includes both UK and Japanese editions of […]
Read more »Another batch of historic Deep Purple bootlegs have been digitally released through official channels. This one includes two Mark 3 performances from Copenhagen (March 20) and Gothenburg (March 21), and three from Mark 4: Auckland (November 13), Melbourne (November 25), and Nagoya (December 8). That’s 77 tracks in total. They are available on streaming platforms […]
Read more »Card carrying Paicey aficionado Chad Smith offers his take on Burn
Read more »Check out Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Dave LaRue, and Mike Portnoy jamming on a cover of Focus classic Hocus Pocus. This was recorded during the last John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe event, that took place in Las Vegas on August 7-10, 2025.
Read more »Purpendicular holds a special place in our hearts, as its release and events leading to it coincided with the formation of the online community that had founded this website and still runs it to this day. It is also one of the seminal albums in the history of the band — alongside with In Rock, […]
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