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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

This is a (part of the) recording of Glenn Hughes’ spoken word appearance at Café de Paris in London on February 25, 2017. Here, Glenn talks to the legendary British DJ Nicky Horne about joining Deep Purple and his days in the band.

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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 […]

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Too much band, not enough Smith

Here are a couple of clips with Jon Lord and Ian Paice respectively reviewing in 1970 the contemporary(ish) music. The source of these is the Melody Maker section called Blind Date, where popular musicians were asked to review the singles and records, most of which they never heard before.

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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 […]

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A stop gap that changed history

[Updated Aug 25 w/part 13] In anticipation of the upcoming reissue, powers-that-be are teaspoon feeding us what Roger Glover and Ian Paice have to say about Made in Japan. This post will be updated if and when further chunks are released, which will bump it in the News in brief column on the left.

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The public decide those things

The Guardian has a piece on the casino burning down and associated shenanigans as a part of their How we made series. With input from Roger Glover and Ian Paice. RG: There’s a great photograph of singer Ian Gillan with his notebook open and the first two verses written. I’m sat opposite him listening to […]

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Poster is included, magnifying glass is not

Paicey is unboxing the newly remixed Made in Japan, which is due out next week

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Crazy train has left the station

[Updated Jul 24 with Blackmore reaction] As you have probably heard, Ozzy Osbourne has died on July 22, 2025, just a couple of weeks after his farewell show, and a week after his last public appearance.

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In a different league

Members of Metallica Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo confess their love and admiration for Deep Purple

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Heating has improved since then

Back in 2016, when Deep Purple were performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Simon Robinson arranged a visit of Roger Glover and Don Airey to the building that used to be The Grand Hotel in 1971. Here is Roger talking about the events that unfolded 45 years prior right where it happened.

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