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Heavy Metal Britannia

Last weekend BBC Channel 4 have aired a documentary called Heavy Metal Britannia that covers the earlier history of development of the hard and heavy music on the island, from You Really Got Me to The Number Of The Beast. A number […]

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JLT to guest on That Metal Show

Joe Lynn Turner will join Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson on February 27 at 11pm (Eastern Time) for That Metal Show on a US cable channel VH1 Classic. Trunk says, “Joe was great to have as a guest. We […]

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Making of the Butterfly Ball

Very interesting interviews with Roger Glover, Ronnie Dio, Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick, and Alan Aldridge (author of the book). This was filmed circa 1999 (a poster of a 1999 DP gig in Hamburg can be seen at one point).

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Morse: “Music works across the borders”

On January 3rd Steve Morse spoke at length to the Long Live Rock show. The hour-long interview covers a lot of ground — touring all the weird places, the act of recording being a charitable event, his new SMB album, […]

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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and other things

The Rainbow Fanclan has a new interview with Graham Bonnet where he delves into some historical anecdotage:

- You recorded “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” before you were in Rainbow, so I assume it was your idea to do […]

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Gillan writing with Iommi

According to this Swedish interview, Big Ian was writting with Tony Iommi and a plan to start a “charity band” project is in the works:

Shouldn’t you do something with the guys in Black Sabbath?

- Weird that you should […]

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A story of the great band that wasn’t making any money

Mickey Moody gave an interview to RockPages.gr. Not surprisingly, good three quarters of it revolves around his days in Whitesnake:

Rockpages.gr: Did you feel a full member of Whitesnake or just a player in David Coverdale’s band?

Micky Moody: Full member, […]

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Nothing from the industry

British newspaper Express & Star has published an interview with Ian Gillan where he takes potshots at showbiz in his home country:

We’d play almost anywhere. But the climate in the UK is not friendly. Nothing wrong with the fans, […]

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Interview with Ioannis

Graphic artist Ioannis has more than 165 record covers under his proverbial belt, including some that you might know very well. He kindly agreed to answer our questions.

THS: Your work with Deep Purple included cover art for Abandon (1998) and Rapture of […]

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Steve Morse in Classic Rock magazine

Steve Morse recently spoke to the Classic Rock magazine. His short interview appeared online:

We are in the sort of position where we don’t have any pressure on us. We’re not a pop act, so nobody these days expects us […]

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