This is all highly theoretical now, but nevertheless… Now that the new album has been out for a month, everybody had a chance to listen to it and make up their minds, but impressions are still fresh. What tracks from Whoosh would you like to hear live when the band resumes touring? You can choose […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2020-09-08
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Us fans, have a most peculiar favourite pastime — telling the band what to do, what not to do, which songs to play, and which not. In particular, every Tom, Jane and Joe know best what the ideal setlist should be, y’know, the one that “surely pleases everybody”. Despite the fact that the band repeatedly […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2017-04-19
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Loudwire is conducting a poll for the Most Anticipated Release of April 2017. Deep Purple’s inFinite is in the running and is currently trailing in the second place behind Richie Kotzen. You know what to do.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2017-03-21
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The Classic Rock magazine is devoting its weekly Thursday Death Match feature to pitting Deep Purple against, well, Deep Purple. That is Mark 2 against Mark 3. And while there’s nothing new, it’s an entertaining read and you get to vote at the end after surrendering another bit of your privacy. Geoff Barton puts forward […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-06-05
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BBC Radio is conducting an online poll of greatest guitar riffs. Smoke on the Water and Long Live Rock’n’Roll are in the running. The latter is quite a bit of a strange choice, but that’s a matter of taste. Putting aside for the moment the meaningfulness of all such polls, online or offline, this one […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2014-07-17
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Jon Lord has won the Greatest Keyboard Player poll held by Real XS radio in Manchester, UK. The final top 10 is as follows: Jon Lord Rick Wakeman Rick Wright Keith Emerson Ray Manzarek Matt Bellamy Jordan Rudess Tony Banks Dave Greenfield John Paul Jones Thanks to Alan Heron for the info.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2014-06-24
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Vincent Price took 3rd place in Classic Rock’s Song Of the Year 2013 poll. The top 10 is: Dream Theater – The Enemy Inside Stone Sour – The Uncanny Valley Deep Purple – Vincent Price Black Star Riders – Bound For Glory The Temperance Movement – Only Friend Fish – The High Wood Beth Hart […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2014-01-01
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Classic Rock is running a poll for best songs of 2013, and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote for it.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2013-12-10
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NME is running a readers’ poll of the greatest live albums of all time, which we announced back in April. Mission accomplished: Made in Japan is leading the poll, and by a good margin. Here’s top 10 as of September 21: Deep Purple — Made In Japan — 9.95 Pink Floyd — Pulse — 7.48 […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2013-09-21
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Classic Rock Magazine has an online poll for the Track of the Week and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote here.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-05-20
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