Slipped Disc reports that Moray McMillin, Deep Purple’s front-of-the-house sound engineer between 1995 and 2004, has passed away. He died of lung cancer.

I had the privilege of meeting Moray on his last tour with Purple in 2004. A lovely man […]

Classic Rock Revisited has a tribute for Gary Moore with quotes from many rock musicians.

Steve Morse:

On the last date of our tour a couple of months ago, Gary was playing on Roger’s MP3 player backstage through an amplified speaker. […]

As you have probably heard by now, Gary Moore has passed away this Sunday, February 6, in his hotel room in Spain. His death was ruled out to be of natural causes, heart attack being the prime suspect. He was […]

Funeral for the late Tony Edwards was held in London on November 18th with Jon Lord and other luminaries in attendance. DPAS has a full report.

The reaction across Purple family has been overwhelmingly appreciative of Tony’s role in the […]

DPAS reports that Tony Edwards, the former manager of Deep Purple, has died on November 11 at a London hospital at the age of 78.

Ritchie Blackmore has this to say in Tony’s memory:

WITHOUT TONY EDWARDS THERE WOULD BE NO DEEP […]

Roger Glover:

A huge part of my life just disappeared. Words are not enough, emotions are too much.

My sincere condolences to Ronnie’s family and friends.

Ian Gillan:

My Dear Friend Ronnie,

Departed but not gone. Resting peacefully (for a while) […]

Wendy Dio, wife/manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio , has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:

Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45 a.m. [on Sunday] 16th May. Many, many friends and family were […]

Fame Games‘ Radio Show dedicated to the memory of John Coletta was aired in two parts back on July 19 and 26th, 2006. The show obviously covered a good chunk of Purple history with Derek Lawrence, among many other people, on […]

Music Week reports that EMI is seriously considering closing down it’s Olympic Studios in London and to that effect entered into a “consultation process” with the staff of 11. It is understood that the studio is not profitable. This means that EMI […]

Klaus “Pyro” Porzia passed away. He was a great photographer and a dedicated Purple fan. One of us, people who love this band. I have met Pyro on several occasions while following Purple tours in Europe. He was always there, […]