Couple of recent interviews with Glenn Hughes promoting his upcoming album Chosen. The first one is with the Brutally Delicious Podcast, complete with a rather long-winded introduction from one of the hosts: The second interview is with Dr. Music. Here Glenn reveals, among other things, that the recent Black Country Communion shows in Europe were […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-24
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In this interview with Classic Album Review Roger tells the war stories on soon to be reissued Made in Japan, bootlegs, drum solos, writing Black Night, alleged rivalry with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Vincent Price, and many other things. Some of those stories you may heave heard before, others not necessarily. Enjoy!
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-24
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[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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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-23
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A new book about the 1980 bogus Purple debacle is available from a print-on-demand house Lulu Press. It is also said to be going out to regular retailer channels at the end of September. In 1980, greed was good and you could get away with stealing just about anything, even a band name. At the […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-16
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[Updated Jul 28 w/part 7] 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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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-15
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Louder Sound teases us with a Glenn Hughes interview slated to appear in an upcoming issue of the Classic Rock magazine. Hughes’ latest solo album, Chosen, is set for release on September 5. It’s the first record to bear his name since 2016’s Resonate, but he tells Classic Rock that it may be the last. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-13
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A vintage interview Ritchie Blackmore gave to Melbourne radio in November 1976.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-11
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A second single Voice In My Head from the upcoming Glenn Hughes’ solo album Chosen has been released.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-11
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A music video for the Highway Star from Tokyo, August 17, 1972, has been released in anticipation of the Made in Japan remix due out in August.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-09
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Here’s a “preview” of the second part of John McCoy’s interview with Rock Daydream Nation. Mind you, the complete first part, of which we also featured just a preview, clocked at an hour and 14 minutes. Here John continues lamenting the many wrongs that happened during the run of the Gillan band.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-07-08
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