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Yiannis Dolas of RockPages.gr did a lengthy interview with Ian Gillan regarding the WhoCares project:
Rockpages.gr: You performed in front of the crowd in Armenia, both just after the earthquake in 1990, as well as now, 20 years later. What was the reaction you got, now, and twenty years ago?
Ian Gillan: Well, times are different, people behave differently. Everyone thinks that in ‘69 and the ‘70s the crowd used to go crazy… well the didn’t actually, they were very quite! They used to applaud politely, and clap, and dance, and whatever… it wasn’t the complete mayhem that it is today. When I was in Armenia I played four nights at the Sports Hall in Yeodrum with the Gillan band and I was there with Deep Purple, we played the same venue. And, the audience, generally speaking on the Deep Purple gig was 18year old kids, so that was very strange… an entirely different generation enjoying the music. And should I say different generation? Yeah, they behaved differently…
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Pretty cool interview. Looks promising for more Iommi/Gillan material to be produced. Too bad he doesn’t have the same enthusiasm for recording music in his actual band….Deep Purple. Very confusing all these excuses for why not to record a Purple Album, yet plenty of reason to record others……
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June 8th, 2011 at 17:16Right on Ian!!
June 8th, 2011 at 18:13read the whole interview! this man tells the truth! oh boy…
June 8th, 2011 at 19:02very good! Purple and Sabbath albums planned…
June 9th, 2011 at 12:44It is difficult to accept excuses such as, “we have no time,” “our schedule does not allow for it,” and “no one buys CDs anymore” coming out of one side of the mouth when the other talks of collaborations with outside musicians, extracurricular albums, and a backlog of songs for solo efforts.
Note the dramatic difference in attitude between Glenn Hughes and Ian Gillan. The former is hungry and gung-ho for continually producing new rock music and working to build a fan base in the hopes of further expansion and progression. The latter is happy with the status quo and abandoning the very vehicle that propelled him to super-stardom.
With little drive to produce anything new after all these years, the band should either make a change in philosophy and adhere to a solid commitment to a new product and move forward, or call it quits to preserve the greatness of the name Deep Purple and work on these side projects full-time.
June 9th, 2011 at 18:10@ T: thank you! you hit the point.
June 11th, 2011 at 22:30i still do respect Gillan for his great works with DP, but after the departure of Jon Lord i got more and more the impression, that he’s about to ruin the band.
this shouldn’t happen, but it looks like even Roger Glover and Ian Paice are not able (or willing?) to make a change in direction.
i won’t buy no more DP-tickets as long as there’s no new album. saw them 8 or 9 times since 1987 and was always disappointed, when i missed a tour.
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I totally agree with, i also don’t like where this is heading with Purple.
They are almost falling apart in front of our and their eyes.
It’s said, i will repeat myself. They need to refresh. Is it a refreshed line up, stage act, sound or attitude i don’t bloody care. But make something good, not a crappy greatest hits concerts with strings and horns in the background.
Personally for me the Rock Meets Classic tour in 2011 was just plane awful….
It was so offensive for rock music…..
June 12th, 2011 at 22:46I dont hear much from the ” Who Cares’ project anymore.
Did it fall flat on its back?
June 16th, 2011 at 20:00The “Who Cares” songs were some of Gillans best performances in years. That was great stuff. Iommi can bring an intensity to slow tempos that others cannot. Speaking of tempos Deep Purples tempos are just too slow now. I know Paice is older but these mid tempo things are just boring.
February 5th, 2016 at 02:20