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Colour and rough gibberish

Yahoo! News has a few quotes from Ian Gillan regarding his next year’s spoken word tour that will apparently include memories of Jesus Christ Superstar, Garth Rockett And The Moonshiners, and Repo Depo, among other things. I am ecstatic in anticipation of sharing tales not only from the road and studios, but also my early […]

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He had all the moves

This is in borderline trainspotting category, but Guitar World shares an anecdote about Robert Fripp making a guest appearance on David Bowie’s 1980 album Scary Monsters: Fripp’s newfound role as a “focused rock player” very much came in handy at the sessions. “I remember I asked David, ‘Any suggestions?’, because there’s any number of ways […]

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With the emphasis on fist

Montreux Jazz Festival organizers have posted a pro shot of Scriblin’ Gib’rish as performed at the 2026 edition of the festival. Behold

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The contagious yawning experiment

During the band’s last visit to Montreux, Ian Gillan sat down to chat with the Independent Culture

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Flight of the paradiddle

A Maiden t-shirt wearing drum teacher reacts to a deep cut from the Purple catalogue — Flight of the Rat.

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Creativity and volatility in equal measure

Guitar World has a feature on every Deep Purple banjo player, from Ritchie Blackmore to Simon McBride. Deep Purple’s longevity is remarkable on a number of levels. Aside from a relatively brief split between 1976 and 1984, they’ve been a working band since 1968 – a striking achievement, attributable in part to their willingness to […]

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It’s a killer machine

Here are some grey-haired gentlemen and a whizz-bang guitar player slightly awkwardly fulfilling their part of the deal with the purveyors of status symbols.

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A proper forum

Twenty years ago we had a forum on this site. In 2026, we decided it was time for a return with a new forum. I can’t seem to remember why the old forum shut down. Since Facebook launched at that time, I have a feeling the sign of the times then was that these kinds […]

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Never any animosity at all

In an interview done by Daniele Purrone for the Italian magazine Rock Hard, Don Airey addresses rumours originating from this site’s comment section that he didn’t get along with Steve Morse. I’ve read that recently, and I think it comes out of nowhere from somebody on The Highway Star. It’s just rubbish. No, Steve and […]

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With just enough prog thrown in

Doug the classical composer reacts to Arrogant Boy and Guilt Trippin’, and gives a highly technical analysis of what went into both compositions. Brush up on your Phrygian tetrachords beforehand.

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The kind that gets written down in history

Ritchie Blackmore Official channel posted this clip of Deep Purple miming on Italian TV to Strange Kind of Woman

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A remarkable torrent of energy

It’s time for another batch of Splash! reviews from around them old interwebs. The Prog Report: Over its 51 minutes, ‘Splat’ traverses various diverse universes, from Rock to Blues, Pop to Celtic, Classical to AOR, and yes, there is even a little Prog sprinkled in here and there. Despite the conciseness of the songs, there […]

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Far from being finished

Blue News reviews Deep Purple’s appearance on the 2026 edition of Montreux Jazz Festival: On Monday evening, the Stravinski Auditorium was transformed into a rock temple. That may sound like a cliché—but for someone who isn’t very familiar with this genre of music, that’s exactly how it felt. After an explosive opening act by Danko […]

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Still enough “yelling and screaming”

EuroWeekly reviews the Deep Purple appearance at the Starlite Festival in Marbella, Spain, on July 9, 2026: McBride may be no Ritchie Blackmore, the famously enigmatic founding member who will always be the guitarist most associated with Purple despite Steve Morse having spent 28 years in the band, yet it immediately becomes clear that he […]

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Broth­er­hood of cre­ation and pro­duc­tion

Leicester Mercury has a short interview with the two Ians. The bigger one states his view on the alleged upcoming AI armageddon of creativity: My feel­ing about any­thing artistic is the begin­nings of it should be organic but the devel­op­ment and pro­duc­tion val­ues, that can be tech­nical. We’ve always benefited from advances in tech­no­logy, whether […]

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Purple Daisies strike again

The Dead Daisies have announced a second show featuring their reunion with Glenn Hughes. It is scheduled for October 2, 2026, in the Los Angeles area. What started as a one-night-only event at Chicago’s Arcada Theatre in May has become something much bigger! Following an incredible fan response and overwhelming demand, The Purple Daisies continue […]

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Warning: this music contains AI

Steve Morse has appeared on the RealMusicAI podcast. In this special excerpt from a full conversation with Dr. Bill Evans, legendary guitarist Steve Morse joins the discussion to react to something unexpected. Using AI, Bill was able to recreate a missing portion of one of Steve’s live performances, filling in a section that was never […]

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Poznan 1991

Ritchie Blackmore Official channel posted this local TV report on Deep Purple Mk. JLT visit to Poland in 1991.

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Antenne that can use some tuning

Simon McBride spoke to ROCK ANTENNE and the end result has been posted to youtube. It’s not without some technical difficulties: audio is out of sync with video, and it sounds like audio is also cutting in and out at times. Nevertheless, here it is.

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The grandest of intentions

Louder Sound reprints online a Classic Rock short feature on Paice/Ashton/Lord that originally appeared in issue 249 (May 2018) of the magazine. Paice Ashton Lord are the neglected branch on the Deep Purple family tree. Not surprising, given that their existence amounted to just one studio album and a handful of live gigs. But it […]

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