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Archive for June, 2020



Tracking Out of Hand

Another gem from Paicey’s private video stash — the band tracking Out of Hand for their 2013 album Now What?!

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Resist the tidal wave

Fox News has a new interview with Ian Gillan, promoting the upcoming new album. Some questions are quite mundane, some are off the beaten path. Fox News: As an artist, how do you feel about audiences making cellphones part of their concert experience? Gillan: Well, at first it was weird. It just connected with me. […]

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Support the crew

Behind every band is a hard working crew. And Deep Purple’s one is quite a few steps above the average. The band trusts them to have everything set up so perfectly that they rarely do the soundcheck themselves. Unfortunately, the current global pandemic means there is no touring and no touring means many in the […]

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Virtual and rescheduled

The three Deep Purple’s German dates in the Fall 2020: Oberhausen, Berlin, and Stuttgart — which had already been under suspicion — have now been rescheduled for 2021. Another summer date in Colmar, France has also been rescheduled and confirmed for 2021. Don Airey & Friends will appear at this years Virtual Cambridge Rock Festival […]

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Rupert Hine R.I.P.

Roger Glover writes: Insightful, stimulating, talented and funny, I feel privileged to have known and worked with him. Read his full statement on rogerglover.com

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Black caviar and maple

Just like he promised last time around, Paicey keeps getting us entertained in these trying times by showing off his drum room. Which looks more like a drum warehouse 😉

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How In Rock was made

Louder Sound (née Classic Rock) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of In Rock by reprinting in fresh electrons a feature that first appeared in issue 83 of the magazine on the occasion of the album’s 35th. Heavy rock, hard rock, pomp rock, space rock, heavy metal – they’re all genres that today’s average music fan […]

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Hear here

RG gives some insights on songs he likes to listen to: So, I thought I’d share some of the music and songs that interest me, plucked from my collection, sorry, database. Head over to RGs website for the first part of “Hear Here“.

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Skoots Lyndon RIP

Skoots Lyndon, a long time Steve Morse’s guitar tech, who worked with him in both Deep Purple and Dixie Dregs, has passed away. Steve wrote yesterday, June 1, 2020: Just found out that our beloved Skoots Lyndon has died. He just did the last Dixie Dregs tour and worked many years with DP and as […]

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Boss. Timekeeper. Me.

How to keep your drum tech happy, how to use big drums, how to deal with the jetlag, when to use click tracks, and what will cost you money — this, and more on the new installment of The Chief Answers your Questions.

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