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AntiMusic reviews the band’s latest studio offering Splat!: Don’t spend too much time being concerned with where the title of Deep Purple’s latest album comes from. Just know that the long-running classic rockers have another winner on their hands with Splat!, a set of melodic hard rock that on occasion harkens back to their early […]
Read more »Louder Sound reprints a Metal Hammer feature for newbies A metal fan’s guide to hard rock pioneers Deep Purple. Our regulars won’t find anything new in there, but if you happen to be reading this and wondering what this site is about, there’s your chance to educate yourselves. There are some minor inaccuracies here and […]
Read more »Accept is celebrating its own 50th anniversary with the release of an album (of what we understand are remakes of the tracks from their heyday) called Teutonic Titans 1976-2026. In addition to the current lineup of the band led by Wolf Hoffmann, more than 50 guest artists made their contributions, including Joe Lynn Turner.
Read more »Ultimate Guitar celebrates 50th anniversary of Tommy Bolin’s Private Eyes with a feature penned by Greg Prato: Fifty years ago, Tommy Bolin offered his second solo effort, “Private Eyes”, an album that found the gifted guitarist and songwriter moving in a noticeably different direction from both his work with Deep Purple and his eclectic 1975 […]
Read more »BalcanRock, which is hailing from Serbia, has interviewed Simon McBride and publishes the proceedings (thankfully) in original English: BR: When we talk about live performance, Deep Purple used to be known for a lot of improvisation during their shows, including guitar, Hammond or drum solos which lasted really long. Nowadays, everything is much more restricted […]
Read more »KNAC.com has a review of the Ottawa gig from August 19, 2026: This would be my second DEEP PURPLE concert in which neither guitarist was Ritchie Blackmore(my first DP live experience being in 2012 when then-guitarist Steve Morse was in the band) but Simon was a consummate player in his own right. Sure, he could […]
Read more »Some time ago Ian Gillan appeared on The GTFM Rock Show and that episode aired on August 13, 2026. He spoke (mostly) about his upcoming next year Talking Gib’rish tour. The interview is contained within the second hour segment of the 3-hour show, to which you can listen here
Read more »Here is Cassius Morris (if the name sound familiar, there’re a couple of reasons to that) talking to Joe Lynn Turner, It’s a long conversation, at over an hour, and JLT hasn’t changed a single bit, so buckle up.
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