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In his customary end-of-the-year address, Roger Glover reminisces on 2015, which for him culminated with a low(-ish) key 50th anniversary reunion of Episode Six (we admit, that one flew completely under our radar). Sandy Denny’s song is as relevant now as it ever was. Steve Miller sang about time slipping into the future. Our Time […]
Read more »A memorial plaque dedicated to Cozy Powell will be unveiled in his home town of Cirencester on January 7, reports local newspaper. The town council decided to create the plaque to commemorate the town’s most famous musician. The plaque will be installed at the Corn Hall, which now serves as a community center. The event […]
Read more »David Coverdale spoke to Metropolis Radio from Macedonia some time before the show in the country on November 25. Along with now familiar story of how The Purple Album came into being, he also explained that this was supposed to wrap up his career, but he felt so revitalized that he started writing new music: […]
Read more »From thew latest installment of Dear Friends published on Caramba!, it sounds like Gillan will not be accepting the induction: Dear Friends, Families and Fans, Putting the past shenanigans to one side, the induction is not – in clear fact – for Deep Purple. It is an arbitrary selection of past members, which excludes Steve […]
Read more »Billboard has an interview with Paicey (who seems to be the go-to spokesman for the band these days). He didn’t say anything he hasn’t already said to Rolling Stone, just reconfirming the talking points: somebody probably will show up at the induction ceremony; who that will be and who will be performing what (if anybody […]
Read more »Hot on the heels of the Hall of Fame announcement, Rolling Stone magazine has published an interview with Paicey: Do you think part of the problem is so many voters are in America and you were never quite as big here as you were overseas? Of course, that does effect what people are aware of. […]
Read more »Apparently it happened, nevertheless. According to Billboard, it is Marks 1 to 3 that are inducted, while New York Times gives a list of members that include the first three lineups with the notable omission of Nick Simper. Induction ceremony will be held on April 8 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night were interviewed on Rich Davenport’s Rock Show that aired on Total Rock this past weekend. They spoke (mostly) about All Our Yesterdays, which was released back in September. Ritchie reiterated that his foray into rock will be a brief one, but “if it works”, more dates could be added. Selected […]
Read more »Kinda sorta news from the yet-another-re-release department: Universal Music is putting out a box set containing 7 studio albums on vinyl. And a bizarre selection it is — starting with Machine Head, and through to The House of Blue Light. The albums are claimed to be remastered, and the box is priced for preorder at […]
Read more »Ian Gillan has an interview in Cricket Monthly, of all places. He talks about his passion and how his dayjob interferes with it: What is your favourite ground to watch cricket? I don’t get to a lot of cricket because I’m on the road non-stop. We played in 54 countries last year, so I have […]
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