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California Breed acceleration
Glenn Hughes spoke to Metal Talk recently. (watch inside)
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From sundown to rising sun
Roger Glover posted this on the band’s official Facebook page. As Facebook does not seem to provide permalinks, we take the liberty to reproduce it in full here: A whirlwind two weeks; from great gigs in Luxembourg to Antwerp to the emotion, tears of joy and sadness at London’s Royal Albert Hall and the next […]
Read more »Carthago delenda est
Lars Ulrich commented to the Rolling Stone magazine on this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thingy. And he was nailing his point down quite hard: I’m not gonna get into the politics or all that stuff, but I got two words to say: ‘Deep Purple’. That’s all I have to say: Deep Purple. Seriously, […]
Read more »Midnight Oil
Another track from the upcoming inaugural California Breed album — Midnight Oil: Glenn Hughes comments: It’s a refreshing animated video that really captures the lyrical concert and message of the Midnight Oil single. We didn’t want to make a run-of-the-mill lyric video. The animation perfectly captures the raw energy, lyrical content and the message of […]
Read more »RAH setlist
Direct from Paul Mann, here’s complete setlist of the evening of April 4, 2014: Jimmy Smith playback as audience arrives Introductory remarks by Vicky Lord Introduction by Bob Harris Fantasia from Sarabande House Band/Orch. Durham Awakes from Durham Concerto Orchestra Jacqueline Martens (Violin) Matthew Barley (Cello) Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian Pipes) Nigel Hopkins (Hammond Organ) All […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes on TBL
Glenn Hughes is continuing the promo blitz for California Breed, and this time he spoke to Led Zeppelin fansite Tight But Loose (the connection being, obviously, Bonham Jr.): Jason’s got stuff going on this summer and I’m doing some things with Kings Of Chaos and maybe some acoustic shows. Andrew is also finishing off a […]
Read more »California Breed on Sixx Sense
Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Andrew Watt were on the Sixx Sense radio show (hosted, naturally, by Nikki Sixx). They spoke about the debut self-titled album of their new band California Breed. Listen to it here: California Breed on Sixx Sense (MP3, 52 min, 95 MB). Thanks to GlennHughes.com for the info.
Read more »Reverend at last — April fools
Roger Glover has been ordained as a Minister in the Eucumenical Church of Pragmatic Absolute, writes our long time contributor who happens to be a member of the church. When we reached for a comment from Roger himself, he said: I’m most definitely not quitting music. I’ve been thinking about a second career on the […]
Read more »Across the divide
Ian Gillan sends a message about Deep Purple in Cyprus scheduled in May: Dear Friends There’s a bit of a hoo-ha going on about our forthcoming show in Cyprus, so here are some thoughts on the issue. As it says in the Caramba disclaimer, my views are not necessarily those of the rest of the […]
Read more »This is Don Airey, from the Don Airey Band
Don Airey was interviewed in Austria by the Mulatschag TV. Plenty of amusing anecdotage from his illustrious career. He also mentions that he has recorded an album of piano jazz pieces, which shlould be coming out later this year. And just to make the things even more interesting, we’ll leave you with his band’s performance […]
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