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“Larger than life”
Steve Morse remembers Jon Lord:
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Music Radar has an interview with Roger Glover presented in the form of a monologue. Interestingly enough, Now what?! gets a fairly brief mention, with the bulk dedicated to Roger’s illustrious career with Purple, solo, Rainbow, as a songwriter, and as a producer. We’re not very good at planning things to be honest. We’re a […]
Read more »German bonus track is rock’n’roll fun
“Somebody tell me why I’m talking to myself, I never listen to a word I sing, nor does anyone else.” The opening lines of First Sign of Madness set the tone for a straight forward rock’n’roll track complete with boogie piano. This Deep Purple song is available exclusively to German fans as a download from […]
Read more »Luxury real estate, designer retrospective and… Deep Purple
Now what?! is featured in the latest podcast of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle lifestyle show Euromaxx. It is rather bizzare to see the band covered in a show that features such things as luxury real estate on Mallorca, a Bouroullec retrospective in Paris, and eating raw cuisine. They also offer a free CD signed […]
Read more »Paicey in Metal Hammer
The issue of Metal Hammer that went on sale in late March has a two page spread featuring Ian Paice interviewed by Matt Oliver of Jettback. If you have any further details, please leave a comment. Back issues can be ordered from the publisher, we just need to figure out which one it is 😉 […]
Read more »Purple blitzkrieg
Roger Glover chats with Martin Popoff about musical blitzkriegs, styles, sonics, prolific players, dull strings, abrasive admirals, leaping out, and being easy to get along with: DEEP PURPLE’s first platter in eight years, NOW What?!, began life on the internet with a light advance track called ‘All The Time In The World’, one that had […]
Read more »Paicey on French TV
Ian Paice will be inteviewed on French Metal XS show on May 2 during a Deep Purple special (presumably timed to promote Now what!?). Metal XS is part of L’Enorme TV network. If you know the details, e.g. what time it’s on the air, please leave a comment below. The show should be available for […]
Read more »Morse + Satriani on tour
Not to distract you all from the enjoyment of the new album, but it was announced today that Steve Morse with his band will be supporting Joe Satriani on the latter’s upcoming tour of the United States. (Or shall we say it’s a double bill of family guitar extravagaza?) The tour will start on August […]
Read more »Steve’s track-by-track
Music Radar has track-by-track commentary of Now what?! from Steve Morse: A Simple Song This was Rog playing a dyad riff on the bass. We had a lot of variations on that part. Whenever anybody brings in an idea, they have to be prepared that it’s going to change. But this thing of Roger’s was […]
Read more »Yet another bonus track
German chain Media Markt sells Now what?! CDs with a sticker that unlocks a free download of a bonus track called First Sign of Madness from it’s own website.
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing