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Come on back now do it again
The track with Roger Glover guesting on bass from the upcoming Michael Schenker’s album of UFO remakes has been released as a digital single.
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No point trying to compete
Total Guitar magazine has a feature on Simon McBride based around an interview with him: When you’re in a role previously held by Messrs Blackmore and Morse, how much does that play on your mind? “You just have to be yourself, you know? If you try to think about what was before – and this […]
Read more »In the press
A couple of recent magazine features that might be worth your attention. German Rock It! magazine has Deep Purple on the cover of their issue 143 (Sept/Oct 2024). Inside, there’s a 4-page Purple feature, including an interview with Ian Paice and Simon McBride. Bonus: bits of interviews with Paice and Hughes on the 50 years […]
Read more »Years to come, hopefully
Ian Gillan has appeared today, August 21, 2024, on the Eddie Trunk show Trunk Nation. When asked if a retirement is in the plans for the band and/or himself, he said: There’s no intention to stop. At the moment… I spoke to my manager the other day. I’ve got some solo project. He said, ‘You’re […]
Read more »Swiss fondue and fingerboard improv
A lifestyle/travel publication TimeOut (somewhat belatedly) reviews the 2024 Montreux Jazz Festival: There are few riffs more recognisable than the four-note sequence of ‘Smoke On The Water’. It’s been 53 years since a fire destroyed Montreux Casino during a Frank Zappa concert; a scene which members of Deep Purple watched from afar and would later […]
Read more »Deep sense of gratitude
Roger Glover posts on his website a eulogy for the late Mick Underwood: Mick Underwood was a lovely man. I was deeply saddened to learn that he had died. It’s taken me a while to digest the news and put in perspective what he meant for Ian Gillan and me. When he joined Episode Six, […]
Read more »Nothing short of magnificent
Sonic Perspectives has a review of the opening gig of the North American tour on August 14 in Hollywood, FL. There’s no point in wasting lines to explain why Deep Purple is one of the most revered and genre-defining rock n’roll bands of the last century, that has been said time and time again. But […]
Read more »Coverdale’s solo albums remixed
Rhino Entertainment will be reissuing the three David Coverdale’s solo albums — WhiteSnake, Northwinds, and Into the Light as a 6CD box set. Rather confusingly, the box set is titled Into The Light: The Solo Albums, with no explicit mention of the other two on the cover, and a latter-day Whitesnake-the-band logo to boot. Inside, […]
Read more »Round and round we all go
A second single from the upcoming remix of Blackmore’s Night third album Fires at Midnight. Has been released. Listen to the remixed Sake of the Song on your favourite streaming service or right here.
Read more »This time around
It’s been the same story many times before — the band releases a new album, starts touring, puts several new tracks into the setlist, but after some time the new material starts to dwindle. By the time they reach North America, few, if any, are left in the set. Not this time around. [spoilers ahead]
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