Classic Rock has a piece titled The story of Hush, the song that blasted Deep Purple into the US charts and beyond, and it is exactly what it says on the cover. Complete with quotes from the man who at the time was living in the same general neigbourhood, albeit had very little to do […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-16
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David Coverdale will host a new six part show on UK’s Planet Rock radio. The first of the shows will air this coming Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 1pm, with special guest Joe Elliott. Subsequent installments will broadcast the same time weekly until April 16th. Planet Rock radio is available in the UK on DAB, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-10
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Graham Bonnet Band has a new album. It is called Day Out in Nowhere, and is due to be released on May 13, 2022, via Frontiers Records. The album features a number of performance and co-writing guest appearances, including our own Don Airey. Similar to the first two [Graham Bonnet Band] albums, it will reflect […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-08
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The Dead The are back in the studio, working on a new album tentatively due out by the end of 2022. Brian Tichy is back doing the drum duties. Brian & Doug hit the LA studios… Set up drums today and gettin' sounds tomorrow before the recording process starts!! 🥁🚀👍🏻Let the ROCK begin! ⚡️⚡️#TheDeadDaisies #InTheStudio […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-08
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Ian Paice and Steve Morse were guests on the recent Hangin’ & Bangin’ podcast, and that’s with Carmine and Vinny Appice in attendance. Behold the rock’n’roll royalty convention, where Steve tells about learning to fly from the birds, and Paicey explains peculiarities of the Cockney rhyming slang.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-07
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The band has just released the following statement: As a rule, Deep Purple is apolitical, but on this occasion… Words of Roger Glover: ‘Like many performers, we have occasionally performed private concerts for fans in various countries. We are an apolitical band and in no way, was our intention ever political. It was music. These […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-05
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German edition of the Rolling Stone magazine is celebrating 50th anniversary of Smoke on the Water with a cover story in their March 2022 issue.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-03-01
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Paicey remembers Gary Brooker, who passed away on February 19, 2022, at the age of 76.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-26
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The following message has been posted on the band’s official site: Due to three members of the band testing positive for Covid-19, we are hugely disappointed to have to share the news with everyone that we are not able to play the remaining shows aboard the Rock Legends Cruise. It’s a terrible shame …. Stay […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-17
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Everett Post (which hails from Washington state) has a short piece based around an interview with Ian Paice on the occasion of the band visiting across the continent state of Florida. About the Rock Legends Cruise that departed on February 14: I’m not trying to get any pre-formed ideas about it. I’m sure it’ll be […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-15
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