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Another sad day in the family — Bernie Marsden has passed away at the age of 72. His PR people released the following statement: On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness we announce the death of Bernie Marsden. Bernie died peacefully on Thursday evening with his wife, Fran, and daughters, Charlotte and […]
Read more »A vintage review of a Rainbow gig at the New York’s Beacon Theater. It first appeared in Sounds magazine on July 24, 1976. Rainbow hit nirvana Blackmore´s Rainbow Beacon Theatre, New York Concert review by Peter Crescenti IT MAY be a few months before Blackmore’s Rainbow appears in Britain for the first time, but even […]
Read more »A historical interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Cozy Powell from the same issue of Sounds dated July 24, 1976. Blackmore swings the axe Peter Crescenti dodges the blows RITCHIE BLACKMORE harbours no love for rock ‘n’ roll journalists. As far as he’s concerned, most of them fall into two unflattering categories, those that are either […]
Read more »Another historical article, announcing the dissolution of Deep Purple Mark 4. It originally appeared in the issue of Sounds from July 24, 1976. Purple: the end By Hugh Fielder DEEP PURPLE is no more — officially. One of Britain’s longest running and most successful heavy rock bands have split up — as predicted exclusively in […]
Read more »Goldmine magazine has another one of those top-something lists (yep, we can hear the eyes rolling from all the way up in our editorial ivory towers). But it is a list on a topic rarely discussed outside the hardcore fan forums — it’s a top 20 of Morse era tracks, and it’s rather eloquently penned […]
Read more »Geir Myklebust posts on his blog a Rainbow Rising review by Geoff Barton that first appeared in the issue of Sounds from May 22, 1976: “WITH RAINBOW’S music I intend to carry on and expand upon the essence of Deep purple — aggressiveness — and at the same time add a kind of medieval feel […]
Read more »Ronnie Romero will release his first original solo album Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters on September 15 via Frontiers. His two previous offerings — Raised On Radio and Raised On Heavy Radio — were both cover albums. This new release features only original material, written by Romero in collaboration with drummer Andy C. and […]
Read more »There’s one member of the band that is truly irreplaceable. He has been in every lineup, on every record, and on every gig. His name is Ian Anderson Paice, and he was born on June 29, 1948. Which makes him 75 today. Happy birthday to The Boss!
Read more »David Coverdale was a guest on The SDR Show and spoke. A lot. The whole thing is almost an hour long, and (full disclosure) we didn’t have time to sit through it. But Blabbermouth has some quotes that sound promising: Well, there’s something we’ve got planned, obviously. It’s a very, very big year. I’ve got […]
Read more »Steve Morse shares in Guitar Player magazine his tips on how to improve one’s playing skills: You might think that master guitarist Steve Morse never gets in a rut with his playing. But guess what? He’s just like the rest of us in that regard. However, being that he’s Steve Morse, he’s figured out some […]
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