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Here is something a bit different for THS. It’s an article by an actual journalist! Marcelo Soares is a Brazilian journalist and a huge fan of Deep Purple. Some of you probably know him from the comments here at THS and in various forums online. This article was written for a Brazilian magazine so some […]
Read more »The tour moves on through the US and in Mansfield on August 13, the band got some help from two members from support band Jefferson Starship.
Read more »The fifth (and final) album in the Bernie Marsden’s Inspirations series is due out on August 21, 2026, via Conquest Music. It is a live album, aptly titled Stage, and it includes recordings from 4 different dates. Disc 1: Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham UK — Nov 8th 2008 Til The Day I Die The Time Is […]
Read more »This is in borderline trainspotting category, but Guitar World shares an anecdote about Robert Fripp making a guest appearance on David Bowie’s 1980 album Scary Monsters: Fripp’s newfound role as a “focused rock player” very much came in handy at the sessions. “I remember I asked David, ‘Any suggestions?’, because there’s any number of ways […]
Read more »A Maiden t-shirt wearing drum teacher reacts to a deep cut from the Purple catalogue — Flight of the Rat.
Read more »Here are some grey-haired gentlemen and a whizz-bang guitar player slightly awkwardly fulfilling their part of the deal with the purveyors of status symbols.
Read more »Doug the classical composer reacts to Arrogant Boy and Guilt Trippin’, and gives a highly technical analysis of what went into both compositions. Brush up on your Phrygian tetrachords beforehand.
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore Official channel posted this clip of Deep Purple miming on Italian TV to Strange Kind of Woman
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore Official channel posted this local TV report on Deep Purple Mk. JLT visit to Poland in 1991.
Read more »CNN has a less-than-a-minute-and-a-half long report on the new album Splat!. Apparently, dropping the name of Keith Urban into the mix doesn’t hurt with getting some mainstream exposure. Ain’t no such thing as bad publicity, right? Watch is on CNN.com.
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