A silent auction raising money for Help Calais & Help Refugees adding to their fantastic support in the refugee crisis. This auction is running alongside ‘Jungle Aid London 4 Calais’, a variety night taking place at The Philbeach Hall, Earl’s Court on October 23rd 2015, with some items that may be of interest to Deep […]
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Posted in Blog by The Spanish Archer on 2015-10-14
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Darker Than Blue has an article with recollections of one Rob Munton. In the 60s he was a guitar player in a semi-pro English band called Force Five, and in 1966 they happened to open for Neil Christian and the Crusaders. At the time, Ritchie Blackmore was the Crusaders’ guitar player: The guitarist sounded pretty […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-10-12
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Billy Joe Royal, the original performer of Deep Purple’s first hit single — Hush — has passed away. He unexpectedly died in his sleep yesterday, October 6, at his home in North Carolina. He was 73 years old.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-10-07
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Demon’s Eye have posted a making of promo video for their new album Under the Neon. (watch inside)
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-09-28
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Last year, while the band was in Israel, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover made a cameo appearance on the local TV show Atlantica. Video clip of the scene has been posted online. Watch it here, or if it does not work for you, head over to Facebook.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-09-19
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Child in Time (all 30 seconds of it) is featured in the new Kenzo commercial. (watch inside)
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-09-12
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Demon’s Eye started as a Purple cover band back in 1998, and progressively graduated into playing their own music. They are releasing a second album of original material — called Under the Neon — in September. This is again a collaboration with Doogie White, who did vocals on the album. Their previous effort The Stranger […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-08-26
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A guitar signed by Deep Purple (at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow), Whitesnake, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai amongst others is being auctioned in aid of British charity Rockin for Tots help to raise funds for Simpsons Special Care Babies, which is a registered charity (SC002013). These funds will help with the purchase of a travel […]
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Posted in Blog by The Spanish Archer on 2015-08-21
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Best wishes to our favourite singer. Many happy returns, and take good care of yourself!
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-08-18
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It’s a busy summer for the Purple family. As Deep Purple and Whitesnake are trawling the North America, at times almost crossing paths, Glenn Hughes and Doug Aldrich have headed down south. Here’s an excerpt of their performance in Lima, Peru. Bear in mind that it’s a power trio covering songs that were written for […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2015-08-15
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