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One big bang
An addendum to the recent series of classic Gillan clips, all restored and upscaled. This time it is M.A.D. as mimed on the Top of the Pops
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That Addams family at the end of the road
Candice Night was interviewed for the Folk N Rock podcast. She explains the title of her upcoming solo album, how exactly her hubby became involved in it, what it’s like to live in the house with a thousand guitars, and you get a peek at the medieval interior decor of the humble abode.
Read more »What happiness looks like
Armenian agency Mediamax shares an account of two Ian Gillan’s charity performances in Armenia in 2010: Fifteen years ago, on March 26 and 27, 2010, I was the happiest person in the world. If you were present at Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan’s charity concerts with the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra on those days, you […]
Read more »Decent bloke with a reputation
The Bass Player magazine (part of the Guitar World stable) has a short interview with Bob Daisley. It inevitably steered towards his stint with Rainbow, before turning the sights on Ozzy. The Rainbow record you appeared on, 1978’s Long Live Rock & Roll, you played on only a few tracks? “The reason I just played […]
Read more »Fire and passion
Vocalist and violinist Ginny Luke (of Meat Loaf’s band The Neverland Express fame) has a new album out. It is called Devil at My Heels and, along with original material, features a cover of Burn.
Read more »The little annoyances
Roger’s bass playing rarely get the same recognition as the other musicians in the band. Here’s one example when it does — a professional, Berklee educated, and Deep Purple hating (shock! horror!) bass player learns the Highway Star bass line and discovers the beauty of it. For bass players, tackling a Deep Purple song means […]
Read more »Thunder in their brains
Here’s the original Deep Purple improvisation vehicle Mandrake Root, performed on November 14, 1970 for French TV show Chorus, and now all cleaned up and upscaled to HD by the latest wonders of technology undistinguishable from magic
Read more »The tale of two Davids
Steve Vai shares with Music Radar a couple of stage mishap stories from his stints with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai recalls a similar incident on stage with Whitesnake and the band’s singer David Coverdale. “It wasn’t too different,” Vai says. “Fast forward a couple of years and I was playing Jones Beach Theater […]
Read more »She was a weird one in the setting sun
Vincent Price the other day seemingly opened a floodgate, and a generous helping of live clips from 2013 got posted today. We are talking, of course, about From The Setting Sun (Live In Wacken), which was a sibling release for To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo).
Read more »The joys of country living
This is a 1977 vintage interview with the country gentleman Ian Gillan, taken during the IGB Japanese tour.
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