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Simplicity is what hangs it all together

And another contribution to our quickly growing better-late-than-never section. British newspaper The Sun had an interview with Ian Gillan published in July 2024, around the time =1 was released. Our regulars, particularly those who’ve been around the block once or twice, aren’t very likely to learn anything new from there. But the article is illustrated […]

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After all we said today

A second single for the upcoming remix of Rapture of the Deep has been released. Behold, it’s Clearly Quite Absurd.

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The tall skinny kid

More of the Derek Lawrence recollections of the days gone by. Some of it overlaps with what you may have seen on these pages previously, but it never hurts to do it again.

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Next thing you know, there’s Mark 1

Derek Lawrence recalls his association with Joe Meek, meeting Ritchie Blackmore, and a new band coalescing around them.

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That went well

Ritchie Blackmore reminisces about being in Hamburg, doing nothing, when he got a telegram from Chris Curtis…

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That’s how good it was

Our long time contributor Stathis Panagiotopoulos reminisces about what happened 40 years ago in Knebworth, England. It was 40 years ago today – Knebworth 1985 remembered I was 11 years old in 1974 when I heard Deep Purple for the first time, and it was a defining moment, one that changed my life in ways […]

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Has it been seven decades already?

Another Purple book from the ever prolific Martin Popoff — Seven Decades of Deep Purple: An Unofficial History. It is due to be published on September 28, 2025 via Schiffer Publishing. Dive into the saga of Deep Purple and unravel the untold stories behind the legendary band, from their groundbreaking albums to their tumultuous journey […]

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Hats, socks, and rock’n’roll

If you felt that you don’t own enough copies of Made in Japan or appropriately branded socks, your prayers have been answered. There will be another super deluxe reissue of the iconic live album, this time remixed by Steven Wilson (original stereo album and Dolby Atmos) and Richard Digby Smith (the 3 shows). It will […]

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Alive and creative in São Paulo

Deep Purple have headlined this past weekend the Best of Blues and Rock festival in São Paulo, Brazil. This marked their first public performance since November 10, 2024. The hiatus, previously explained in an interview by Ian Paice, stems from the intention to take the live performances easy this year, playing “a day here, three […]

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The bad news, and the good ones

CBC profiles Bob Ezrin with a lengthy interview, published on the occasion of him receiving a Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award today, June 14, 2025. Music-wise, the interview focuses on just the two “genre-defining” albums from his vast portfolio — Pink Floyd The Wall and Kiss Destroyer. He also mentions that he just got […]

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