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The rubble moved
In this collection of bite-sized memoirs, Ritchie Blackmore talks about the earliest days of Deep Purple: meeting Derek Lawrence, signing an unfavourable contract, covering Hush, and 16 telegrams from Chris Curtis.
Read more »Purpendicular at 30
Purpendicular holds a special place in our hearts, as its release and events leading to it coincided with the formation of the online community that had founded this website and still runs it to this day. It is also one of the seminal albums in the history of the band — alongside with In Rock, […]
Read more »Between the hard rock and a beautiful place
This is equally both educational and heartwarming. In November 2024 Ian Gillan invited a group of aspiring young musicians from his home town of Lyme Regis on the Southern coast of England to the Deep Purple gig in Birmingham. He gave them the full tour of the backstage, they got to meet the band and […]
Read more »A bargain if there ever was one
Just a quick note to our Canadian readers, the paperless version of Martin Popoff’s book Seven Decades of Deep Purple is currently heavily discounted at $2.99 on both Amazon Kindle and Kobo. If you’re still on the fence, here’s another short review of the book: I have read all of Martin Popoff’s previous books on […]
Read more »Author’s Top 10 Jon Lord performances on record
While we wait for Before We Forget – the forthcoming biography on Jon Lord – its author, Ovais Naqvi, offers his personal Top 10 favourite recorded performances by Jon Lord – and explains his choices. Learn more about the book: Before We Forget – the story of Jon Lord. 1. Deep Purple: Knocking at Your […]
Read more »Before We Forget – the story of Jon Lord
Before We Forget – the forthcoming biography – offers a point of view on Jon Lord and his career and life as a musician that is unique, newly researched and which promises to fascinate the nerds and enlighten the casuals. The Highway Star’s Rasmus Heide has read excerpts of the book and spent time with […]
Read more »The doorstop-of-a-book
Houston Press has a quite in-depth (for a mainstream publication) review of Martin Popoff’s book Seven Decades of Deep Purple: An Unofficial History. Like some of his previous books, Popoff waltzes chronologically through the band’s discography as the spine for telling the story. What makes Seven Decades of Deep Purple likely more aimed toward the […]
Read more »Couldn’t get any weirder
A couple of letters addressed to our trainspotting department. White Stripes were inducted to the infamous Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame this year, and in his acceptance speech, Jack White mentioned Rainbow among their inspirations: Meg and I want to thank just a few of the bands and artists that inspired us and came before us, […]
Read more »Live in Kuala Lumpur
Here is a complete recording of the Deep Purple show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 23, 2025. It is a decent quality audience recording, albeit with some audio distortion on the left channel.
Read more »Let’s try ending on the four chord
Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse. It is apparently published on the occasion of the recent album, but deals with his Purple years. Steve particularly fondly talks about Jon Lord: During one writing session for 1996’s Purpendicular, Morse’s debut on a Deep Purple record, a tea break was called, and Morse played on […]
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