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The song called Higway Star, this one
A music video for the Highway Star from Tokyo, August 17, 1972, has been released in anticipation of the Made in Japan remix due out in August.
Read more »In a different league
Members of Metallica Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo confess their love and admiration for Deep Purple
Read more »Heating has improved since then
Back in 2016, when Deep Purple were performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Simon Robinson arranged a visit of Roger Glover and Don Airey to the building that used to be The Grand Hotel in 1971. Here is Roger talking about the events that unfolded 45 years prior right where it happened.
Read more »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. Curiously, the article is illustrated […]
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »That went well
Ritchie Blackmore reminisces about being in Hamburg, doing nothing, when he got a telegram from Chris Curtis…
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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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