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David Coverdale appeared on Paltrocast promoting the Still Good to Be Bad reissue. Some of it you may have heard before, and some other probably not. I can’t not be honest about this, that and the other, who’s the inspiration for this song, who was that… it would be a spilling of the beans, which […]
Read more »A Dutch TV documentary on the history of Love is All, with participation from Roger Glover, Eddie Hardin, Ronnie James Dio, Ray Fenwick, and the book author Alan Aldridge. Everything you wanted to know about the track that to everybody’s surprise charted in that part of the world, and then some. It looks like this […]
Read more »David Coverdale recently appeared on That Rocks! podcast. He talks about flying in hairdressers, the future of Whitesnake, brutalist architecture, and the “nether region”, among other things. Some of which you may or may not have heard previously. The episode is over 1 hour and 20 minutes long, and David joins about halfway into it.
Read more »David Coverdale spoke to the Metal Edge magazine, mostly about the ’87 self-titled Whitesnake album. Coming out of Deep Purple, what was your vision for Whitesnake? And how have you expanded on that since the ’70s? David Coverdale: It’s a buffet of all the sounds that I love. Some of the arrangements are symphonic because […]
Read more »A heavily augmented remix of Rainbow take on Since You’ve Been Gone is used in the Volume 3 of the Guardians of the Galaxy fairy tale superhero franchise.
Read more »Metal Edge magazine has an in depth retrospective interview with Geezer Butler, touching, among other things, on the various interactions of the Sabbath camp with various members of the Purple family. Here’s an excerpt covering Gillan’s stint with the band. What are your thoughts on the controversy surrounding the Born Again record? Butler: I have […]
Read more »Rolling Stone has a long form interview with Joe Lynn Turner, focusing on his days in Rainbow and Deep Purple. This was done for the magazine’s King for a Day series that “features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure […]
Read more »Doogie White reminiscences about his days in Rainbow
Read more »This is from the recent brief tour of Steve Morse Band in February 2023. Good to see Steve in great spirits and in great form. This was recorded on February 27 at The Vogel in Red Bank, NJ. There’s more where this came from.
Read more »A branch of the family tree rarely explored — an interview with Shoshana Feinstein, a former Blackmore’s girlfriend, who sang background vocals on the first Rainbow album. Christopher: How and in what circumstance did you meet Ritchie Blackmore? Would you tell me when and where the story with him begins? Shoshana Feinstein: I met Richie […]
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