A couple of recent magazine features that might be worth your attention. German Rock It! magazine has Deep Purple on the cover of their issue 143 (Sept/Oct 2024). Inside, there’s a 4-page Purple feature, including an interview with Ian Paice and Simon McBride. Bonus: bits of interviews with Paice and Hughes on the 50 years […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-08-25
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Simon McBride gave an interview to the German site laut.de (in the midst of an interview marathon with 9 other engagements). Yep, reverse translation again. As such, take it with a grain of salt. It’s a lengthy read. Simon talks about his influences, joining the band, the songwriting process, lengths of the songs on =1, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-17
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German site Musicreviews.de reviews =1 in positively glowing terms, and gives it a score of 13 out of 15 (same as Whoosh and inFinite, while Now What?! got 12/15 from them). Usual reverse translations caveats… (you know the drill). When listening to “=1” you quickly come to the conclusion that DEEP PURPLE really did everything […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-15
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In a new interview with German publication Welt, Ian Gillan discusses Russian politics, title of the new album =1, Brexit, making friends in Germany in 1965, and almost setting his house on fire. All the usual caveats about reverse translations fully apply. […] Everything has become infinitely complicated these days. We have to give up […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-14
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The Access All Areas documentary accompanying the new album =1 will be shown in cinema theatres across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on July 18, 2024, one day before the album release. The event will also include screening of a brand-new interview with the band and videos for the three already released singles from the album. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-10
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German outfit RND has an interview with Ian Paice and Don Airey promoting the new album =1. And little concerts in little churches. All the usual caveats regarding reverse translations apply. The album title is “=1”. Does this stand for the unity and conspiracy(?) of the band in the new lineup – “Deep Purple = […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-07
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More Purple coverage in the press, albeit not quite on the magazine covers level. MOJO issue 369 (August 2024, with Stevie Nicks on the cover) has an extensive interview with the junior pole-vaulter-turned-vocal-acrobat Ian Gillan, covering his career from the first interests in music up to the present day. From Hounslow to the Lake Geneva […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-03
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German version of the Metal Hammer magazine has an interview with Ian Gillan and Simon McBride in their July 2024 issue, done on the occasion of the new album =1. Quote of the day: Like its four predecessors, created under the sound direction and with the co-compositional skills of Bob Ezrin, the band around singer […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-06-27
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Several German magazines chose Deep Purple to put on the covers of their recent issues. Eclipsed magazine issue #261 (06/24) has 50 years of Burn as the cover story. The magazine can be ordered through the publisher, albeit delivery is available only to selected European countries. Classic Rock Germany issue #131 has Deep Purple’s upcoming […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-06-20
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The 2024 reissue of remixed Machine Head has entered German Official Top 100 Albums chart for the week of April 5 at a respectable #7. Chart history for the album indicates that the 40th anniversary reissue has reached only #56, on October 26, 2012. Let us know how the reissue did in your country.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-04-09
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