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Louder Sound reprints online a feature on Gillan’s Magic, arguing it is a conceptual album of sorts in nature. Of the three major offshoots that emerged after the break-up of Deep Purple in 1976, Gillan (the band, not the man) was certainly the most musically daring. And Gillanās most daring album just might be their […]
Read more »City of MĆ¼nster, Germany, publishes this historic photo. Deep Purple in the window of city history The Deep Purple concert on December 4, 1970 in the Halle MĆ¼nsterland was completely sold out. Numerous disappointed fans without tickets then tried to storm the entrance to the hall. Only a massive police operation prevented them from entering. […]
Read more »Another classic Gillan video has been restored and posted.
Read more »A 1981 vintage Jon Lord interview, where he talks about the bogus Purple, Gillan’s departure from the band, Tommy Bolin, prospects for a reunion, Tony Ashton, an upcoming solo album, and the Frank Sinatra of rockĀ“nĀ“roll. The interview is published with a warning that no part can be quoted without permission, so we can’t offer […]
Read more »A newly restored video for Gillan track Sleeping on the Job off the Glory Road album has been posted on YouTube
Read more »Guitar World has a story about the origins of two-hand tapping guitar technique, and Ritchie Blackmore is indirectly involved. It sounds like something out of one of those corny classic rock-themed parodies of Renaissance paintings. The setting is one of the most famed rock venues of all time, LA’s Whisky a Go Go, and the […]
Read more »Continuing on the slow news week theme, here’s something for that hangover morning — a Burn documentary, opinionated by a bunch of people most of us never heard about. Of the redeeming qualities, it has input from the ubiquitous Glenn Hughes, and from John McCoy (of all the people). The archive footage includes bits of […]
Read more »To prove his thesis that “Life in Deep Purple has never been dull”, Geoff Barton lists 25 of the maddest moments from the band’s history. And California Jam is not one of them. If you’ve been around here for a while, you probably already heard about most all of it. Nevertheless, here we go: 1. […]
Read more »In a recent interview, singer Marc Storace of the Krokus fame talks about his audition for Rainbow circa the Down to Earth sessions
Read more »Louder Sound reprints a 2009 Metal Hammer feature on the hairspray era of Whitesnake, based around an interview with David Coverdale. For the first few years of the 1980s, David Coverdale was an incredibly busy man. After the demise of Deep Purple, the band heād sung with since 1974 and that had made him a […]
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