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Smelled like Gypsy Rose
Here is a bit of boogaloo. Big Ian channels his inner Elvis in this (mostly) acoustic performance, supported by Roger and Steve.
Read more »Sound of an insect hitting a windshield
A site called Blue News carries a feature on Splat! with quotes from Ian and Ian. It attributed to the Swiss press agency Keystone-SDA and apparently based around an interview that both gave to DPA. It is dated today, July 29, 2026, but reads like was written some time before the album release (July 3). […]
Read more »Colour and rough gibberish
Yahoo! News has a few quotes from Ian Gillan regarding his next year’s spoken word tour that will apparently include memories of Jesus Christ Superstar, Garth Rockett And The Moonshiners, and Repo Depo, among other things. I am ecstatic in anticipation of sharing tales not only from the road and studios, but also my early […]
Read more »The contagious yawning experiment
During the band’s last visit to Montreux, Ian Gillan sat down to chat with the Independent Culture
Read more »Brotherhood of creation and production
Leicester Mercury has a short interview with the two Ians. The bigger one states his view on the alleged upcoming AI armageddon of creativity: My feeling about anything artistic is the beginnings of it should be organic but the development and production values, that can be technical. We’ve always benefited from advances in technology, whether […]
Read more »“Charlie, we’ve got to get the numbers right next time”
Ian Gillan gives a track-by-track rundown of the Splat! lyrics for his hometown newspaper The Portugal News: “Arrogant Boy” Billy is an ordinary guy who sticks his head up above the parapet and says to the political elite: “Hey do something, stop arguing, just get on with it, make life better for us”. And they […]
Read more »Feeling of power indescribable
Another British newspaper, The Telegraph profiles Ian Gillan, and while our regulars probably won’t learn much new from there, it is well put together and without glaring mistakes (which as all know, is not a given). In 1970 his voice prompted an unexpected call – would he sing the role of Jesus in the recording […]
Read more »Three-quarters of one percent
Ian and Ian have appeared on the Rockonteurs podcast talking to Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet fame). It was a long conversation, and a very interesting one. Some stories we’ve heard before, others are new. Enjoy!
Read more »Favourite part is not singing
Ian Gillan has appeared on the Talkin’ Rock With Meltdown podcast. It is American classic rock radio at its finest, but here it is.
Read more »The Gillan/Iommi awards
The music school in Armenia that Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi helped to reopen after the devastating 1988 earthquake now has a couple of awards named after them. The initiative aims to recognize the school’s best vocalists and qanun players each year. Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi warmly welcomed the idea, while IDBank undertook the […]
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