DeepPurple.org has an exclusive interview with Don Airey. He talks about his new album A Light in the Sky, Stanley Kubrick, Aurora Borealis, ways to cope with musicians’ stress, and jamming in 7/4. Read the interview here. Thanks to Mike Garrett and Gordon Dale for the info.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-02-08
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Eric Wiltshire‘s interview with Ian Gillan that was conducted earlier during the Rapture of the Deep tour was posted on Youtube. Eric works for Radio Tatras International, which broadcasts out of Slovakia. Listen to the interview and watch the slideshow:
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-02-02
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Dean Guitars unveiled their Tommy Bolin Tribute “Teaser” model at the NAMM 2008 convetion held in Los Angeles on January 17-20 this year. The guitar is based on measurements and specs taken from one of Tommy’s surviving axes. There was a Tommy Bolin memorabilia display at the Dean Guitars NAMM booth, featuring some of Tommy’s […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-01-29
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This morning, January 3, BBC Radio 4 broadcasted a programme celebrating 40 years of Heavy Metal, focusing on founding fathers: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Some short interview clips from the 80s with Robert Plant and David Lee Roth, plus new interviews with the Sab’s first manager and Gillan. Usual stories – why […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-01-03
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Blackmore’s interview from the Arte TV show “Tracks” has been rebroadcasted on the French version of the channel and here you can actually hear what he’s saying as the interview itself is without the voiceover translation.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-12-18
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Metal Express Radio has an audio interview that they conducted with Jon Lord on the eve of Durham Concert premiere. Jon talks about how the Durham Concerto came to life, his approach to writing music and his legacy of orchestral music going back to Concerto for Group and Orchestra, and his plans to “do something” […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-12-17
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Check out an excellent interview with Roger Glover published on Jambase.com: Face-to-face backstage, Glover was a casually dressed, quiet, very articulate gent with reading glasses hanging from a chain around his neck. It’s a far cry from the perpetually erect persona he thrusts at us onstage, the one with a bandana clinging tight to his […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-12-12
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In anticipation of the first concert of European tour, Romanian magazine Metalhead published an interview with Don Airey in it’s online edition: Thanks to Metalhead.ro for permission to reproduce the interview.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-10-28
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On Saturday Jon Lord and the Liverpool Philharmonics premiered his Durham Concerto at Durham Cathedral. In a TV interview the day before the show, Lord called his latest venue ‘One heck of a cathedral’ and went on to expand on how he wrote the new Durham Concerto – and how Deep Purple became the loudest […]
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Posted in News by Rasmus Heide on 2007-10-23
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The Northern Echo has published an interview with Jon Lord, in which he discusses his past with Deep Purple, the difficult decision to leave the band and the story behind Durham Concerto. It was gut-wrenching to leave. It was my band, I was the founder member and the guys were huge buddies of mine. I […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-10-08
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