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Guns, drugs and musicians
This interview with Gillan and Lord filmed circa 1999 Concerto performance tells some amusing anecdotage. Enjoy!
Read more »Helsinki 1993 TV report
This report of the last Mk2 gig was shown in Finnish TV next morning, November 18, 1993. Gillan’s interview seems to have been done before the Helsinki show.
Read more »Nick Simper interview
Bravewords has a Martin Popoff’s interview with Nick Simper (with contributions from Mick Underwood). Simper talks about his current projects — The Good Old Boys, Purple Mk1 shows with Nasty Habits, and the old days. Although no groundbreaking revelations there, Nick is not being inertviewed too often these days, so it’s an interesting read.
Read more »Deep Purple on VH1 Classic
VH1 Classic in North America is airing a show called Seven Ages of Rock (which was co-produced together with the BBC). The fourth episode Never Say Die is about hasrd rock and heavy metal and features Deep Purple along with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. The Purple part […]
Read more »Whitesnake on Rockline
Whitesnake will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline”, hosted by Bob Coburn, on Wednesday, September 3 at 11:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can talk live with Whitesnake by calling 800-344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you or to listen to the show live via the Internet, go to http://www.rocklineradio.com/. Thanks to […]
Read more »Coverdale on Loose Women
“It’s 35 years since I joined Deep Purple and I look 18…” — announced David Coverdale while appearing on April 16th on a British talk show aptly named Loose Women:
Read more »Lord Ambassador
Interview with Jon Lord appeared on Zermatt.ch to coincide with his performance at the Zermatt Unplugged Festival on April 9. He’s now not only the Ambassador for Hell, but also for Zermatt 😉 What were your main reasons for leaving Deep Purple? We had a great time, but after 30 years I wanted to see […]
Read more »“Just another day at the office…”
In his recent interview to Vintage Rock, Glenn Hughes commented on the California Jam (among many other curious things past and present): I know the California Jam was one of your first gigs with Purple in the States. What else do you remember about that day? Just another day at the office to me, I […]
Read more »California Jam special on WPMD.org
Don Branker, the co-producer and stage announcer for 1974 California Jam and 1978 California Jam II, was a guest on the March 15, 2008 edition of WPMD.org’s “Rock 50” radio show with Mike Stark. According to Mike, Don told “some great stories about both events including Deep Purple’s trashing of a television camera and a […]
Read more »Rock and roll full throttle
Steven Rosen who was a music reporter back in the 70s writes about his encounter with Ritchie Blackmore in November 1974: Amidst all of the commotion, Ritchie was standing with one leg propped up on a small practice amp. He was running through what must have been his pre-show routine, oblivious to the commotion around […]
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