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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There is a new Q&A with Steve Morse on the new official Deep Purple website. His ultimate imaginary band: I have played with some of the best living musicians already, and have always appreciated that. It might be interesting to imagine a band of departed musicians with Keith Moon on drums, Barry Oakley (Allman bros.) […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-09-13
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There is a brand new interview with Steve Morse on Playback:stl. Derek Lauer writes in his introduction: There was an incredible synergy of brilliant musicians at the University of Miami in Florida in the early ’70s, with people in the School of Music like Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Hiram Bullock, Andy West, Rod Morgenstein and […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-09-12
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In the wake of Monteux’2006 release, Classic Rock Revisited has published Peter Lindblad’s interview with Roger Glover. Roger discusses special connection the band shares with this swiss town, the infamous Casino fire that laid down the story told in Smoke on the Water, their appearances at the Monterux Jazz Festival, and the upcoming French tour. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-08-28
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Ian Gillan spoke to his local newspaper Dorset Echo backing the opposition against a road project, over which the tempers are apparently flying very high (just check the comments to the article on newspaper’s website). The bone of contention seems to be the Dorset County Council’s plan to build a relief road from Dorchester (county […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-08-28
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Blackmore’s Night will be featured in a two part broadcast on German radio station Radio T. The show will air on September 13th and 20th at 20:00. Interview is conducted by Manja Kolb. Radio T is on the air in Chemnitz at 102.7 MHz and on cable at 98.25 MHz and 103.7 MHz. See www.peters-kramladen.de […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-08-21
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David Coverdale will be interviewed in the new episode of BBC Radio 2s Masters of Rock series devoted to classic, contemporary and obscure hard rock and metal. The show, which is hosted by Bruce Dickinson, will include a chat with Coverdale about his colourful career. The program is scheduled to air on August 23 at […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-08-16
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