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Classic Rock has an extensive interview with Glenn Hughes. He talks about his career, from playing trombone in a school orchestra, to his mum saving him from joining ELO, to the most Ritchie Blackmore thing that Ritchie Blackmore did, to the latest solo album Chosen. Your first instrument was the trombone. This could have been […]
Read more »Steve Morse was interviewed by the (we kid you not) Rockin’ 101’s The Johnny Rock Show, who’s DJ must be a close relative of Sally ‘I kin fart through my nose’ Cohen. Anyways, you gotta do what you gotta do…
Read more »[Updated Sep 25 with link to the recording] On August 26, 2025, Roger Glover has appeared on the satellite radio SiriusXM show Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk. Blabbermouth has some quotes of what he said.
Read more »Ian Paice was an inaugural guest on the Metal Sticks podcast, hosted by the recently retired from Iron Maiden Nicko McBrain and Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni. The Made in Japan remix is mentioned as soon-to-be-released, so this must have been recorded some time in early August. Dig into the drummer talk!
Read more »Music Radar has an article about Coverdale joining Deep Purple, with input from the man himself. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but also a daunting challenge – not least because of the fearsome reputation of Purple’s moody guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore. “I think I was the only singer they auditioned,” Coverdale recalled in an interview […]
Read more »Music Radar has a short interview with Glenn Hughes, focusing mainly on his bass gear. How has your bass rig evolved since your days with Trapeze in the early ’70s? Well, Trapeze was all Hiwatt amps. And I wasn’t using pedals back then. I started using pedals in Deep Purple. But for me, it was […]
Read more »John McCoy has appeared on the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, talking about the Gillan band. It was an in-depth conversation, at 1 hour and 16 minutes, so we haven’t listened all the way through it yet. But we’re being assured that here John does not sound as bitter as in his other recent interviews.
Read more »Glenn Hughes was a guest on the Metal Mayhem ROC podcast talking about, for the most part, the usual things he talks about in the interviews these days. One thing that is newish here is the anecdote of him almost joining the nascent Ozzy’s band in 1979. And Glenn’s genuine reaction to learning (while being […]
Read more »Louder Sound republishes online a Classic Rock feature on Rainbow Rising and subsequent tour. It originally appeared in the Classic Rock magazine issue #158, dated June 2011. The feature was written by Pete Makowski with input from Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Bain, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Carey, and Cozy Powell, all collected over the years. Tokyo, […]
Read more »Bob Daisley recently appeared on the Artists On Record podcast, and what distinguishes this interview, he was answering questions from the listeners. The bulk of the conversation revolved around Ozzy, but there were a couple of questions about Rainbow (hint: look for segment titles in the progress bar).
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