David Coverdale appeared on the Appetite for Distortion podcast promoting the Restless Heart remaster. He swears up and down that he’s going to retire from touring “at this level” after the upcoming 2022 Whitesnake tour.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2021-11-03
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A contemporary report from deep in the bowels of a certain Grand Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland. This was originally published in January 1, 1972, issue of New Musical Express. Charlie Chaplin would approve Richard Green, mixing with the Rothschilds, reports from the bizarre home-made studios in Switzerland where Purple are cutting their new album, `Machine […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2021-10-25
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Metro UK e-paper has an interview with Glenn Hughes in their Lifestyle section. It covers an angle of Glenn’s life that probably hasn’t been covered before — his experience as a homeowner. When did you buy your first home? The first home I bought was in Penkridge, Staffordshire in 1971. It’s a very beautiful area […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2021-10-25
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A vintage interview with Ian Gillan, originally printed in the December 26, 1970, issue of the New Musical Express. Snob groups make Ian purple with rage By Richard Green It becomes a bit strong when groups get so selective in their attitude towards work that they cut their dates down to one or two a […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2021-10-21
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Apparently the promotion campaign for Turning to Crime has already begun, quietly so far. Roger and Big Ian have been spotted doing interviews on October 11 at the Park Hotel in Oberhausen, Germany. Check the photo gallery at a stock photography website.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2021-10-21
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A lengthy interview with david Coverdale in the Antihero magazine provides a nice distraction certain criminal activities going on around us. Antihero Magazine: Taking you back, what would’ve been the first music that you remember hearing? David Coverdale: Oh, the first influential song? It’s so interesting, after losing my mom some years ago, I was […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2021-10-17
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There is a new documentary out, it is called Count me in, it is about everything drums and drumming, and features interviews with luminaries of the art, including our own Ian Paice. He is joined by Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Roger Taylor (Queen), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Stewart Copeland (The Police), Cindy Blackman-Santana (Lenny Kravitz, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2021-10-10
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Another vintage article about Deep Purple, which originally appeared in the New Musical Express on December 12, 1970. It is based on interviews with the two Ians and tells the story of troublemakers in Germany, Aston, Gardner, Dyke and Lieber, Big Ian’s involvement with the Jesus Christ Superstar, and work on the upcoming album that […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2021-10-03
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Glenn Hughes and Doug Aldrich were interviewed on the Chuck Shute podcast. They spoke about Dead Daisies, David Coverdale, football and football, the Transformers, Keith Moon, Glenn’s addiction, saving the dolphins, and many other things.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2021-09-28
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[Updated Sep 23] Geir Myklebust specifically for the audience of our site reprints in his blog the questionnaires that members of Deep Purple Mark 2 have answered back in 1970. These originally appeared in the November 21, 1970 edition of the New Musical Express.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2021-09-20
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