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Creative urges vs. songwriting pills
MetalTalk spoke to Roger Glover earlier today, March 1, “to find out more about the current ethos of the band, the inspiration for the new suite of songs as well as hopes and fears for the future”:
Read more »That classic second album syndrome
A brief article appeared in the Billboard today, with quotes from an interview with Roger Glover and a video from the polar expedition photo shoot. When we go in to make an album, we have no idea. We don’t sit down and have a meeting and say, ‘What are we going to do?’ We just […]
Read more »Idea that is a little enigmatic
An interview with Ian Paice was featured on Robert Sas’ Rock Show a few days ago, and it was a very relaxed and informative chat. Ian spoke about his health, the title and contents of the new album, the differences between then and now, the fate of the band, their immediate touring plans, his hobbies, […]
Read more »Ja, ja — Smoke on the water
Roger Glover and Ian Paice have also appeared on German TV channel BR Fernsehen in an evening news segment for February 22. (watch inside)
Read more »They never go to three…
Roger Glover and Ian Paice sit down with the Rock Antenne to answer the burning questions: is this the final tour? Is this the final album? Is this the end of Deep Purple? Why you can’t please everybody with the setlist? And most importantly, why do sound techs never count to three? (watch inside)
Read more »This one is going on Ebay
Another video from the NAMM 2017. Steve Morse shows off his MusicMan #1 and #2: And once we’re at it, here are some more Steve’s guitar nuts and bolts videos from a few years back. Here he is demonstrating various features of the original MusicMan and Y2D, and how and why he uses them during […]
Read more »Paicey on Spanish radio
Ian Paice will be a guest on the Central FM Rock Show tomorrow, February 16, 2017, at 10pm CET. Central FM is an English speaking radio that broadcasts on 98.6 and 103.9 MHz in the Costa del Sol region of Spain, and online worldwide. Their Rock Show is on the air on Thursday nights and […]
Read more »Brutally frank Graham
A new interview with Graham Bonnet, where he is introduced as “talkative and often brutally frank”. And brutally frank he is all right. On the second disk of his latest album The Book that consists of re-recorded classic tracks from Graham’s career: How did the idea of doing the re-recordings for the second disc come […]
Read more »Never say never
Don Airey was inducted into the Hall of Heavy Metal History at the ceremony held on January 18 in Anaheim, California. Here is his well thought out and pretty rousing acceptance speech and bits of rather interesting backstage interview. (watch inside)
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