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Mike Eriksson (of the Deep Purple Forever Swedish fan club fame) has published on his blog a lengthy interview with Glenn Hughes. The interview was conducted in 1996 by himself and Coast To Coast editor Lennart Hedenström, and covers many things — some educational, some inspirational, some boisterous, and some — with the benefit of […]
Read more »…And not just the album. Jeb Wright did an interview with David Coverdale for Classic Rock Revisited. It is one of those longish, in depth interviews that you’ll never see in the mainstream media. David talks at length about his Purple days and tells many revealing stories. One of them is that a major motivation […]
Read more »Roger Glover and Ian Paice explaining how they see the reasons behind the band’s success. (watch inside)
Read more »To celebrate Ritchie’s 70th, The Guardian has reprinted a 1978 interview from Trouser Press magazine with the man in black. And it’s one of those rare gems where he is being thoughtful, open, self reflecting and, for the most part, quite serious. To the bemusement of the interviewer: Ritchie Blackmore turned out to be a […]
Read more »Rock City Radio Show Berlin will air an interview with Ian Gillan on Sunday, April 26, between 17:00 and 18:00 CET. The interview was recorded on March 26 when Ian played the Rock Meets Classic gig in Berlin. The presentation of the show is in German, but Ian is not overvoiced. Rock City Radio Show […]
Read more »Greek blog Rock Overdose interviewed Ian Gillan and posted the proceedings. His answers sound like he wasn’t completely enthusiastic about the questions, but here’s what he had to say about the current state of the new album: We don’t have any plans worth talking about yet, but at the same time yes we are in […]
Read more »Ian Gillan was interviewed by German radio SWR1. This being radio, the interview is overdubbed, which makes for extremely frustrated listening because it sounds like was an interesting one. (listen inside)
Read more »Our friends from the Czech fan club Deep Purple CZ did another excellent interview with Don Airey and graciously offered us the original English version for publication. DP CZ: So, back on tour after what’s been precisely a year. You have a very busy schedule yet again; there’s even been a big trip from Russia […]
Read more »Classic Rock has some Joe Lynn Turner quotes apparently from an interview done after his London solo gig on April 5th. He is still insisting that Rainbow reunion is happening. Keep in mind that he has admitted previously that he had not spoken to Ritchie directly. [Blackmore] is itching to do some rocking, and we’re […]
Read more »Brief interview with Ian Gillan on his Rock Meets Classic tour in Germany. He said that the new album is still on the band’s platter, but no concrete plans, deadlines, or recording dates have been set. Ian also mentioned US/Canadian dates this summer. Speaking of which, the first one, slightly unconfirmed, July 24 gig in […]
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