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Après Vous in Nicosia

The highly controversial Northern Cyprus gig held this past weekend was a free concert, organized by the Near East University on occasion of their 25th anniversary. Ian Gillan did interviews, parts of which you can see below (in piss poor editing): Some more bits appear on the university web site, albeit still mostly exchange of […]

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More California Breed interviews

Friday morning (May 23) Glenn Hughes and Andrew Watt appeared on The Heidi & Frank Show on KLOS 95.5 FM radio station in Los Angeles. An interview with Glenn Hughes recorded on March 24 during his publicity tour has recently appeared on the French TV Rock Live. (watch both inside)

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On women’s clothing

In anticipation of the short 3 date Blackmore’s Night stint on US East coast, ProgSheet published an interview with m’lord and m’lady: PS: When you look for musicians to play in Blackmore’s Night, what are you looking for beyond a certain level of musical ability? RB: With most bands, with my history being with Purple […]

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Jon Lord remembers Jim Capaldi

Jon Lord being interviewed by Jools Holland about his friend, the late Jim Capaldi, drummer and co-founder of Traffic. (watch inside)

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Big rock vs. proper rock

Glenn Hughes gave an interview to UK radio station Harborough FM, appearing on the Friday Night Rock Show. He spoke about California Breed, set the record straight about his experience in a trio environment, shared which drummer he played with never made a mistake, and explained the difference between big rock and proper rock. Thanks […]

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Which one is the 60 year old guy?

In a new interview with One On One Glenn Hughes explains why after the BCC fiasco he and Jason Bonham didn’t want to continue with another big name guitar player.

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GH talks to Get Ready To Rock

Get Ready To Rock have posted an interview they did with Glenn Hughes on April 1. There, amongst other things, Glenn vehemently denies that California Breed is a continuation of Black Country Communion. (watch inside)

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Hughes on Quet Riot

Glenn Hughes was interviewed during the Newport Beach Film Festival at the premiere of Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back: The Quiet Riot Movie documentary. He spoke about his connection to Frankie Banali and late Kevin DuBrow, California Breed, and things he learned from David Bowie: Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.

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California Breed acceleration

Glenn Hughes spoke to Metal Talk recently. (watch inside)

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Church organist by day…

David Baranowski, a.k.a. Bard David, keyboard player for Blackmores’s Night for some 11 years, was interviewed by his local Connecticut e-paper. This provides a rare glimpse of the band’s inner workings from a perspective slightly different from the titular couple. Q: How did you end up playing with Blackmore? A: There was a guy that […]

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