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Coverdale in Metal Express

David Coverdale gave an interview to the Metal Express Radio. He spoke about his new live releases, the upcoming British tour, his humble beginnings in Redcar, his family, and Jon Lord: MER: Jon Lord has been a really big loss to the music world. DC: The world is a lot worse off for his loss. […]

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The Welsh want their vowels!

Here are two more interviews from the Now what?! promotional blitz. Virgin radio Italy (in English with Italian subtitles): GTFM Rockshow on BBC Welsh community radio used prerecorded interviews from the EPK: listen here (MP3, 22 min). Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info and to Andy Fox for correction.

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Glover on Global Metal

Roger Glover chats about Now what?! with Portuguese radio show Metal Global. You can listen to it at rtp.pt (the interview is in English). Thanks to Jorge Botas for the info.

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Will it happen again?

Ian Paice has appeared on the Metal XS show and talked about the past, present and future of Deep Purple. He went to considerable length explaining, among other things, his point of view on whether the band will appear on the same stage with Blackmore again. Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.

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Little funny ones

Metak Shrine has a rather interesting interview with Joe Lynn Turner: Looking back on your career, do you feel there´s one album or a specific song where you feel you really nailed it? JLT: According to most people… for a singer or songwriter to say “This is the one.”… it´s like my children. They´re all […]

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A genius at keyboard

Don Airey was interviewed by Classic Rock Revisited. he talked about Now What?!, Bob Ezrin, the spirit of Jon Lord, Wurlitzers, and the great guitar players he worked with. Don Airey had the seemingly impossible task of replacing the amazing Jon Lord when he joined Deep Purple eleven years ago. To say he’s done okay […]

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Glover in Vintage Rock

Roger Glover chats with Vintage Rock about Now what?! from his home in Switzerland (this was done probably before the album was released): This is your fifth record with Steve Morse and your third with Don Airey and I have to say, these two guys really come to the fore. With Don Airey, it’s like […]

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Never in fashion

Music Radar has an interview with Roger Glover presented in the form of a monologue. Interestingly enough, Now what?! gets a fairly brief mention, with the bulk dedicated to Roger’s illustrious career with Purple, solo, Rainbow, as a songwriter, and as a producer. We’re not very good at planning things to be honest. We’re a […]

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Luxury real estate, designer retrospective and… Deep Purple

Now what?! is featured in the latest podcast of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle lifestyle show Euromaxx. It is rather bizzare to see the band covered in a show that features such things as luxury real estate on Mallorca, a Bouroullec retrospective in Paris, and eating raw cuisine. They also offer a free CD signed […]

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Paicey in Metal Hammer

The issue of Metal Hammer that went on sale in late March has a two page spread featuring Ian Paice interviewed by Matt Oliver of Jettback. If you have any further details, please leave a comment. Back issues can be ordered from the publisher, we just need to figure out which one it is 😉 […]

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