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Human Mechanic

Tribute act Purpendicular that have toured extensively with Paicey on drums are releasing a third album of their original material, once again with Ian’s participation. The album is called Human Mechanic and is due on September 23 via Metalville Records. Tracklist: The Nothing Box Ghost No One’s Getting Out Alive Something Magical Human Mechanic TV […]

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Never meet your heroes

Many a fan who got the chance to meet members of our favourite band made a remark to the extent of how nice and down to earth gentlemen they turned out to be. Here is a story of a lad from Edinburgh who through his work connections to Gillan’s manager Phil Banfield ended up in […]

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While you were out, message said

And just to brighten your day, here is a guitar shredding cover of Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming by Damian Salazar.

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Paice + Purpendicular on tour

Ian Paice will play a(nother) string of dates next March with Purpendicular. The tour will be in support of the band’s new album tHis is the tHing#1, but the setlist will also include both Purple classics and rare tracks. The lineup for this tour will be: Ian Paice – Drums Robby Thomas Walsh – Vocals […]

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tHis is the tHing#1 gets worldwide release

Purpendicular, a Purple tribute band which released an album of original material back in March, has some news for you. The good news is that the band has secured a three album deal with Borila Records and said album — This is the thing#1, previously only available directly from the band — will be re-released […]

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tHis is the tHing#1

The renowned Purple tribute band Purpendicular is releasing an album of original material titled tHis is the tHing#1 on March 6. It is an 11-track concept album featuring guest appearances by Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Don Airey, Steve Morse, and Neil Murray, among others. The release party will be held in Paderborn, Germany, also on […]

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Ian Paice to repeat Purpendicular success

Ian Paice and Deep Purple tributes Purpendicular have announced a new string of dates for 2015 in Denmark, Germany and France. See the dates on the poster below. The mini-tour builds on the dates Ian played with the band this year in Germany and Czech Republic. The three shows receives favourable reviews and included these […]

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Ian Paice onstage with Purpendicular

Ian Paice will feature with Purple tribute band Purpendicular on three of their European dates this October. This will be Ian’s third stint with the band. October 7th – Sono Centrum – Brno – Czech Republic October 8th – Riffelhof – Burgrieden (Ulm) – Germany October 9th – Uhlenspiegel – Rutesheim (Stuttgart) – Germany Purpendicular […]

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Purpendicular reissue review

The record company has been kind enough to send us a freebie, so here’s a quick review of the Purpendicular reissue. The new edition comes in a fold out digipak with redesigned booklet. Gone are the lyrics, gone is the foldout. The new booklet is a traditional format, with new liner notes written with the […]

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Purpendicular and Concerto to be reissued

The seminal Purple album of the past 20 years — Purpendicular — will be reissued on CD on June 16th in the UK on an independent label Cherry Red Records. We have not been able to obtain from the label any clarification regarding whether it will be remastered or not, but my money is on […]

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