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Hughes on Berlin radio

[Updated] A Glenn Hughes’ interview will be on the air this Sunday on the Rock City Radio Show Berlin. The interview is from November 23 when California Breed played in Berlin. The presentation of the show is in German, but Glenn is not overvoiced. The part with Glenn is about 45 minutes long (including music).

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Not hanging by the phone

Ian Paice appeared on the Classic Rock Show that aired on TeamRock Radio on August 20. There does not appear to be a way to listen to the interview again, but Classic Rock magazine has a couple of quotes posted on their site. The quotes deal with Paicey’s current relationship with Blackmore (if any): I […]

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Yet another ‘greatest riff’ poll

BBC Radio is conducting an online poll of greatest guitar riffs. Smoke on the Water and Long Live Rock’n’Roll are in the running. The latter is quite a bit of a strange choice, but that’s a matter of taste. Putting aside for the moment the meaningfulness of all such polls, online or offline, this one […]

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Jon Lord wins a poll

Jon Lord has won the Greatest Keyboard Player poll held by Real XS radio in Manchester, UK. The final top 10 is as follows: Jon Lord Rick Wakeman Rick Wright Keith Emerson Ray Manzarek Matt Bellamy Jordan Rudess Tony Banks Dave Greenfield John Paul Jones Thanks to Alan Heron for the info.

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Made in Japan on Welsh Radio

[Updated] Andy Fox from the Welsh radio station GTFM continues to provide an excellent coverage to all things Purple. This week he will be interviewing Ian Gillan in celebration of the Made in Japan reissue. His Rockshow is on the air every Thursday at 21:00 and can be listened worldwide online. For further listening options […]

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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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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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California Breed on Sixx Sense

Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Andrew Watt were on the Sixx Sense radio show (hosted, naturally, by Nikki Sixx). They spoke about the debut self-titled album of their new band California Breed. Listen to it here: California Breed on Sixx Sense (MP3, 52 min, 95 MB). Thanks to GlennHughes.com for the info.

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Unpredictable in every possible way

About a month ago Brian May appeared on UK’s Planet Rock radio with an interview. When they asked him to pick his favourite guitar track, his answer was Since You’ve Been Gone. He proceeded showering praise on both Cozy Powell and Ritchie Blackmore: I suppose you’d call it ‘pop rock’ in a sense, but it’s […]

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Keyed Up on the radio

Get Ready To Rock radio has an early review of Don Airey’s solo album Keyed Up. Don himself will appear on the air on Sunday, February 2, at 18:00 BST to talk to the host David Randall, while later on, at 20:00 Stuart Hamilton will profile him in his Purple People series. Get Ready to […]

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