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With a bang

Simon Mcbride’s other band Sweet Savage is releasing a new album — the first in 14 years — called BANG, due out on September 12, 2025, via Edel/earMUSIC. A couple of tracks have already been released as singles. The title track: The Chosen One: BANG track listing: Bang Bad F Robot Leave Me Alone I […]

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Things we never heard

Another track from the upcoming remixed version of Rapture of the Deep has been released. Things I Never Said

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What goes on between the ears

Couple of recent interviews with Glenn Hughes promoting his upcoming album Chosen. The first one is with the Brutally Delicious Podcast, complete with a rather long-winded introduction from one of the hosts: The second interview is with Dr. Music. Here Glenn reveals, among other things, that the recent Black Country Communion shows in Europe were […]

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In good company

In this interview with Classic Album Review Roger tells the war stories on soon to be reissued Made in Japan, bootlegs, drum solos, writing Black Night, alleged rivalry with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Vincent Price, and many other things. Some of those stories you may heave heard before, others not necessarily. Enjoy!

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It may or may not be the last

Louder Sound teases us with a Glenn Hughes interview slated to appear in an upcoming issue of the Classic Rock magazine. Hughes’ latest solo album, Chosen, is set for release on September 5. It’s the first record to bear his name since 2016’s Resonate, but he tells Classic Rock that it may be the last. […]

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Voice in his head

A second single Voice In My Head from the upcoming Glenn Hughes’ solo album Chosen has been released.

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The song called Higway Star, this one

A music video for the Highway Star from Tokyo, August 17, 1972, has been released in anticipation of the Made in Japan remix due out in August.

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Simplicity is what hangs it all together

And another contribution to our quickly growing better-late-than-never section. British newspaper The Sun had an interview with Ian Gillan published in July 2024, around the time =1 was released. Our regulars, particularly those who’ve been around the block once or twice, aren’t very likely to learn anything new from there. Curiously, the article is illustrated […]

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Sign of the Wolf

Our better-late-than-never department presents you with the self-titled album of the studio project called Sign of the Wolf, released earlier this year. The project lists several members of the extended Purple family in their ranks: Doug Aldrich and Steve Morris on guitars, Tony Carey on keyboards, and Vinny Appice on drums. The lineup also includes […]

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Banned

Ian Paice not only continues to tour with Purpendicular, but they also completed recording a new album together. The album is whimsically called Banned, and release date is pencilled in for October 10, 2025. In the hot summer of 2024, the band decided to write their fourth album in a remote village high in the […]

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