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A couple of historical clips. The first one is about Mark 3, with snippets of contemporary interviews from Glenn Hughes and Ritchie Blackmore: The second one is a report on the 1975 Sunbury Festival from Australian TV, including an interview with Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes: Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore Official channel for posting these.
Read more »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.
Read more »Back in 2016, when Deep Purple were performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Simon Robinson arranged a visit of Roger Glover and Don Airey to the building that used to be The Grand Hotel in 1971. Here is Roger talking about the events that unfolded 45 years prior right where it happened.
Read more »Another Friday, another (yep, you’ve guessed it) classic Gillan video clip. This time it’s On the Rocks off the Rock Goes to College from February 23, 1981.
Read more »More of the Derek Lawrence recollections of the days gone by. Some of it overlaps with what you may have seen on these pages previously, but it never hurts to do it again.
Read more »Black Country Communion performance at the Hellfest from June 21, 2025, has been posted to YouTube by ARTE Concerts. It is promised to be available for a whole year, until June 20, 2026.
Read more »Blackmore’s Night also took advantage of the latest technologies undistinguishable from magic (and undoubtedly enhanced with magic spells and fairy dust). Here is the around-the-table performance of Magical World, which originally appeared on the low profile VHS release Live In Germany 1997-1998.
Read more »Another classic Gillan clip — Mutually Assured Destruction from the Rock Goes To College show on February 23, 1981.
Read more »Steve Morse took part in a jam that happened in Annapolis, MD, on May 31, 2025. The occasion was the release of a novel Punk Force by Steve’s friend Ward Carroll. Ward is a retired navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, an author of books about life in an F-14 squadron (Punk series), a military commentator, and […]
Read more »Another week, another classic Gillan video. Trouble from Rock Goes To College, February 23, 1981.
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