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LA’s rock radio KNAC reviews the latest release with Ian Paice — Banned from Purpendicular, and gives it 5/5:

The underlying concept of this album is the is the hypersensitive culture of our times, in which every word has to be carefully weighed up, because you mustn’t and don’t want to offend anyone, and the resulting cancel culture. Hence the title of the album: Banned. If you take away the second n and the e, you get the word that describes what it’s really about: Band.

Read more on KNAC.com.

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