Blabbermouth has several quotes from David Coverdale’s interview published in the May 2017 issue of the Sweden Rock Magazine (the one with Gillan on the cover).
About reissuing the hairspray era Whitesnake albums:
We had digital transfers made of all… ‘Slide It In’, ‘Slip Of The Tongue’, the ’87 album… ‘Cause they’re all coming up to these big-anniversary things now, so we’re looking at all the additional — the demos, etc. — all of the additional material for the hardcore fan, be it video or audio. And you can hear me writing the basic ideas of ‘Still Of The Night’ and that kind of stuff.
It’s a fascinating journey. But hearing the studio stuff… We were in the studio, I think it was ’85, ’86 — I can’t remember — working on the ’87 album, and in the studio, you can hear how really good those songs that Sykes and I had worked on. It’s just really cool. And we’re finding alternate vocals, alternate guitar solos and stuff. It’s a real fun journey. It’s like being a musical archaeologist — digging up the past in order to get the dust off it and present it and put it in a museum as part of special editions. It really is exciting.
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While trying to google up the name of Paicey’s old man (no such luck, btw), I came across this amusing anecdote about John Mortimer (father of British actress Emily Mortimer and a prolific writer and barrister in his own kind). The story is told by his youngest daughter Rosie:
He was great friends with Jon Lord and Ian Paice, the keyboard player and drummer with the rock band Deep Purple. My mum and dad once went to see them play in Oxford and Dad, who was standing at the side of the stage drinking champagne from a plastic cup, burst into applause as Ian’s drum solo came to a crescendo.
A man standing nearby asked: ‘Are you Ian Paice’s father?’
‘Yes, I’m terribly proud of him,’ said Dad. From that moment on he always referred to his son the rock star.
The complete story is actually also interesting as it’s narrated from the point of view of a kid growing with a father who is much older than most fathers around her. Not unlike some people we might know.
Update (May 9): For what it’s worth, Paicey father’s name is Keith, and he was a pianist in the dance band called Rube Sunshine that played in the Nottingham area.
Thanks to Promark for the additional info (via Yvonne).
Roger Glover, Chuck Berry, Jon Hiseman, Roger Glover once again, Paicey’s father, John McLaughlin, and J.S. Bach — what do they all have in common? Watch About the band part 3 to find out. Continue Reading »
Ian Gillan talking (and jamming) with a Turkish musician Fuat Güner at the former’s place in Portugal. Big Ian says that the band have already done some writing for another new album and that studio time with Bob Ezrin is already booked for next February! As several people pointed out in the comments, Now what?! is indeed referred to as the latest album, so the interview is quite old and the new album sessions are, in fact, inFinite sessions. Continue Reading »
The best and worst moments on stage, the deepest secrets, first records bought and first shows attended, crying and laughing, hidden talents, and many other curious things — all in the new interview with the band posted by the record company. Continue Reading »
Ian Paice spoke to the Ultimate Classic Rock, and he’s waxing philosophical in this one:
I think that with these past couple of records that you guys have done, you really have made two of the strongest records in your overall catalog.
We never felt that it was a risk. We know how good the musicianship in the band is and we know how good the adventure still is. More importantly, we know how much we all enjoy it, and that’s the secret. If you still enjoy what you do and you can focus all of those positive feelings into playing and creating new stuff, then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t come out with good product. But we never doubted it. You can make the best record at the wrong time and it will disappear without a trace. You can make the worst record at the right time and have a major hit. There’s no logic to anything that goes on in our business. All we’ve ever tried to do is capture the moment in the studio that was us at that time. Sometimes it’s been right, sometimes it’s been wrong. But we’ve always tried to capture the essence of a live band and I think if any of the records do stand the test of time, it’s just because of that fact. I think what we did with Now What?! Is just a reestablishing of the musical credentials of the band, never mind the fact that it was a big record in lots and lots of countries.
So it was a natural progression that following on from that, we had so much fun making that record with Bob Ezrin in Nashville, as soon as we got the chance to do another one, we’ll take all of that experience of working with him and the knowledge of the studio and enjoying it, to make another record. When you make records quickly, and you make them with a great deal of joy and pleasure, they generally turn out to be really good records. It’s when you have the opposite going on, where it takes a long time, nobody’s really enjoying it and it becomes a labor of work, rather than a labor of love. You end up with a record that maybe isn’t going to do so much.
Don Airey will make an in-store appearance at the Music Kavern in Milton Keynes on Friday, May 5, 2017, between 4 and 5 p.m. He will conduct a keyboard clinic followed by a Q&A session. The event is sponsored by General Music.
And here he is ripping up Difficult to Cure at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt last month: Continue Reading »
Ian Paice talks about the new album, its producer, the band, the setlist, the music, and the eventuality of retirement to France’s Metal XS. The questions are edited out, for some reason or another, but it’s not difficult to piece it together. Continue Reading »
Some time in early 2016 Ian Gillan was vacationing in Cayman Island (and if Rapture of the Deep has taught us anything, it’s that he is into the scuba diving). During his stay there, he was invited to the local rock radio station 96.5 Cayrock that resulted in a very relaxed 3.5 hours long special that was on the air some time right before the RnR HoF induction. And while nothing groundbreakingly revealing have been said, you can do a lot worse lazing on that Sunday afternoon. Lots of music has been played too, and not just the usual and the obvious.
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