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The official YouTube channel has posted an expanded version of the video interview with Colin Hart. Colin started working for the band as a roadie back in 1971, then became tour manager for Elf, Rainbow, and post-reunion Deep Purple. It was probably recorded shortly after his retirement from the band circa 2001. Many of what he said has been greatly expanded in his autobiography.
After discovery of the Deep Purplestraat, everything else feels like we’re kinda scraping the bottom of a barrel, but new stuff keeps popping up.
Michel De Pourcq sent in this photo of a clothing store in Wijk Bij Duurstede in Netherlands:
Hmmm, where have I seen that font? It makes me thing that the store name is not a coincidence…
Cris ‘no relation’ Blackmore writes:
Went to get some dessert the other night and walked into Rockin’ Crêpe, a small restaurant in Huntington Beach, CA. All of the crêpe are named after rock bands and of course, my first question was “Where’s Deep Purple?”. Sure enough, listed under Turkey Crêpe Entrees was the real deal… An instant classic! Thin sliced turkey breast, fresh strawberries, dried cranberries, and rich brie cheese. Smoke on the water! (270 calories)
I have to admit I went for the Led Zeppelin (it was dessert after all) Strawberries and cream, but when I need the real deal to fill me up… I will ask for the Deep Purple (MK II version please)
Joe Lynn Turner was featured in couple of recent podcasts, promoting Rated X and talking Rainbow.
Talking Metal 504: his interview runs from around 22 minutes to 46 minutes mark into the podcast.
Or listen to it in your favourite mp3 player.
Iron City Rocks episode 253: pretty much the whole episode is dedicated to the interview. Listen to it in an mp3 player (24min, 22MBytes).
Thanks to BraveWords for the info.
Joe Lynn Turner gave an interview to Metal Forces promoting the freshly released Rated X debut album. He said that guitar player Karl Cochran suffered a stroke while recording the album and Nikolo Kotzev had to finish it in his stead. He will stay with the band until Cochran recovers. He also mentioned that the band is hoping to book some summer festivals and is already working on a second album. Towards the end, conversation shifted to the rumoured lately Rainbow reunion:
I’m really concentrating on Rated X, and I hope it does very well. So far so good, and of course there’s always the Rainbow reunion (laughs). Always. The completely rumoured, long-awaited Rainbow reunion. You never know with Ritchie (Blackmore, guitarist and Rainbow founder), so we’ll see if that happens.
In my opinion, for Rainbow it would be one last shot and then going out in a blaze of glory so to speak. I think the fans deserve it, and to honour all of the members of Rainbow, past and present. I always feel that in my sets, I play Rainbow, Purple, and things like that because no-one else is doing it. I play Ronnie’s songs and all that stuff, Graham’s (Graham Bonnet, Rainbow vocalist from 1979 until 1980) whatever – I have no compunction about doing that material. I think it’s all a part of the legacy, and that we should do it willingly as singers of the same band. I know Graham’s still out there doing it as well, and Doogie (White, Rainbow vocalist from 1994 until 1997) in his own way. It’s a big family.
Read more in Metal Forces.
There’s a new Whitesnake live album out — Live In ‘84 – Back To The Bone. It features the band in transition from the good old boogie band to the hair metal one.
The album comes in two editions: DVD+CD and standalone DVD. The bulk of the DVD was recorded at a festival in Seibu Stadium in Tokyo with John Sykes on guitar, while bonus tracks are coming from Jon Lord’s final appearance with the band in Sweden.
CD features live performances recorded throughout the 1984 tour. Caveat: the sound quality of these is very bootleg-ish.
DVD:
CD (only available as a DVD+CD combo):
The album came out on November 10, with Japanese release arriving October 29. It has already landed at #1 spot in Japanese charts.
Thanks to BraveWords for the info.
Bernie Torme is touring UK, promoting his latest solo album Flowers & Dirt. Metal Express Radio talked to him, and it’s an interesting interview. He spoke about how he joined Gillan band, how he left, and quite a few things inbetween.
Or listen directly (mp3, 69MB).
Thanks to Classic Rock for the info.
I’ll see your Highway Star hotel and raise you a Purple street, says Rudie Rutjes. In the town of Lent, which is just north of Nijmegen in The Netherlands, there is a new neigbourhood with streets named after rock bands. And there it is — tucked neatly between Pink Floydstraat and Queenstraat — the venerable Deep Purplestraat.
Other places of interest discovered after some idle googling:
Ah, well… I need to get a life 😉
Don ‘played with everybody and his dog’ Airey teamed up with his Gary Moore’s band mate Neil Murray, along with Vinny Appice, contributing to a cover of Gary’s track The Loner. The track will appear on Will Wallner and Vivien Vain new album The Battle Of Clyst Heath. Press blurb also mentions that the album “draws heavily from British hard rock influences such as Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple”.
You can preview another track from the album, The Wars Of The Roses, and judge said influences for yourself:
The Battle Of Clyst Heath is due out tomorrow, November 11, via Wormhole Death Records.
It’s a slow news days and the weather in my heck of the woods is miserable, so every little bit of even mild amusement helps. Jeroen van Aken sent us this photo of a hotel sign where he stayed in Thailand:
All European dates previously announced for late 2015 (apart from two Swiss ones) have been confirmed by Deep Purple’s management.
Full details in our calendar.
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