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Deep Purple have a couple of dates booked in India in December (with one of them having been already cancelled). Ian Paice was interviewed by Times Now via Zoom, and this resulted in a long form conversation. Paicey is a fabulous storyteller and makes even the story of the gambling house burning down sound fascinating.
Head over to Times Now to watch it.
Ahead of the gig on the island on December 3, Ian Paice was interviewed by the Times of Malta.
For legendary drummer Ian Paice, performing now is just as enjoyable as it has always been.
“Oh, it’s always fun,” he said, speaking from his hotel room in Poland while on the road with Purpendicular, the Deep Purple tribute band which enjoys regular collaboration with Paice.
“Performing is important to me for two reasons: I always enjoy playing and [Deep] Purple won’t be doing any serious touring till late spring next year. So, I go out and I keep playing. It doesn’t matter whether it’s to 20 or 20,000 people, you have to have the same discipline,” Paice said.
“When I play with [Perpendicular founder] Robby and the boys, they’re doing me a great favour letting me keep my chops up,” he said, revealing a humility which belies the magnitude of his world-striding career.
Read more in the Times of Malta.
Ian Paice revives his dormant YouTube channel to talk about his upcoming appearance with the Buddy Rich Big Band. He also shows the kit he will be playing on that occasion. Continue Reading »
We don’t know what exactly happened to Coverdale’s grandiose plans for the 30th anniversary of Coverdale/Page album, but it has been re-released in Japan as a limited edition 2LP on transparent blue vinyl. There does not appear to be any bonus material included.
This reissue can be ordered from the Tower Records in Japan. Continue Reading »
It was 30 years ago, on November 17, 1993, that Mark 2 played their final concert at the Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland. Ritchie Blackmore went his own way, and the rest of the band decided to carry with a different guitar player. Both sides arguably turned out to be better off. Continue Reading »
In an interview for ClassicRockHistory.com, Steve Morse lists 10 albums that changed his life. And some of those might surprise you.
# 10 – Meet the Beatles – The Beatles (1964)
I first heard The Beatles on [the] Ed Sullivan [Show], which was a family show. I had gotten a small tape recorder and recorded it straight from our TV set speaker. I simply loved the energy, the flawless vocals, the interaction of the guitars, and, of course, the songwriting! Sometime later, after school, my friend invited us to come over to hear The Beatles album. We just sat there and listened, up until the love ballad, which we all agreed to skip, then every song afterward. It was the first time I had listened to an album I instantly loved!
Continue reading in ClassicRockHistory.com.
Thanks to SteveMorse.com for the info.
Our contributor Gert Bak Pedersen has published a book about his collection of signed records with foreword by Ian Gillan.
From the author:
For many years I have tried to get my most important album covers signed by the musicians. Among them are numerous Deep Purple albums. The collection has now turned into a book called ‘All the best’ and Ian has been so kind to write the foreword. The book includes photos of lots of signed Purple-records and some handwritten lyrics. Even though the book is in Danish the foreword by Ian and the afterword by Steve Hackett (Genesis) are in English.
The book contains reproductions of lyrics for Smoke On The Water and Child In Time, handwritten by Ian.
Lovely Elizabeth the opera singer is counting dead bugs on Tawny’s face while trying to figure out the difference between White Stripes and Whitesnake. Continue Reading »
Glenn Hughes played in São Paulo, on November 11, 2023, in the course of his Marks 3&4 tour. Red-hot chili pepper Chad Smith happened to be in the neighbourhood and sat behind the kit for a couple of tunes. Continue Reading »
Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir has included their take of Perfect Strangers on the upcoming album of covers Inspiratio Profanus, to be released on December 8 via Nuclear Blast Records.
BraveWords has a quote from the band’s guitar player Silenoz:
The idea of doing ‘Perfect Strangers’ came about quite a while before we actually got around to recording it. It’s a known song by a very well-known band that has influenced many to pick up an instrument. I mean, is there anyone who doesn’t like Deep Purple?! We incorporated our little twist to it while at the same time wanted to stay close to the original. But perhaps it is the more obvious aspects that come to mind when hearing it; the integration between the main musical elements that we also made use of since the beginning like keyboards and guitars.
Yep, an acquired taste. Other bands covered on the album include Venom, Celtic Frost, Twisted Sister, and Accept. One can pre-order it here.
Thanks to Tobias Janaschke for the heads-up.
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