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Gillan vs. Blackmore: Deathmatch 1993
The year is 1993 and relations between Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore have hit the all time low. Even discounting for the very dry, very British sense of humour, you can tell. This in from the interviews given to Swedish TV Metal Magazinet some time in late 1993:
Thanks to many people who’ve sent in the link.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
ian was just an ale cart 🙂
May 21st, 2007 at 02:57Hahaa, that was funny. Great guys these brothers. They haven’t taken the alledged antagonisms too seriously themselves, so what’s the big hassle about it among the fans?
May 21st, 2007 at 08:49Ritchie who?
May 21st, 2007 at 11:55– it is hilariously childish.
May 21st, 2007 at 15:43Haha, I knew the beating up in a back alley thing, but Gillan´s “I didn´t say that…yes I did” is just as funny. Always nice to remember it wasn´t quite as bad afterall as the fans always make it out to be.
May 21st, 2007 at 16:18Really great! Funny guys!
May 21st, 2007 at 17:10Ritchie’s comments were definitely tongue in cheek, although he even denied saying them when published in a magazine and confronted the interviewer, Anders Tegner about it. When Anders told him he had the film to prove, Ritchie backed down! Ian’s comments are probably a bit more heartfelt. Still the friction made for a great tour. Incidentally these are two of the best interviews I’ve seen with both men. The full unedited interviews are great. The Ritchie one is about an hour long.
May 22nd, 2007 at 03:34The music has been boring since Ritchie left.
May 23rd, 2007 at 13:50Children!! Children!! Please!!
Are these grown men??
May 24th, 2007 at 04:05Wanna bet that these two gentlemen never could without each other?
May 24th, 2007 at 08:39Egos can be ugly things.
If one considers the lyrical meaning of ‘Knocking At Your Back Door’, Ritchie’s threat takes on a most unsavory character.
*cue banjo*
May 24th, 2007 at 11:02Could anyone please tell me wha’t IG is calling Ritchie? Intellectual …. what? I’m not a native English speaker therefore I couldn’t understand what he said although I listened it more than once. Thanks
May 25th, 2007 at 03:12“Intellectual dwarf”
May 25th, 2007 at 05:24Alina: Ian called Ritchie “an intellectual dwarf”……meaning he’s not very smart. Personally I think they were both very tongue in cheek, especially Ritchie talking about beating up Ian Gillan in a back alley! To be serious though, Ritchie and Ian both achieved their greatest success while working together and perhaps that’s half the problem. They both needed the spark of tension to induce their optimum performances. Trouble is that in the close confines of a band that spark turns into all out war. I wish both of them well and thank them for some monumental gigs that for me started in September 1972 at Sheffield City Hall, England. Since then I’ve seen them many times including Knebworth 85 (my clothes are still in the drier). Great times, great memories. God bless all Purple people especially Ian and Ritchie…..time may heal…..time to forgive?
May 25th, 2007 at 09:45Thanks a lot
May 28th, 2007 at 05:13i think that’s un usuall event.Consider these guys are the masters
June 13th, 2007 at 07:01Gillan e Blackmore, a melhor dupla de voz e guitarra do Rock ‘n’ Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 15:33damn you Gillan!
November 23rd, 2008 at 07:48