"The comic book 'Ketwangg' spent so much effort sending spandex types to review my lower half around the early '80s, I thought it was a new kind of trouser press." - Ian Gillan 1996
Gillan may not like them but Kerrang meant a lot to young hardrock fans in the early 80's. Deep Purple was featured a couple of times in the magazine and here is the big reunion interview Kerrang did with the band. All the members were interviewed and the interviews were spread over two issues, the first of the two being the purple cover at the top of this page. The blue issue above is from Kerrang's HOBL interview.
[ PART 1 | JON LORD | IAN PAICE | PART 2 ]
Here is an Kerrang feature on the 1985 Knebworth show (no. 98) including an interview with Ritchie Blackmore (no. 96-97).
Transcription and HTML by Benjamin Weaver