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Their finest moment this century
Classic Rock reviews the freshly released =1: Just when you thought arguably Britain’s finest rock band had nothing more to give, along comes what may be their final rebirth. They’re taking it on the road of course. Can anything stop them? Hopefully not. Read more in Louder Sound. A review (most likely the same one) […]
Read more »And then the transistor radio came along
Ian Gillan was interviewed by a streaming site Qobuz on the occasion of =1 release, where he starts with here and now, and goes all the way back to the church choir boy experiences
Read more »Still equals one
=1 is upon us, and here’s the “official interview” from the band, posted today
Read more »Alive, kicking and in the zone
Blabbermouth reviews the new album =1 in most glowing terms: When you have a legacy as indisputably colossal as DEEP PURPLE’s, making new music could easily be an afterthought. But tasked with producing new albums to rival the immortal likes of “Machine Head”, “Burn” and “Perfect Strangers”, the hard rock legends have done a solid […]
Read more »The obvious impression is often misleading
Simon McBride gave an interview to the German site laut.de (in the midst of an interview marathon with 9 other engagements). Yep, reverse translation again. As such, take it with a grain of salt. It’s a lengthy read. Simon talks about his influences, joining the band, the songwriting process, lengths of the songs on =1, […]
Read more »There’s this one lick…
Ultimate Guitar spoke to Simon McBride, and offers not quite a full interview, but his answer to one of the questions: What is the most difficult Ritchie Blackmore part to play? Most of it is actually not too bad. There’s one little lick which annoyed me for a long, long time, it’s in ‘Lazy’. I […]
Read more »Shop smart for =1
Just a sort note. In case you haven’t ordered the new album yet and like to save money, SuperDeluxeEdition.com provides a handy shopping chart for the box set, 2LP, and CD+DVD digipak (that’s the last one, erroneously marked as 2LP again). Go to superdeluxeedition.com for all your price comparison needs. Caveat: most likely does not […]
Read more »Bones rattle and teeth shake
NME reviews the 2024 Montreux Jazz Festival and starts right with the most important in our quarters: “We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline,” growls Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan, erupting after what could arguably be the most iconic riff ever gets a bigger reaction than any guitar part could – […]
Read more »Rejuvenated again
German site Musicreviews.de reviews =1 in positively glowing terms, and gives it a score of 13 out of 15 (same as Whoosh and inFinite, while Now What?! got 12/15 from them). Usual reverse translations caveats… (you know the drill). When listening to “=1” you quickly come to the conclusion that DEEP PURPLE really did everything […]
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