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Since they’ve been gone
A heavily augmented remix of Rainbow take on Since You’ve Been Gone is used in the Volume 3 of the Guardians of the Galaxy fairy tale superhero franchise.
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Born Again wasn’t a true Sabbath record
Metal Edge magazine has an in depth retrospective interview with Geezer Butler, touching, among other things, on the various interactions of the Sabbath camp with various members of the Purple family. Here’s an excerpt covering Gillan’s stint with the band. What are your thoughts on the controversy surrounding the Born Again record? Butler: I have […]
Read more »They all came down to Montreux
Louder Sound publishes what appears to be a transcription of the Machine Head recording story as told in the Classic Albums series documentary by everyone involved. Deep Purple’s Fireball was the second album recorded with the Mark II line-up. It was another No.1 hit in the UK, but despite its success there was a nagging […]
Read more »All we hear in São Paulo
Paul Mann, Bruce Dickinson & Co. are taking their Concerto performances to Brazil. The show is wrapped up with a set of Purple classics done with the orchestras. Here is Burn as performed on the opening night of the tour, on April 15 in São Paulo
Read more »Suck you in, bleed you dry, and set you free
Doogie White reminiscences about his days in Rainbow
Read more »Steal from everybody and get your own style
Metal Edge magazine has reprinted online a Ritchie Blackmore interview from February 1997. It goes from the heat of the moment to some timeless advice. What do you love most about the guitar? Blackmore: Its shape. The guitar for me, when I was about 11, I was very introverted and I wanted something to relate […]
Read more »Aviator is flying high
This is from the recent brief tour of Steve Morse Band in February 2023. Good to see Steve in great spirits and in great form. This was recorded on February 27 at The Vogel in Red Bank, NJ. There’s more where this came from.
Read more »Lift the spirit higher
Paul Gilbert has an RJD tribute album coming out on April 7 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. It is called simply The Dio Album and contains purely instrumental covers of tracks spanning Dio’s career in Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and solo. An instrumental tribute album dedicated to a vocalist is definitely an interesting concept. Here’s […]
Read more »With the wind in their hair
Deep Purple performing on February 16, 2023, out at sea, on the deck of Rock Legends Cruise. Pretty good quality audience recording. Check out the ‘all hands on deck’ moment during Lazy
Read more »Next stop: Indonesia
There was no official announcement, but judging by the social media posts (here and here), Deep Purple had a writing session in Nashville, slotted between the short US tour and the upcoming visit to the Far East. They are once again working with Bob Ezrin at the helm. Special thanks to Tobias Janaschke for reporting […]
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