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Nick Simper continues working on his autobiography, which has now reached the summer of 1969 and his dismissal from Deep Purple. June ended with a show at London’s prestigious Revolution Club, followed by a BBC recording session for the David Symonds radio show. On July 1st I again met Rod Freeman, who was now manager […]
Read more »The fine folks at earMUSIC have kindly allowed pre-release access to Deep Purple’s new album =1, so that we can tell you all about it here on The Highway Star. Starting now and continuing until the official release date July 19, Rasmus Heide will be reviewing the full album in two-track segments. As they say: […]
Read more »Roger, Paicey, and Simon discuss Simon’s first gig with Deep Purple.
Read more »Deep Purple have started their 2024 tour in earnest, and at the first show in Madrid on June 13 two new tracks were presented to the audience: Bleeding Obvious and A Bit On The Side. (watch inside)
Read more »Guitar World is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Fender Stratocaster with an anecdote of how Blackmore bought his first one from an Eric Clapton’s roadie: I was in Deep Purple in 1969, and I was living in Acton, London. We were all in the same house, the whole band, and Eric Clapton’s roadie came by […]
Read more »Louder Sound has a article on Machine Head remix, based around an interview with Ian Gillan, with some contributions from Ritchie Blackmore, Dweezil Zappa, and Bruce Dickinson. Couple of quotes from Big Ian: I can see why [the record companies] are doing it. They have to make the music reach today’s audiences, I suppose. Everyone […]
Read more »Louder Sound reprints an old Classic Rock feature on the formation of Mark 2, from Chris Curtis to Fireball. This was originally penned by late Pete Makowski for the Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple special issue. It all began when Chris Curtis, the former drummer/singer with Merseybeat band The Searchers, approached London businessman Tony […]
Read more »As promised earlier, Sound & Vision publishes their full review of the 2024 Machine Head remix: The more aurally adventurous among us are in for one helluva ride. Dweezil’s stereo remix will indeed grab you in somewhat unexpected ways (a la “Never Before”), but it’s in Atmos where Machine Head gets to do some literal […]
Read more »Scenestr has a short interview with Simon McBride on the occasion of the impending release of =1. When you join a band like that, as you mentioned all the iconic players, there’s always that little bit of expectation from the fans I believe. They all want you to play like they want you to play. […]
Read more »The second single from the upcoming new album =1 is out now
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