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Rock’n’roll is not Hollywood

Ian Paice did another phone-in interview, this time with WMOS that broadcasts out of Connecticut. He spoke to a rather impatient host (apparently a teenager, no less, and it kinda shows) about the new album, last year induction into RnR Hall of Fame, how to stay sane on the road, and other things. Thanks to […]

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It’s a little brutal

Paicey and Roger making guesses on relevance of various tracks played to them by SWR1

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Sitting at a bar and not drinking

A very relaxed conversation with Roger Glover and Ian Paice as posted by German TV channel WDR (watch inside)

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Even the holes in the road are good

Ian Paice and Roger Glover were guests on German Radio 21. And it resulted in an entertaining 20 minute interview, in which they were asked about their favourite drinks, what smartphone app gets the most use, which person they’d like to become for a day, and a whole bunch of other amusing nonsense. You can […]

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Will be a nice place when it’s finished

You know you’re in the middle of an intensive promotional campaign when behind-the-scene remarks start sounding more interesting than the interviews themselves.

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The difficulty of simplicity

Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, and Don Airey discuss the new album inFinite and the future of the band (listen inside)

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Let’s give this new band a boost

Ian Paice and Roger Glover did another phone-in interview, to American radio station WSFL, which broadcasts out of North Carolina (listen inside)

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Venus to Volcanus

Ian Paice will be a special guest on the new album by Purpendicular, called Venus to Volcanus. The album is due on April 14, via German label Fastball Music. Ian is also continuing to perform with Purpendicular live, with the last gig of the latest string of European dates happening tonight, April 26, in Savigny-le-Temple […]

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A good piece of music is still a good piece of music

Roger Glover and Ian Paice did several interviews for the German press while attending the documentary premiere in Düsseldorf. Most of them by now are quite repetitive, so we won’t list them all, but the one from WAZ.de is a wee bit off the beaten path. And nothing like stirring a little controversy asking about […]

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Paris, Frankfurt and Helsinki

Several new promotional appearances have surfaced in the past few days. Ian Paice will do an in-store appearance at the F-Musiikki Vantaa in Finland, for their “Big Drum Day” event on April 8. Another in-store appearance promoting inFinite has been announced for April 10 at the FNAC Paris Saint-Lazare. Caveat: even though it is marked […]

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