Analog Planet has an extensive interview with Roger Glover, accompanied by a brief review of =1. Roger talks about the new album, the bad old days, various Machine Head remixes, including the latest, working with Bob Ezrin, and many other things. Mettler: None of us are perfect strangers to any of that, to borrow an […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-08-09
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Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger has a fairly rare beast — an interview with Bob Ezrin. It is published in German, so all the usual caveats about reverse translation fully apply here. Today, studio technology is very different from when you started out with Alice Cooper. In the 21st century, you no longer capture performances live in […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-08-08
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US Navy veteran and novelist Ward Carroll sits down to talk to Steve Morse about their common love for music and airplanes.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-08-08
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Australian outfit Noise11 has interviewed Simon McBride. Simon talks about his early influences, working with Bob Ezrin, making up for the Australian dates that fell through, possibility of another Purple album, and many other things.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-30
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Steve Morse was featured on the latest (July 25, 2024) instalment of the Ernie Ball String Theory web series. Here it is — the story of Steve’s life as told by the man himself in 20 minutes.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-26
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Simon McBride gave an interview to the Ultimate Guitar. It is short on length, but not on substance: I recently interviewed Steve Morse, and he praised your playing. Are you aware that Steve Morse is a fan of your playing? No, I’m not aware of it. That’s an amazing thing to hear because Steve is […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-24
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Some time in June, Just before the start of the tour, Ian Paice was interviewed by Paltrocast. He spoke about the band’s writing process, why Deep Purple are more popular in some countries than the others, how he keeps sane on the road, and a few other things. Enjoy!
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-24
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Deep Purple were featured in the BBC Radio 2 show The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker that aired on July 19, 2024. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were guests of the show. You can listen to it on the BBC player, where it will be available for 30 days after the first airing. Gillan’s bit […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-23
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UK newspaper The Independent has a feature on Deep Purple, with a review of =1, and an interview with Ian Gillan. It’s also, I suggest, a surprisingly lusty record for a band who long since swapped the Jack bottle for the travel kettle. “You mean salacious?” Gillan chuckles. “It’s a bit naughty in places I […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-23
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And a couple of =1 promotional interviews to wrap up the day. German site aussiedlerbote.de has an interview with Ian Gillan, and it’s in English: Is there a song on the new album that particularly touches your heart? I like them all. But “Old-Fashioned Thing” is probably my favorite. In that song, there are interesting […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-20
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