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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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Heavy does not mean loud and big

Roger Glover talks about things that you may or may not have heard in response to the questions that he may or may not have been asked many times over during the last few weeks of heavy promotional work. The takeaway message here, I guess, is the ease, enthusiasm, and good-natured humor, with which he […]

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Most impressive indeed

Roger Glover has appeared on Van Gils & Gasten show on Belgian TV. There are certain limits on how deep the mainstream media can dig during a 10-minute TV appearance, but it was a well rounded and well researched interview. The host got his Made in Japan vinyl signed, the new album was plugged amid […]

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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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They’ll tell us when it’s over

Another interview with Roger Glover in the German press — this time it is from Kulturnews magazine, April 2017 issue, pages 12-13. We think that it is interesting enough that it deserves the effort of offering it to you in reverse translation (usual caveats apply). SR: Mr. Glover, the question may sound hackneyed, but: Did […]

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Putting everyone on notice

Roger Glover was featured with a lengthy interview in the Antihero Magazine. Yep, it’s Roger sharing his thoughts in response to interesting, off-the-beaten path questions. No further hype is needed. Mark Dean: Do you find these press schedules get easier or more difficult as the years pass by? Roger Glover: Actually, probably easier, because when […]

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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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Too much love in the world

Paicey and Roger promoting the new album on a radio station WXKR, broadcasting out of Ohio, USA. The boys are in a great mood, and there are few, if any, cringe moments from the host (listen inside)

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The twin pillars of rock’n’roll

Roger Glover pays tribute to the late Chuck Berry, who passed away on March 18 at the age of 90:

I have said often enough that the entire edifice that is rock’n’roll is held up by the twin pillars of Little Richard and Chuck Berry. Little Richard for his searing voice and superb band and Chuck for his scattershot lyrics and iconic guitar style. And most importantly, they wrote the songs…

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