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Ian Paice has appeared on the Metal XS show and talked about the past, present and future of Deep Purple. He went to considerable length explaining, among other things, his point of view on whether the band will appear on the same stage with Blackmore again. Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
Read more »Steve Morse remembers Jon Lord:
Read more »Adrenaline Mob is a project of ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy with Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen. Guitar player Mike Orlando and bassist John Moyer (Disturbed) round up the band. They have released an album of original material last year, followed this March by an EP of covers, with Rainbow’s Kill the King among them:
Read more »Ian Gillan and Ian Paice did a press conference in Paris on April 18 and ventured pretty far from the beaten track (as far as those promotional interviews go, which often sound like the same canned answers to the same canned questions): A longer video of the press conference (with much worse audio): Thanks to […]
Read more »An excerpt from the promotional interview with the band recorded in December 2012. (watch inside)
Read more »Back in 1990 Gillan toured in Georgia, then a part of the USSR. While in Tbilisi, Big Ian and his wife Bron kept up with their custom of renewing their vows in every country they visited. And let me tell you, back in the day Georgians had a reputation of the people who know how […]
Read more »David Coverdale & Co. have posted a video trailer for their upcoming live album Made in Japan. (watch inside)
Read more »Deep Purple’s official YouTube channel has posted a 90-second clip of Mark 1 performing Hush in Berne, Switzerland. Looks like the footage was silent and it was overlayed with an audio track from elsewhere. Nevertheless, any Mark 1 footage is a rare treat.
Read more »EarMusic has posted another teaser for the upcoming new Deep Purple album (watch inside).
Read more »On December 14 Ian Paice did another drum clinic and played a gig in Forli, Italy, of which we unfortunately learned about only post factum. He spoke about all things drumming, answered questions from the public, and played a few tunes (some of which he doesn’t do any more on his day job) with the […]
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