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Portable Door
The first single from =1 is upon us.
[Updated] with video.
[Update #2] live performance.
Criminal memorabilia
Ian Paice’s drum kit auction from early March was a resounding success, raising £11,600 for charity. Following up on that, Ian is putting up some memorabilia from the Turning to Crime sessions: a set of drum heads (sold individually) and a couple of sticks used to record the album, and the inmate plaque used in […]
Read more »Enlightened at the Culture Room
Black Country Communion played their first gig since 2018 on March 17, 2024, at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A couple of new songs from the upcoming BCC V album have been premiered there.
Read more »Never thought of doing that
Paicey reacts to Tosh Petersen’s take on Fireball
Read more »Before the smoke hit the water
Roger Glover and Ian Paice are unboxing the super deluxe edition of the Machine Head remix
Read more »Live from the Badger and Pussycat
Ritchie Blackmore was in a talkative mood, allegedly, after partaking at his in-house pub.
Read more »Three out of four
Watch a drummer from a different style and different generation listen to Fireball for the first time and play through with his own parts. The drummer in question is Tosh Peterson, who is 22, have been a touring musician since he was 16, and played with a bunch of bands most of us never heard […]
Read more »Break a leg, Frank
The much touted video for the remix of Smoke on the Water has arrived.
Read more »Some sort of hip-hop dance thing
Put Simon Mcbride into a studio, give him a guitar he’s never played, stick him with a track he’s never heard, and put the whole thing on YouTube. Sounds like fun!
Read more »Swiss time was running out
[Updated: Pt 5] A brand new video for Smoke on the Water was produced to promote the upcoming reissue of Machine Head. The video will be an animated one. Here is a preview and interview with the creators Dan Gibling and Luke McDonnell.
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