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In the press
A couple of recent magazine features that might be worth your attention.
German Rock It! magazine has Deep Purple on the cover of their issue 143 (Sept/Oct 2024). Inside, there’s a 4-page Purple feature, including an interview with Ian Paice and Simon McBride. Bonus: bits of interviews with Paice and Hughes on the 50 years of Burn.
Meanwhile, Sweden Rock magazine has a 4-page interview with Ian Paice in the issue dated 8/2024. Also in this issue: a 5-page Phenomena (Glenn Hughes) feature.
Thanks to Marcelo Soares and Benny Holmström for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Being into all things Purple since 1977 I have never witnessed a media coverage like this! The band are all over the place, even in magazines like SPIEGEL and STERN, reviews of the album in print and online … coverstories in most of the music papers …except Rolling Stone of course (although it has to besaid they had DP on the front a while ago … I was in awe I remember!). Rock it! is no exception. The interview is nice but I don’t think there is too much content that is unheard of in these circles …
August 26th, 2024 at 09:49Boomer music roolz!
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August 26th, 2024 at 15:44And now even everyone’s favorite brothers band reunites, all is good!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/27/oasis-reunion-could-earn-gallagher-brothers-more-than-they-did-in-the-entire-90s
August 27th, 2024 at 23:07@ 3 – And so predictable in todays world when the media headline is…………….all about the filthy lucre. Says it all really. Cheers.
August 28th, 2024 at 06:37Noel divorced last year from the wife Sara MacDonald who Liam had allegedly insulted so badly backstage 15 years ago, Noel would never speak or play with him again – that and the 20 million GBP it took to get the divorce done changed perspectives. (Liam, never really able to keep his big mouth shut, is meanwhile turning Sara into what Yoko Ono was supposed to be to that other band the Gallaghers always aspired to be.)
But then you tell me that Ritchie’s divorce from Amy Rothman in 1983 did not contribute to the Purple reunion a year later. 😑
The split of the Gallaghers was never about the music. Both Noel’s and Liam’s solo releases were even more oasish than Rainbow and GILLAN were purplish.
August 28th, 2024 at 14:13Yo,
Herr Uwe stated…
“But then you tell me that Ritchie’s divorce from Amy Rothman in 1983 did not contribute to the Purple reunion a year later”. 😑
LOL ! The courtroom decisions of divorces tend to leave one wanting to work successfully again, so as to maintain the standard-of-living, where & if possible, that’s for sure…
Good luck to “Oasis”, I can’t deny playing a tune or two or there’s in a set-list that helped me make a living in the business for a few years ! They were certainly crowd-pleasers much to my surprise, especially if played in the last set, once everyone was tipsy, & they’d all sing along, amazing…But that’s Aussie pubs for you / Irish Murphy’s at least…
Better to be discussing “SpaceHog” in a DP forum imo…Why you ask ??? Because the music kicks major ass !!! I only bring them in here because they were / are another band with family / bothers in the line-up, & had similar problems as they all seem to acquire over time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_MZssLmW_U
Peace !
August 29th, 2024 at 00:57I’m ok with Oasis, have seen them twice (because people dragged me to go), they are neither (i) as brilliant as their fans or (ii) as horrible as their detractors would like you to make believe, I prefer them (and other Brit Pop) to most Grunge bands.
Noel can put a few chords together in a catchy way, write an observant lyric (that eschews dragons, always a plus for me) and Liam has an immediately recognizable and live very strong voice (plus that working class laddish attitude which you either love or hate); he has also turned into a real songwriter as this ode to his big brother from a few years ago amply shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3mhhT3c7oY
But I never heard anything instrumentally from Oasis that would have me perk an ear, they are instrumentally competent if you want to put it nicely, sort of to Britpop what KISS are to harder music, they invite you to start a band of your own because you can strum along to their records, which is always a good thing. Some good arrangements though, especially on their later studio albums (live that tends to get bludgeoned to death by their trademark “Oasis Wall of Sound” billowing strummed guitars though they have an extra-keyboarder playing with them). Andy Bell, the former lead guitarist of Ride who became their bassist, plus Zak Starkey as their one-time drummer were likely the best players they ever had in their ranks.
But there is no denying that their reunion means as much to people who grew up with them in the 90ies as Mk II getting back together meant to us in 1984. Except that Oasis fans had to wait quite a bit longer!
August 29th, 2024 at 15:20Yo,
@7…Some bands like “Oasis” for unknown reasons find massive success for what’s really only average music, with updated lyrics of common themes. I tend to think the theatrics of the brothers combined with the press coverage offered them more successes than the music itself. eg, “Save me” is the same chord structure as “Wish you were here”, which is the same as “Our Lady”…But whatever, most people don’t know or could even care less.
The “Red Hot Chili Peppers” at least offered “fresh” ideas & execution at that time, whilst a little later “Coldplay” had hit after hit whilst basically singing the same song to everyone, so it becomes difficult to asses why this or that was or wasn’t successful. Radio air-time I still think is the key.
The 1990’s seemed to see music reinventing itself in some ways, but all that changed was the clothing, underneath all that was the same meat & bones. And this is where DP with Steve really pushed the boundaries of hard rock into new frontiers.
Peace !
August 30th, 2024 at 23:07