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What other Deep Purple related fanclubs exist?

Deep Purple (+ members/ex-members) fan clubs:

  • And the Address- DP Fan Club Poland
    c/o Tomek Szmaijter & Roland Bury, PO Box 171, 09-402 Plock 4, Poland
    Publish "Purple World", in Polish
  • The Aviator
    c/o Andree Schneider, Huvenweg 13, 57234 Wilnsdorf, Germany
    Publishes a fanzine called "The Aviator", about 3 issues/year. Written in German.
  • Fireball
    c/o Tim Sinzenich, Tondernstrasse 15, D-50825 Koln, Germany
    Another DP fan club in Germany, publishes "Fireball" in German
  • Belgian DPFC
    c/o Marc Brans, Postbus 21, 3290 Diest, Belgium
    They publish a bi-monthly fanzine titled "Diep Peurpel" (apparently it's some band's name
    in Flemish ;-). It's been running for over 20 years, and the mag carries a 2-page supplement
    in English.
  • Deep Purple Fan Club Austria
    c/o Gerald Kuss. Fischergasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
    Very nice xeroxed fanzine, appears 3-4 times a year in German
  • Purple People of Argentina
    Casilla de Correo 5300 (1000), Correo Central, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Clube Addictos A Deep Purple
    Rua Eugenio Arbones, 14-4 oA (As Travesas) 36210 Vigo, Spain.
    Publishes "Hush", a phonebook-thick xeroxed fanzine with supplement in English.
  • Swedish DPAS
    c/o Michael Eriksson, Skolgatan 39B, S-83145 Östersund, Sweden
    Publishes "Deep Purple Forever" a brilliant properly printed fanzine with 2-4 colour sides
    per issue. All in Swedish. 20 issues out so far.
  • Come Taste the Club c/o Valerio Errico, Via Monti di Pietralata 193/B, 00157 Roma, Italy. Publishes "Come Taste the Club"
  • Greek DPAS
    P.O. Box 50322, Thessaloniki 54013, Greece. e-mail : span@thehighwaystar.com
    Publishes the properly printed quarterly fanzine "Purple Press", it'll all be Greek to you,
    except for a supplement written in English.
  • Hard Road
    c/o Hans van der Meiden, Branding 38, 2201 WV - Noordwijk, The Netherlands. e-mail :
    hard.road@wxs.nl
    They publish a lovely, thick A5 fanzine approximately 3-4 times a year.
  • Ian Gillan Fan Club
    c/o Satomi Dairaku, 97-7 Saihiro, Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, 290 Japan.
    e-mail : dai3@rb3.so-net.or.jp
  • More Black Than Purple
    Editor: Mark Welch, 5 Blenheim Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 7BD,
    UK. e-mail : marwel@globalnet.co.uk
    Sub-editor in charge of subscriptions etc. : Jerry Bloom, PO Box 155, Bedford, MK40
    2YX, UK. e-mail : jerry_mbtp@compuserve.com
    They publish the properly printed quarterly "More Black Than Purple", over 30 pages of
    all the Blackmore news fit to print (and some that aren't ;-)
  • Ritchie Blackmore Followers
    c/o Mateo Filippini, Via Zanibelli 24, 26023 Grumello (Cremona), Italy
    Publishes "Sensitive To Light"
  • Ritchie Blackmore Fan Club, P.O. Box 1538, Miller Place, NY 11764 USA
    They publish informative newsletters, compiled by Kris, who's a friend of Candice's.
  • Ritchie Blackmore Fan Club Germany
    c/o Rainer & Susanne Güth, P.O. Box 35, 37290 Meissner, Germany. e-mail :
    RitchieBlackmoresGermanyFanclub@flix.de
  • The Voice of Rock (Glenn Hughes Fan Club)
    c/o Karen Allen, P.O. Box 6, Wirral, Merseyside, L62 8HT, UK.
    Publishes "The Voice"
  • Friends of David Coverdale and Whitesnake
    c/o Amy McWatt, Scheffelstrasse86, 68259 Mannheim, Germany
    Unknown output. Please get in touch
  • Tommy Bolin Archives
    P.O. Box 11243, Denver, Colorado 80211 USA
    Publishes "The Archival Record" newsletter
  • Friends of Joe Lynn Turner
    c/o Jacqui & Lis, P.O. Box 14, Waterlooville, Hants PO8 0US, UK
    Publishes an excellent offset-printed A5 newsletter, "The Voice of Reason"
  • Na Na Na-The Cozy Powell Newsletter
    c/o Joe Geesin, Headrest, Street End Lane, Nroadoak, Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 8TU,
    U.K.
    e-mail: nanananews@hotmail.com
    Publishes "Na Na Na", a very detailed xeroxed fanzine. Joe also runs the Nazareth fan club.
  • Under the Bonnet
    c/o Steve Wright. 4 Winton St. Lockwood. Huddersfield HD1 3SW. UK.
    Graham Bonnet fan club, publishes "Under the Bonnet"

Last updated April 24, 1998
Any additions, corrections, comments e-mail: span@thehighwaystar.com

The clubs from countries not using the English language, naturally publishes their magazines or fanzines in their own language. Be sure to include an International Reply Coupon if you write for information, and tell them you heard of them via the DPAS, cause that's where I got the addresses!


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