But what about the less-conflicted children of Woodstock? The beer-drinkers and hell-raisers, the clock-punching ham’n’eggers in dirty denim, living for the weekend? What was the colour of hoi polloi ...
Half a century ago, Deep Purple released their legendary album "Machine Head". As the cult album is now being reissued, the band's lead singer Ian Gillan tells us their most famous tune" Smoke On The ...
In 1968, Blackmore co-founded Deep Purple with keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice, singer Rod Evans, and bassist Nick Simper. The group was initially heavily influenced by psychedelia and ...
Metallica's Lars Ulrich has proclaimed Deep Purple's Made in Japan as the best hard rock live album ever in a new promotional video hyping the reissue of the classic 1972 performance. Though Lars ...
Deep Purple's classic "Mark II" lineup in 1971: Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice. Credit: Warner Bros./Wikimedia Commons It’s hard to fathom that a collective founded ...
Ian Gillan, the powerhouse vocalist best-known as the longtime frontman of Deep Purple, celebrates his 80th birthday on August 19. Gillan joined the British hard-rock band in 1969 and helped propel ...
In 2017, heavy metal pioneers Deep Purple launched an epic tour known as “The Long Goodbye Tour” which lasted about two and a half years and spanned across four continents. That’s one hell of a long ...