A new Deep Purple 2CD live album Space Truckin' Round the World Live 68-76 is in the works featuring tracks from Mark I-IV:Deep Purple has a new live album in the works called Space Truckin' Round the World Live 68-76. According to Classic Rock magazine, the two-disc set -- due out next month -- will feature rare live recordings from various concerts all over the world, including gigs in Tokyo,...
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The Highway Star is reporting that original co founder of Deep Purple, bassist Nick Simper is scheduled to be interviewed by Roger Day on BBC Radio Kent at 19.30 GMT on Tuesday, September 1. The show is also syndicated to other local BBC stations; Solent, Surrey, Sussex, Oxford and Berkshire.It can be listened to worldwide on the Internet directly from the BBC’s web site (RealPlayer required).B.
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The tracklisting for DEEP PURPLE’s Archive Collection DVD - due in June 2009 in the UK - has been revealed. It is as follows:DVD IMk 1 - ‘Help’, ‘Hush’, ‘Wring That Neck’Mk 2 - ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Mandrake Root’, ‘Speed King’, ‘Black Night’, ‘Child In Time’, ‘Lazy’, ‘Strange Kind Of Woman’, ‘Fireball...
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According to Deep Purple fan-site The Highway Star, Deep Purple's Made In Japan concerts were filmed. At least in part. Seven reels of silent 8mm footage filmed at Deep Purple’s famous August 1972 Japanese concerts have been found. Rumors of such film have persisted for years, and now their existence has been verified.Audio recordings of these three concerts formed the basis of the legendary Ma.
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Rock legends Deep Purple have announced a string of tour dates for November this year. The ageing rockers will play four shows, with tickets going on sale at 9am tomorrow, priced at £38 each I believe. Catch them at: Tuesday 10th November 2009 - Manchester Apollo Wednesday 11th November 2009 - Glasgow SECC Friday 13th November 2009 - Birmingham LG [...]
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Thy Lair...
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I was never a big fan of Deep Purple during the 1970s, after hearing so many crappy bands cover "Smoke On The Water" and "Highway Star". But they had been broken up since the mid Seventies, and in 1984 reconvened for an album called "Perfect Strangers". If you were into hard rock or 70's/80's metal, the title track just instantly grabbed you. Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" from 1984 - an ess...
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It is hard to describe what it was like being a rock music freak growing up in Mexico City in the '70s. In the late '60s and early '70s, the Mexican government cracked down heavily on the student movement. The most violent and well-known crackdown was October 2, 1968 in the Plaza de Tlatelolco where up to 300 students were massacred. The biggest musical crackdown happened after the "Avandaro mu...
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Deep Purple's 1973 hit "Smoke on the Water" is the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to a poll by a London music school that has taught members of top bands like Radiohead, The Kinks and The Cure. The majority of the 25 songs selected by current students of the London Tech Music School, were recorded in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Only seven were recorded in the last 20 years."It was the ...
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"Shemp Is Hemp Spelled Backwards"
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British rockers Deep Purple, one of the favorite bands of the current Russian president, are set for a tour of Russia this fall, a spokesman for the tour's promotion company said on Thursday. Dmitry Medvedev; Current Russian President, Rocker.Medvedev is a devoted fan of hard rock, listing Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin as his favorite bands. He is a collector of their ...
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A new Deep Purple 2CD live album Space Truckin' Round the World Live 68-76 is in the works featuring tracks from Mark I-IV:Deep Purple has a new live album in the works called Space Truckin' Round the World Live 68-76. According to Classic Rock magazine, the two-disc set -- due out next month -- will feature rare live recordings from various concerts all over the world, including gigs in Tokyo,...
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Originally formed in 1968, the proto-metal group Deep Purple have been available for two generations of ??heavy metal??. The group claims to have sold somewhere near 100 million records yet it ruffles frontman Ian Gillan's feathers after all these years radio stations primarily their 'classic' hits. "You have this thing called classic rock radio over here," says singer Ian Gillan . "It's been ...
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