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Very, very brief time

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2025/11/03

Peter Goalby tells the story of how he was the singer in Rainbow. For all of about five minutes. Thanks to Uwe for the heads-up.

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Basically, a groupie

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2025/11/02

Candice Night talks to INDIEPOWER_TV from the (now familiar) her living room about meeting Ritchie Blackmore, becoming a lyric writer for Rainbow, importance of the creative freedom, having a cancer surgery while on tour with Rainbow, and many other things. Some of these we have already heard, others are new. Thanks to Uwe for the […]

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Sound as a pound

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2025/11/02

Ritchie Blackmore gave one of his rare interviews to the Rock of Nations podcast. The excerpt of the conversation has been published, with the full interview said to be “out soon”. Hint: you may want to turn down the volume for the extremely loud intro. Thanks to BraveWords for the heads-up.

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The colour of feel

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2025/11/02

An Austrian label, appropriately called Reissued Sounds, have released three Glenn Hughes’ albums on a variety of coloured vinyl. Addiction and Feel have already seen a vinyl treatment before, albeit not of the splatteringly garish variety, while Live in Australia appears in this format for the first time. Interested parties can find more information and […]

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Spirit of the cow in a dungeon

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2025/10/31

Glenn Hughes recently made an appearance on the Mick Wall’s podcast (season 5, episode 9). It’s over an hour long, with lots and lots of dirt being turned over and war stories told, good half of it Purple-related one way or the other. We highly recommend finding the time to listen to the whole thing […]

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Romero’s Backbone

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2025/10/31

Ronnie Romero was a guest on The Rock ‘n’ Blues Experience podcast on the occasion of his second solo album Backbone. A TL;DR extract from the above: Playlist of the Ronnie’s new album for your listening perusal: By the by, track #5 Hideaway was penned for Romero by Russ Ballard. Thanks to Tim C for […]

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Just a piece of wood

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2025/10/29

Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse, where he talks about various modifications he made to his guitars over the years. Like the rather irreverent but practical grinder mod he has done in 2000 after breaking his wrist right before performing with Deep Purple at the Montreux Jazz Festival. But speaking to MusicRadar earlier […]

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The next chapter

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2025/10/28

Pro audio magazine Mix publishes online a short interview with SMB drummer and musical director Van Romaine. Everything you needed to know about microphone placement while tracking drums, and then some. “We thought we might never make another record again because Steve was so committed to his schedule with Deep Purple and I had to […]

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Looking for greener pastures

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2025/10/27

Steve Morse spoke to My Global Mind while being on tour in Raleigh, NC, with his band. His interview is now published, and it’s rather interesting. For one, he does not completely rule out a guest appearance with his former band. MGM: Hopefully you’ll come across the UK and Europe with your solo music. But […]

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Gonna find a way

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2025/10/22

Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse, where he speaks about his ongoing struggle with arthritis and how it affects his playing style and career choices. […] If the call came in with an offer to join a band, Morse is not sure that he would accept it. He’s not sure his body would […]

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Paicey German dates postponed

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2025/10/20

Extra! Extra! Pinball bonanza! All Ian Paice + Purpendicular dates in Germany scheduled for October 2025 have been postponed until next year. The new dates have been rescheduled for the late January — early March timeframe. Please check the venue websites and/or our calendar before heading out. Thanks to Max for the heads-up.

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Track that would propel them to stardom

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2025/10/19

Louder Sound profiles Purple’s original take on Hush for their The story behind the song series, with the input from Roger Glover, of all people. The story is reprinted from the Classic Rock magazine issue #297. Recorded at London’s Pye studio in the spring of 1968, during sessions for their debut album Shades Of Deep […]

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Still best friends with everybody

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2025/10/18

Chaoszine.net publishes an extensive and insightful printed word interview with Glenn Hughes. He explained a change of setlist for the recent Scandinavian shows (these were dates rescheduled from his Purple tour), spoke about his latest solo album Chosen, the plans with the ever so fickle project called BCC, the best drummer he played with (spoiler: […]

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King David of Hollywood

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2025/10/18

Louder Sound reprints a Classic Rock feature on Whitesnake that originally appeared in their 2006 special issue Classic Rock Present 1980s. “Oooh, hello, cheeky.” David Coverdale breaks off from our interview to greet a vision emerging from one of the many fabulous bedrooms found in what was then London’s most expensive hotel room – the […]

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How many guitarists does it take to screw in a light...

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2025/10/14

Steve Morse was a guest on the No Cover Charge podcast, spreading nuggets of wisdom and jamming with the host. Thanks to Guitar World for the heads-up.

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Sleep well?

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2025/10/14

In July 2025, Joe Lynn Turner was interviewed in Finland by the Southeast Wreckmetal podcast. The interview, where Joe shares some historical anectotage and his plans for the future, has now been posted on Youtube. For whatever reason, the owner(s) of the video have disabled playback on other sites, so you’ll have to watch it […]

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No short hair wigs allowed

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2025/10/12

Steve Morse was interviewed for the Metal Mayhem ROC podcast, reflecting on his storied 50+ year career. For the most impatient of us, the Purple bits start at around 43 minutes into more than an hour-long conversation. However, we encourage you to find some time to listen to the whole thing all the way through. […]

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Instantly recognizable

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2025/10/12

LA’s rock radio KNAC reviews the latest release with Ian Paice — Banned from Purpendicular, and gives it 5/5: The underlying concept of this album is the is the hypersensitive culture of our times, in which every word has to be carefully weighed up, because you mustn’t and don’t want to offend anyone, and the […]

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A drug addict with a music problem

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2025/10/12

Classic Rock has an extensive interview with Glenn Hughes. He talks about his career, from playing trombone in a school orchestra, to his mum saving him from joining ELO, to the most Ritchie Blackmore thing that Ritchie Blackmore did, to the latest solo album Chosen. Your first instrument was the trombone. This could have been […]

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Unwaveringly inspired

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2025/10/08

Goldmine magazine reviews Candice Night’s recent solo album Sea Glass, released earlier this year: Sea Glass is drenched in classically resounding pure folk and soft rock incantations, conjuring up the spirit of true singer/songwriter compositions and productions. Save for a few selections which bring in a slightly heavier production quality, the album is reminiscent of […]

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