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Tower of stone

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2025/10/06

Music Radar has a piece that dissects Rainbow’s Stargazer. It’ll be of particular interest to those of us who can tell their third mode of G Major from the B Phrygian Dominant scale. What really catches the ear, however, is when Blackmore decides to go off-piste and start firing out notes outside of that scale. […]

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We’re herd animals

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2025/09/29

Steve Morse was interviewed by the (we kid you not) Rockin’ 101’s The Johnny Rock Show, who’s DJ must be a close relative of Sally ‘I kin fart through my nose’ Cohen. Anyways, you gotta do what you gotta do… Thanks to Blabbermouth for the heads-up.

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Born under a bad sign

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2025/09/28

Music Radar has a short piece on the history of Whitesnake’s first UK hit — Fool For Your Loving: As Coverdale said: “Bernie had done an interview with BB, whom we all adored, and he asked us to write something for him. He loved what we’d done with Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of […]

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In the press

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2025/09/28

The German edition of the Rolling Stone magazine features Made in Japan remix as the cover story of its 2025/10 issue. It also comes with an exclusive 7″ vinyl single containing Highway Star and Smoke on the Water, tagged as Live in Tokyo. Following Bruce Springsteen and The Doors, we are releasing our third collector’s […]

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

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2025/09/25

This is a (part of the) recording of Glenn Hughes’ spoken word appearance at Café de Paris in London on February 25, 2017. Here, Glenn talks to the legendary British DJ Nicky Horne about joining Deep Purple and his days in the band. Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore Official channel for posting this and to Uwe […]

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You don’t wear that stupid shirt

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2025/09/24

Ian Paice was an inaugural guest on the Metal Sticks podcast, hosted by the recently retired from Iron Maiden Nicko McBrain and Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni. The Made in Japan remix is mentioned as soon-to-be-released, so this must have been recorded some time in early August. Dig into the drummer talk! Thanks to Blabbermouth […]

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One thing led to another

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2025/09/23

Nic Simper has published the next chapter of his memoir, dealing with the immediate aftermath of his dismissal from Deep Purple and consequent stint with Marsha Hunt. I had a visit from the Deep Purple road crew, Ian Hansford and Mick Angus, who had come to collect the Jaguar. It was good to see them […]

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A drink or four

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2025/09/21

Music Radar has an article about Coverdale joining Deep Purple, with input from the man himself. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but also a daunting challenge – not least because of the fearsome reputation of Purple’s moody guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore. “I think I was the only singer they auditioned,” Coverdale recalled in an interview […]

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Trouble with Rock Legends

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2025/09/21

The packaged Rock Legends Tour, featuring Joe Lynn Turner, among others, was supposed to take place in Germany and Austria throughout this October. The tour website now informs that for one reason or another it is not taking place. Some dates have been rebooked for late 2026 (some of those into smaller venues), others cancelled […]

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Stone cold

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2025/09/19

Blabbermouth reports that Joe Lynn Turner will be a member of the jury for the Russian song contest Intervision that will take place in Moscow on September 20, 2025. Intervision 2025 is a Russian state-sponsored music competition, decreed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in February as an alternative to the popular Eurovision Song Contest, which […]

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Less is more

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2025/09/17

Music Radar has a short interview with Glenn Hughes, focusing mainly on his bass gear. How has your bass rig evolved since your days with Trapeze in the early ’70s? Well, Trapeze was all Hiwatt amps. And I wasn’t using pedals back then. I started using pedals in Deep Purple. But for me, it was […]

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The first take is always the one

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2025/09/16

John McCoy has appeared on the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, talking about the Gillan band. It was an in-depth conversation, at 1 hour and 16 minutes, so we haven’t listened all the way through it yet. But we’re being assured that here John does not sound as bitter as in his other recent interviews. Thanks […]

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Jesus that speaks with tortoises

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2025/09/13

A couple of long term Gillan’s talks. You’ll need an hour and a half to go through them, so plan accordingly. On September 11, 2025, Ian Gillan was a guest in a Zoom meeting organized by The Third Age Trust. Here he talks about all thing in his life, from the early childhood to celebrating […]

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Fixing it

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2025/09/10

In other Steve Morse news, he was recently featured in the American Musical Supply series Punch In with the Pros. Steve Morse, legendary guitar virtuoso, came through our studio and played a little game that we like to call “Punch In with the Pros”! We had Steve listen to the track “Fix You” by Coldplay, […]

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Triangulation, the album

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2025/09/10

Steve Morse Band’s new album Triangulation will be released on November 14, 2025, via Mascot Records. The album will feature Steve’s long time collaborators Dave LaRue on bass and Van Romaine on drums, plus guest musicians. Eric Johnson contributed his guitar to TexUS, and John Petrucci did the honours for the title track. Steve’s son […]

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Bop till you drop

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2025/09/09

On August 26, 2025, Roger Glover has appeared on the satellite radio SiriusXM show Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk. Blabbermouth has some quotes of what he said. Well, I see a lot of bands doing the farewell tour or the farewell gig — BLACK SABBATH just did it recently, and other people have done it […]

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Cracking album made even better

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2025/09/08

Get Ready to Rock‘s review of Rapture of the Deep remix is chock-full of most superlative terms, going as far as calling it “release of the year”. The opening track ‘Money Talks’ is a great start, the new mix showcasing a hard and crunchy guitar, and Don Airey’s inner Jon Lord shines through on the […]

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Towering

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2025/09/05

Metal Planet Music reviews in the most glowing terms the freshly released Glenn Hughes’ album Chosen. The Voice of Rock is back and taking no prisoners. ‘Chosen’ comes nine years after last solo album ‘Resonate’ gained huge critical and public acclaim and shows that there’s still fire in his belly and a larynx that’s the […]

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Rapture‘2025 in the charts

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2025/09/05

Zee Germans did it again — the 2025 remix of Rapture of the Deep also entered top albums charts at #9 (interesting to note that the original release in 2005 peaked at #10). Let us know in the comments if the reissue charted in your country (preferably with proof links). Thanks to Tobias Janaschke for […]

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Past times with good company

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2025/09/05

Blackmore’s Night will play a handful of dates within the driving distance of their Long Island abode in November 2025. Tickets are already on sale, and full details are in our calendar. Fun fact: a couple of shows are booked into the same venues where Steve Morse will play just a few weeks earlier. It’s […]

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