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Calm in a crazy world

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2025/09/04

Glenn Hughes was a guest on the Metal Mayhem ROC podcast talking about, for the most part, the usual things he talks about in the interviews these days. One thing that is newish here is the anecdote of him almost joining the nascent Ozzy’s band in 1979. And Glenn’s genuine reaction to learning (while being […]

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Accidentally stumbled upon

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2025/09/03

Public service announcement. In case you’re still on the fence about the Rapture of the Deep remix, the whole album is being streamed on YouTube. That is, without the bonus tracks, which are apparently only available on the physical media.

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Made in Japan‘2025 in the charts

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2025/08/31

The newly remixed and reissued Made in Japan managed to re-enter the charts. It has reached to the respectable #5 on the Top 100 Album chart in the Purple heartland of Germany (beating the new album of teens’ darling Laufey, which only managed #11 on its debut the week after). It dropped to #82 the […]

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A distinct perspective

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2025/08/29

The Rapture of the Deep remix is out, and first reviews started to appear. Here’s one from the Loud Hailer: On the 20th anniversary of the original album release, they’ve decided to present us with a remixed/remastered version of Rapture of the Deep. The original album was composed and recorded during a particularly uncertain time […]

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Gibson basses sound good through Marshalls

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2025/08/28

Bob Daisley recently appeared on the Artists On Record podcast, and what distinguishes this interview, he was answering questions from the listeners. The bulk of the conversation revolved around Ozzy, but there were a couple of questions about Rainbow (hint: look for segment titles in the progress bar). Thanks to the Ultimate Guitar and BraveWords […]

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The missing D on a breakdown

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2025/08/27

Guitar World has an interview with the Swedish session man Tommy Denander, who has more than 3,500 albums to his credit — from Michael Jackson to Jeff Beck, to Alice Cooper. He is also one of the go-to session musicians for Bob Ezrin, so you might guess where this is going (and we’ve covered the […]

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Music is the healer

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2025/08/25

Glenn Hughes was interviewed by the Thunder Underground podcast, talking about his upcoming solo album Chosen, BCC, the recent appearance on the SatchVai record, and more. The interview segment starts about 13 minutes into the podcast.

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Still alive, still got a show

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2025/08/20

Purpendicular featuring Ian Paice have released a couple of singles from their upcoming album Banned. You Better Behave: Blood Red Moon: Thanks to BraveWords for the heads-up.

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Sweet child of the rubble era

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2025/08/19

German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine celebrates Ian Gillan’s 80th birthday in style, with a feature article. With Deep Purple in the early 1970s, he shaped rock vocals like no other. His shrieking yet melodic “Child in Time” remains emblematic to this day. Ian Gillan is now turning eighty. In his autobiography, Ian Gillan cites a questionnaire […]

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Chasing the goat

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2025/08/18

Garth Webber, guitar player, sound engineer, and owner of the Red Rooster Studios in Berkeley, California, reminisces about his encounters with Tommy Bolin: Bonus: Billy Cobham talks to Narada Michael Walden about working with Tommy Thanks to Uwe for the Garth Webber story heads-up.

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Forevermore revisited

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2025/08/18

Whitesnake’s album Forevermore, originally released in 2011, will get a lavish reissue treatment. Announced formats include a 4CD+1BR box set and 2LP, and the release date is set for September 26, 2025, via Rhino. The 5-disc deluxe box set includes a remixed version of the album with bonus tracks, demos, live and alternate takes. The […]

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…And it’s not Ritchie Blackmore

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2025/08/16

Louder Sound previews interview with Glenn Hughes slated to appear in issue #344 of the Classic Rock magazine. In the interview, Hughes is asked to say who is the greatest guitarist he’s ever worked with – and his answer is surprising. “Oh god, that’s really difficult,” he tells Classic Rock. “I don’t want people to […]

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The Hollywood minute of summer 2025

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2025/08/16

CNN has a 100-second report on Deep Purple, during which they manage to cover all the major things that are happening to the band this summer — the Stranger Things tie-in, Made in Japan and Rapture of the Deep reissues, mention that the band is still going strong and working on new music, and interview […]

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Aren’t very good at maths

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2025/08/14

It’s an interesting world we live in, wherein The Telegraph has better coverage of a Made in Japan reissue than both the (once) venerable Classic Rock and MOJO magazines, complete with an excellent interview with the drummer and historic photographs (one of them even from Budokan 1972). Perhaps inevitably, the intermittently fractious Purple were themselves […]

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Yep, we know

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2025/08/14

Classic Rock reviews the latest Made in Japan remix. Incredibly for the publication, it contains no information we haven’t known from elsewhere, and the whole review boils down to just one short paragraph: Incredibly, Wilson has revealed subtleties hidden for more than 50 years. And with the source sets from all three nights newly remixed […]

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Everything louder than everything else

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2025/08/14

Deep Purple official YouTube channel is holding a Made in Japan Steven Wilson stereo remix listening party tomorrow, August 15, 2025. You can listen here and leave a comment, or head over to YouTube for a real-time chat. Thanks to Nigel Young for the heads-up.

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The Triangulation Tour

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2025/08/14

Steve Morse Band will play 14 dates in the United States in October 2025. The tour will start on October 9 in Louisville, KY, and wrap up on the 26th in Ridgefield, CT. Various ticket pre-sales have already started, with general availability for most dates set for August 15. Full details in our calendar.

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The R-word

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2025/08/13

Glenn Hughes was recently a guest on SiriusXM satellite radio show Trunk Nation. This is what he had to say when asked about his retirement: The word retirement is something I don’t normally say. A good story for you there. In June, I went on a tour of Europe with Black Country Communion, and Joe […]

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Can you repeat that again?

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2025/08/11

Glenn Hughes talks to the equally vague and esoteric host of the Brudne Brzmienie (The Dirty Sound) podcast. It’s off to a rough start, but gets better as they progress. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the heads-up.

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Poster is included, magnifying glass is not

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2025/08/09

Paicey is unboxing the newly remixed Made in Japan, which is due out next week: Thanks to Mike Whiteley for the heads-up.

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