Deep Purple

Rock 

Tee Templeton: Nighthawk at the ‘Diner’

June 24, 2025June 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Allman Brothers Band, Deep Purple, Diner of Doubt, Elvis Presley, Sufjan Stevens, Tee Templeton

New York musician creates a classic at 66

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Hard Rock Rock 

Deep Purple Space Trucks Into New Jersey

September 2, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment Deep Purple, Don Airey, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, PNC Bank Arts Center, Roger Glover, Simon McBride, Steve Howe, Yes

Hard rock legends defy age with loud and triumphant set at PNC Bank Arts Center

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Hard Rock Rock 

Why Deep Purple Have No Equal

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments =1, 2024, Deep Purple, Don Airey, earMUSIC, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Simon McBride

The British hard rock heavyweights still sound fiery, furious on 23rd album

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Rock Zappa 

How Frank Zappa Embraced the Mainstream with Apostrophe (‘)

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Apostrophe ('), Deep Purple, Discreet Records, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Led Zeppelin, Ruth Underwood, The Mothers of Invention, Tony Duran

Looking back on the American composer’s most commercially successful LP

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

You Fool No One: Deep Purple’s Burn Turns 50

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Blackmore’s Night, Burn, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Mark III, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake

Looking back at the blistering debut of the band’s celebrated Mark III lineup

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Hard Rock Records Rock 

Deep Purple Announces Super Deluxe Edition of Machine Head

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1972, Deep Purple, Dweezil Zappa, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Machine Head, Rhino, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Super Deluxe Edition, Warner Records

Belated 50th anniversary reissue contains Dweezil Zappa mix of full LP plus two live shows

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Punk Rock 

Why Stiff Little Fingers’ Debut Remains a Punk Rock Beacon

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Alternative Ulster, Deep Purple, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Rough Trade, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Package, The Clash

Looking back on 45 years of Inflammable Material

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Keep It Warm: Black Sabbath’s Born Again At 40

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Nathan Carson 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bev Bevan, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Born Again, Deep Purple, Geezer Butler, Geoff Nicholls, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Trashed

Looking back on the metal legends’ sole album with Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan

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Music Journalism Rock 

25 Great Songs About Rock & Roll Life

January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments AC/DC, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Beastie Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Horse Girl, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith, The Guess Who, The Kinks, The Minutemen, The Old 97's, The Ramones, The Tubes, The Who, Willie Nelson

Ranking some of our favorite tunes that brought you behind the curtain

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Place In Line: Deep Purple’s Who Do We Think We Are at 50

January 23, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Who Do We Think We Are, Woman from Tokyo

Looking back at an underrated album from the band’s Mark II era

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Hard Rock 

Happy 50th, Blue Öyster Cult!

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 5 Comments 1972, 50th Birthday, Amon Duul II, Atom Heart Mother, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beefhart, Columbia Records, Deep Purple, Imaginos, MC5, Rolling Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Stooges, Yardbirds

What if the MC5 and the Grateful Dead had been one band?  

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Music Journalism 

All Songs Reconsidered

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 16 and Savaged, American Woman, Belsen Was A Gas, Christine Sixteen, Cocaine In My Brain, Deep Purple, Dillinger, Eric Clapton, Highway Star, Kiss, Lay Down Sally, Silverhead, Sweet FA, The Guess Who, The Sex Pistols, The Sweet

The song remains the same; it is our perception of it that changes 

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Classical Renaissance Rock 

The Sunny Side of Blackmore’s Night

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Blackmore’s Night, Candice Night, Deep Purple, Nature's Light, Ritchie Blackmore

Candice Night shines a light on the band’s latest album, Nature’s Light

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

The Future Of Mankind: Blizzard of Ozz at 40

November 17, 2020October 27, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Bob Daisley, Crazy Train, Dee, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Goodbye To Romance, Lee Kerslake, Mr. Crowley, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Randy Rhoads, Suicide Solution

The rags to riches story of Ozzy Osbourne’s miraculous solo success

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Hard Rock 

Speed Kings: Deep Purple In Rock Turns 50

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1970, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, In Rock, Jon Lord, Martin Birch, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Speed King

A loose salute to the true debut of the band’s Mark II era

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