Deep Purple’s Don Airey has credits with everyone from Jethro Tull and Colosseum to II to Black Sabbath and Queen. It’s surprising he only has one cringe memory

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Deep Purple’s Don Airey has credits with everyone from Jethro Tull and Colosseum to II to Black Sabbath and Queen. It’s surprising he only has one cringe memory
Hard rock legends DEEP PURPLE have released a new single, "Diablo" today. The new track is the latest taste of "Splat!", DEEP PURPLE's new studio album, due out on July 3 via earMUSIC. "Diablo" follows "Arrogant Boy", the first single from "Splat!" and opens the door to one of DEEP PURPLE's surreal...
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DETHKLOK's concert on Saturday, May 16 at Landmark Credit Union Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was cut short after heavy smoke and fog effects tripped fire alarms. After co-headliners AMON AMARTH and openers CASTLE RAT performed earlier in the night with no issues, DETHKLOK took the stage and was abou...
In a new interview with Rob Cass of the dopeYEAH talk podcast, DEEP PURPLE guitarist Simon McBride, who officially joined the band in 2022 as the replacement for Steve Morse, was asked about the rumor that it took him only 40 minutes to learn the PURPLE set before he first played with the group. He...
In a new interview with Matt Wardlaw of Ultimate Classic Rock, legendary DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore discussed the health issues which led to the cancelation of the last four shows on the six-date tour of the U.S. East Coast by BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock...
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Efsanevi İngiliz hard rock grubu Deep Purple, yeni single'ları “Arrogant Boy”u ve ona eşlik eden canlı performans müzik videosunu resmen yayınladı. “Arrogant Boy”, grubun 3 Temmuz'da earMUSIC etiketiyle yayınlanacak olan yeni stüdyo albümü Splat!'ten ilk şarkısı.Şarkıcı Ian Gillan şöyle açıklıyor:“‘Arrogant Boy’, okuma yazma bilmeyen Billy'nin hikayesi. Bir şeylerden mutsuz, bu yüzden sesini yükseltiyor ve bir şekilde elitleri rahatsız etmenin bir yolunu buluyor. Ve elitleri rahatsız etmekten da
In support of their recently announced studio album Splat!, the unstoppable rockers Deep Purple have premiered a music video for the first official single called "Arrogant Boy".