including ‘Fireball’ and ‘Machine Head,’ which spawned the classic song ‘Smoke on the Water’ in 1972. By the end of the decade, Deep Purple would lose guitarist Ritchie Blackmore ...

Ritchie Blackmore is an exciting guitarist, but even he admits that he learnt a lot of what he knows from Jimi Hendrix, who ...

Now, in the brand new issue of Classic Rock magazine, he’s revealed his admiration for Deep Purple – and picks his favourite song of theirs. The new issue of Classic Rock features a list of ...

is now on his world tour titled "Glenn Hughes performs Classic Deep Purple Live." "I can still sing the songs, in some ways even better than I did in the 70’s. I can still perform them with the ...

Rhino will release special purple vinyl editions of Deep Purple’s early 70s albums Deep Purple In Rock and Fireball on November 23. Both albums have been newly remastered by Andy Pearce and Matt ...

Deep Purple are the subject of our latest Ultimate Music Guide – a celebration of 50 years in rock, no less, with new writing on each of their albums and a series of classic archive features ...

Violinist and vocalist Ginny Luke, who got her start with Meat Loaf, has a new Blue Élan album, ‘Devil at My Heels’ with a ...

But without Deep Purple, none of this would have been possible ... In 1984, Blackmore returned to the band, reuniting the classic lineup for the 'Perfect Strangers' album. He followed that ...

Deeper Purple deliver the most authentic tribute to the giants of Classic Rock that influenced ... and ‘Mistreated’ the music of Deep Purple has influenced generations of Rock music fans ...