Half a century ago, Deep Purple released their legendary album "Machine Head". As the cult album is now being reissued, the band's lead singer Ian Gillan tells us their most famous tune" Smoke On The ...

A new book about the final year of Deep Purple’s classic lineup will be published on the 25th anniversary of Ritchie Blackmore’s last appearance with the band. In Deep Purple: Time to Kill, author ...

Glenn Hughes, who was bassist and co-frontman of Deep Purple on 1974’s Burn and Stormbringer and 1975’s Come Taste the Band (along with David Coverdale, who later formed Whitesnake), is doing an ...

The music video for Deep Purple’s “Call of the Wild” came out in 1987. It was from the second reunion album from the classic lineup of the band, the so-called “Mark II” lineup featuring guitarist ...

Glenn Hughes will be paying homage to his brief but fruitful stint in Deep Purple on his upcoming U.S. tour. Fans were beginning to worry that Hughes would not be bringing this tour stateside after ...

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The Mark II edition of Deep Purple is generally agreed to be the ultimate version of the hard rockers. The lineup of singer Ian Gillan, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist ...

Hard rock forefathers Deep Purple recently released 'Phoenix Rising,' a two-hour-plus revelatory documentary including 30 minutes of never-before-seen onstage footage from Japan. Featuring new ...

Ritchie Blackmore made his return to rock this year, reactivating Rainbow with a brand new lineup. The icon has now concluded the three scheduled performances with the group, closing things out in ...

Earlier this year, Deep Purple were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, after having been nominated twice before, and ignored for over two decades (they were eligible since 1993 and their ...

Father Time was given a swift kick in the rear by a pair of stalwart classic rock acts on Thursday night, Aug. 22, at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre. Deep Purple and Yes have been around since 1968 ...

These iconic guitar riffs by Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison helped define classic rock in 1968.