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Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden dies aged 72

Rock and blues guitarist amassed one of the most extensive and coveted private guitar collections in the world

The Guardian - US

"We did have a couple of séances, but I didn't see any ghosts, though I know the place was haunted": Glenn Hughes on the recording of Deep Purple's Burn

Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes on joining Deep Purple, almost joining Rainbow, leaving the Dead Daisies, the future of Black Country Communion, and 50 years of Burn

Louder

“I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it”: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge

Sabbath's ill-fated Born Again tour featured comically oversized props “as big as the real Stonehenge”, onstage spills, and a crowd-pleasing hard-rock crossover

Guitar World

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Rock’s 20 greatest one album wonders: the bands that made one album then vanished

They came, they saw, they vanished – these are the bands who made one perfect album then split up

Louder

“There’s not much swagger in that band.” For Glenn Hughes, joining Deep Purple wasn’t the clear-cut choice that you’d think

The ‘Voice of Rock' looks back on his decision to quit Trapeze in 1973, and why Ritchie Blackmore was “a bit eccentric”

Guitar World

"We’ve been a rock band, we’ve been pop stars, and then we became dinosaurs. But if you can live through the dinosaur period you become a legend..." The epic saga of Nazareth

Axl is a huge fan. Robert Plant owes them money. They were almost on that plane with Skynyrd. Nazareth: the full crazy story

Louder

"We'd spend all day farting about and end up with nothing usable": the aggravating story of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Write some songs, get into studio, come out with an album. It worked before. But when it came to making the follow-up to Vol. 4, Black Sabbath couldn’t even get started

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Hollywood icon John Wayne once asked for David Coverdale's autograph

David Coverdale recalls John Wayne asking for his autograph – and tickets to a sold out Deep Purple show

Louder

We came for Reb Beach and Steve Morse covering Crossroads. We stayed for the guitar faces

Beach ranked Morse alongside Jeff Beck, calling him “one of the great guitarists of our time,” after they performed this electrifying cover of Crossroads

Guitar World

Lars Ulrich on the band that made him ditch tennis, get a drumkit and change rock history

Metallica? You can thank a little band called Deep Purple for that

Metal Hammer

Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on how he ended up on a Paul McCartney record

Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice wound up recording with the Beatles icon thanks to a little help from some guy called George Harrison

Louder

The Springs - Stay and Play

Ed Carruthers enjoys a trip to The Springs golf course in Oxfordshire, a fantastic country get away from the city.

Golf Monthly

The making of Deep Purple's Machine Head: "Smoke On The Water only made it onto the album as filler"

Let the members of Deep Purple MKII be your guide to the chaotic recording of Machine Head, an album that could have been very different to the one we know and love

Louder

Ritchie Blackmore is a huge ABBA fan, according to his former Rainbow/Deep Purple colleague Joe Lynn Turner

The Man In Black has a huge soft spot for ABBA: who knew?

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A beginner's guide to stoner metal in five essential albums

A brief history of stoner metal courtesy of five albums that have defined the genre

Guitar World

Steve Morse Band announces first tour in 10 years

Following his departure from Deep Purple, Morse will reunite with Dave LaRue and Van Romaine for a handful of dates across April and May this year

Metal Hammer

Rock Imperium Festival is packing a rock fan's dream lineup - and all in one of sunny Spain's finest locations

Take the chance to see Kiss for the final time in Spain, alongside the likes of Deep Purple, Helloween, Europe and many more

Louder

An introduction to Flying Colors

When modern prog supergroup Flying Colors released their debut album back in 2012 Prog sat down with each member to find out what makes them tick

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Classic rock guitar riffs for beginners to learn featuring Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Eagles and more

Ready to step up from essential chords? It's time for the school of rock

The Guardian - UK

I had to turn down a coat with dead fox draped over it – the Christmas present I’ll never forget

I was 20, living in St Petersburg and desperately in need of a warm coat. But as I saw the gift, my face turned ashen

Nottingham Post

10 famous people Nottinghamshire has given the world

Celebrated sports stars, actors and musicians have come from Notts

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Rocks Out on Broadway

Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about. A friend had seen his Broadway stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's film “Almost Famous” and couldn't tell which songs Kitt had supplied and which ones were classics. Mind you, those classics included songs by the…

Liverpool Echo

Shop serving Liverpool's 'rock spectrum' with 'battle jackets' and t-shirts

Jon Sharkey's shop stocks merchandise from a plethora of rock bands

Daily Mirror

Deep Purple's Steve Morse quits the band to care for his wife after cancer diagnosis

Steve Morse has been a guitarist for rock band Deep Purple for almost thirty years, though he won't be continuing with his bandmates in light of his wife having been diagnosed with cancer

Glasgow Live

The Glasgow bootmaker who ordered Freddie Mercury to fit David Bowie with a pair of platforms

It sounds like the kind of thing your mate would claim occurred in a dream, but Alan Mair really did once order Freddie Mercury to fit David Bowie with a pair of boots.

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