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“It was one of the best experiences of my life”: Ian Gillan talks performing naked in a see-through poncho

The Deep Purple frontman went the extra mile to save the day at a rain-soaked gig

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"I hear this screaming from behind me: Simon! Simon! Start the bloody song!" How Deep Purple entered their Mk IX era, inspired by the tedious complications of modern life

Deep Purple might never have been fashionable, but with a new guitarist on board and a brand new album, they look likely to be around for some time yet

Louder

“We had collapsed financially – I couldn’t pay the wages. I was on the verge of bankruptcy”: The chaotic story of Ian Gillan’s erratically brilliant solo career

Jazz-funk, solo hits and near-bankruptcy – this is the turbulent story of Ian Gillan’s post-Deep Purple career

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"He was definitely a component part of what informed the vocals of Robert Plant and Ian Gillan": Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the bluesman who inspired the great rock singers

Chicago guitarist and singer-songwriter JB Lenoir avoidedblues cliches to tackle politics and social justice in his lyrics,influencing a whole generation of classic rock acts

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“I've seen parties behind the Iron Curtain that were just too wild to describe.” Deep Purple's Ian Gillan recalls the debauchery and hedonism of the Swinging Sixties

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has seen a party or two in his day

Louder

"Cheap, rushed and ill-conceived": Bernie Tormé sounds inessential on second archive collection

The Bernie Tormé Archives Vol. 2 1985-1993: Big in Cleethorpes

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“He sent me home in a taxi with a towel”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson once threw up on Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan’s shoes

The Iron Maiden man deems the messy faux pas the most embarrassing moment of his life

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"I was left standing alone in the dark,trying to match up to these iconicsingers that had gone before": The chaotic tale of Black Sabbath's Tony Martin era

Dio was out, Gillan was gone, Geezer had given up, and Ozzy had declared war. Light came in the shape of Tony Martin, and the next chapter in Black Sabbath's story

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Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: ‘I’ve seen parties too wild to describe’

The frontman of the heavy rock monsters talks to Mark Beaumont about booze, the sexual wildness of the Sixties, living out Spinal Tap moments, and the band’s new album

The Independent UK

Ian Gillan says Black Sabbath were more "important" than Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin: "Without them there would have been no grunge or heavy metal"

Ian Gillan on the "unholy trinity" of British rock bands, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, and why the Brummie Rock Gods were the "most important" of them all

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“I’ve played Smoke On The Water with some heavy metal drummers and not one of them has played it right. Ian lets the music do its work. He’s probably the most important member of the band”: Ian Gillan bigs up Deep Purple colleague Paice

Ian Gillan and Roger Glover talk about Deep Purple's past and present

MusicRadar

"Harking back to their early-70s pomp and the early-80s MKII rebirth": Deep Purple rediscover their purpose on the invigorating =1

Deep Purple are getting older and, remarkably, they’re getting better again

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The Beethoven-inspired throwaway that become the most famous riff of all time: “We didn’t make a big deal out of it and it wasn’t being considered as a track for the album”

Now Deep Purple return to Montreux... with added smoke

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“I get more volume and power when I play with a pick. I’d never be able to play Highway Star with my fingers”: Roger Glover’s isolated bassline on Deep Purple’s Highway Star is a masterclass in high-velocity picking

Highway Star presents the best route to the heart of Deep Purple’s riff-driven righteousness

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“I woke up with those words, ‘Smoke on the Water’, on my lips. I mentioned it to Ian and he said, ‘Sounds like a drug song, we better not do that’”: Deep Purple just played Smoke on the Water on the lake that inspired it – with actual fire in the sky

The band return to Montreux, the site of the 1971 casino fire depicted in the lyrics of their iconic track

Louder

"Even now, I have no idea how we got Vincent Price or Twiggy": The night Roger Glover assembled three Deep Purple singers and a cast of stars for a performance based on an old children’s poem

When Roger Glover was asked to soundtrack a film based on a poem by a 19th century botanist, little did he know that soon it would become a one-off live extravaganza

The Independent UK

Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan recalls menacing response from manager when he asked for money

‘I had never heard anything so horrible in my life,’ the singer said

Louder

"The world is on fire, and I can't get my ass out of bed": Deep Purple release chunky new single Lazy Sod

Lazy Sod comes from Deep Purple's upcoming 23rd studio album =1

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“Bowie drove me down to the audition to meet Tommy… I saw this guy with green and purple hair”: Glenn Hughes recalls meeting Tommy Bolin at his tense Deep Purple audition

Glenn Hughes might not be on the best of terms with Deep Purple, but he fondly remembers his friendship with guitarist Tommy Bolin

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"I will never speak to any of them again":Glenn Hughes slams Deep Purple for "hurtful" behaviour at Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony

"I was the only sober man there. I don't care about those guys" - Glenn Hughes

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"The freedom and joy we had, and the confidence in each other, is remarkable": Ian Gillan looks back at Deep Purple's Machine Head era

With Deep Purple’s original plans for their sixth album having literally gone up in smoke, Machine Head was a triumph snatched from the jaws of disaster

Louder

“Nothing’s worse than hearing someone say, ‘Deep Purple? They’re just like Black Sabbath, knocking out riffs’”: the birth of Deep Purple Mk II and the transformation that changed rock

How Deep Purple went from one-hit-wonders to become one of the greatest rock bands in history

Louder

The untold story of Black Sabbath's unlikely resurrection: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Jon Bon Jovi, Triumph, Bryan Adams, Praying Mantis, FM, New England, Al Jourgensen, Masters Of Reality, Chris Spedding, Cock Sparrer, Bad Nerves and more

Louder

"I'm picking this one just to annoy Ian Paice, who doesn’t like it": Ian Gillan's five favourite Deep Purple deep cuts

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan picks some personal favourites from the band's bulging catalogue

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"I'd never been able to see what other people liked about us. Suddenly I understood": Roger Glover's seven favourite Deep Purple songs

Roger Glover's seven favourite Purple patches, including the one that was "like rap before rap"

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