Ritchie Blackmore may have wanted Deep Purple to get heavier, but he didn't think the ideas were fully formed on this album.

Metallica's Lars Ulrich has proclaimed Deep Purple's Made in Japan as the best hard rock live album ever in a new promotional video hyping the reissue of the classic 1972 performance. Though Lars ...

Any self-respecting rock frontman would jump at the chance to join a band like Deep Purple or The Doors, but Free's Paul ...

Deep Purple's Machine Head was plagued with problems from the beginning. "It's a project that almost got destroyed before it even got started," bassist Roger Glover says in a very matter-of-fact ...

It all began when Chris Curtis, the former drummer/singer with Merseybeat band The Searchers, approached London businessman Tony Edwards in the spring of 1967 and told him, “You could be the next ...

MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 13: Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Simon McBride of the English rock band Deep Purple perform in concert during Alma Festival on June 13, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Deep Purple's =1 ...

Deep Purple is a deeply conflicting band for most rock music fans. On one hand, you have to say that their music is inescapable, and captures something exquisite about the spirit of the 1960s and ...

Legendary Deep Purple, pioneers of global hard rock, are coming to the Belgrade Arena on 10 October 2026. With timeless hits ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’d be forgiven for thinking there was a bitter rivalry between the bands, but apparently not. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony ...

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 ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band rocks Jiffy Lube Live on Saturday as the “Highway Stars” round the Capitol Beltway for their “Smoke on the Water” 50th anniversary tour with fire in the sky over the ...