Michael Schenker launches version of UFO classic Only You Can Rock Me aided by Joey Tempest and Roger Glover Only You Can Rock Me comes from Michael Schenker's upcoming album My Years With UFO Louder · Aug 29, 2024
Michael Schenker reveals that Axl Rose sang three songs during sessions for his upcoming album My Years In UFO According to Michael Schenker, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is "a perfectionist" Metal Hammer · Aug 13, 2024
Michael Schenker releases epic, 11-minute version of UFO's Rock Bottom Rock Bottom comes from Michael Schenker's upcoming album of UFO songs and stars Helloween frontman Kai Hansen Metal Hammer · Jul 25, 2024
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 · Jul 23, 2024
“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 · Jul 21, 2024
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 MusicRadar · Jul 13, 2024
“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 Guitar World · Jul 12, 2024
“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 Guitar World · Jul 10, 2024
"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 Louder · Jul 7, 2024
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 The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
“I’d always said to the Scorpions, ‘If any band from England asks me to join, no matter who it is, I’m doing it’”: Michael Schenker celebrates his tenure with UFO with a new reimagined greatest hits record – and it features Slash Michael Schenker's new album, My Years with UFO, marks the 50th anniversary of the guitarist's tenure with the British classic rock band Guitar World · Jun 20, 2024
“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 Guitar World · Jun 19, 2024
"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 Louder · Jun 19, 2024
Axl Rose appears on an upcoming Michael Schenker album of classic UFO songs The first song released from Michael Schenker's My Years With UFO album stars Slash and former Skid Row man Erik Grönwall Metal Hammer · Jun 18, 2024
Louder · Jun 11, 2024 "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 · Jun 9, 2024 “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
International Business Times · Jun 5, 2024 Singapore's Only Heavy Metal Bar Rocks 'Something Different' Tucked away in the basement of an old mall lies gleaming Singapore's only heavy metal bar, where music fans brush shoulder-to-shoulder with international rockers who helped pioneer the genre.
Metal Hammer · May 16, 2024 "I insist upon being great. You don’t always reach that pinnacle, but I insist upon it": The A-Z of Ronnie James Dio In his decades fronting Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and more, the little man with the huge voice made a great many friends – and more than a few enemies
Louder · May 15, 2024 "It was like a spy movie; I was in a room, this light shining in my face": A true crime story of Roger Glover, a new Rickenbacker, and Smoke On The Water Roger Glover bought a new bass guitar for the recording of Machine Head, but things did not go according to plan
Louder · May 13, 2024 "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"
Louder · May 5, 2024 “I have to prove that I’m capable of doing it, and I wasn’t just being done a favour by Deep Purple”: the two forgotten David Coverdale solo albums that sowed the seeds for Whitesnake David Coverdale’s late 70s solo albums, White Snake and Northwinds, are overlooked – but without them, Whitesnake wouldn’t exist
Louder · Apr 16, 2024 "One demo was of a guy playing one finger piano on Black Night": When the call went out to replace Ian Gillan in Deep Purple, only one man got an audition In 1973, Deep Purple replaced Ian Gillan with an unknown singer. They then went on to make one of rock’s most underrated albums, Burn
Louder · Apr 13, 2024 “Metallica would jam on their stuff in rehearsals, songs like Black Night and Highway Star”: Lars Ulrich on his lifelong love of Deep Purple and the genius of the Machine Head album Lars Ulrich is a lifelong Deep Purple fan – and here’s why
Newcastle Herald · Apr 8, 2024 Alice Cooper and Blondie shows combined in music festival pandemonium The blows in the Australian music industry keep coming.
Newcastle Herald · Mar 15, 2024 Your Weekender reads: Boo Seeker; Fringe Festival kicks off; Roger Glover from Deep Purple and more Explore what's inside the Herald Weekender, March 16