Rainbow’s new nine-disc ‘Temple of the King’ box arrived with an invitation to speak with the elusive virtuoso ...

Blackmore looks back on his Deep Purple departure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. By the early 1970s, the ...

The metrics with which bands judge one another are probably based on personal grudges, but leaping quality is definitely ...

But most guitarists aren’t Steve Morse. The former Deep Purple guitarist spends his days fixing tractors, cutting hay, flying airplanes and maintaining the 56-acre farm he calls home. The routine ...

Deep Purple's classic "Mark II" lineup in 1971: Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice. Credit: Warner Bros./Wikimedia Commons It’s hard to fathom that a collective founded ...

Deep Purple will release an advance single from =1 at midnight on Tuesday, April 30. The album was produced by the group’s longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, and according to a press statement, it ...

Traditionally you only make music videos for new songs, but every now and then something truly weird happens. To celebrate the new Super Deluxe Edition of their 1972 album Machine Head, heavy metal ...

Deep Purple established a reputation over their many years of existence as one of the leading lights of the heavy metal scene. Where others have fallen off that path, this band has remained stalwarts ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 08: (L-R) Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, and Roger Glover of Deep Purple pose with Lars Ulrich of Metallica on stage in the press room at the 31st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ...

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 ...