In a new Guitar Player interview, Blackmore describes the joy of his "Smoke on the Water" performance: “I was there to heal any wounds — but there weren’t any wounds” ...

The guitarist reunited on Aug. 12 with the band he co-founded to play their hit “Smoke on the Water” ...

The two Deep Purple legends once stopped speaking to each other. Here’s the story behind a reunion that once seemed impossible ...

Ian Gillan turns 81 today, Aug. 19, after a career that has placed him among rock's most respected vocalists. In 2009, listeners of Planet Rock ranked Gillan fourth in a poll of the 40 greatest voices ...

Something From Nothing" podcast, hosted by multi-platinum producer, songwriter, engineer and recording artist Michael ...

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 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 ...

Indonesia in late 1975 was a powder keg: the dictator Suharto's troops had just invaded nearby East Timor, terrorists had ...

Deep Purple consolidated their standing as one of the planet's fastest rising hard-rock propositions with the July 9, 1971 release of Fireball. The album followed the previous year's watershed In Rock ...

Even though Deep Purple had been an active band since 1968 — and enjoyed quite a bit of success — it’s fair to say that they didn’t truly arrive until on June 3, 1970, when they collectively chiseled ...

When the "Voice of Rock," Glenn Hughes, came to our studio, we knew we couldn’t pass on the chance to get some insight into the notoriously tumultuous state of the MK III and IV lineups of Deep Purple ...

Deep Purple will release a new album titled =1 on July 19. According to a press release, the title "symbolizes the idea that in a world growing ever more complex, everything eventually simplifies down ...