Deep Purple in general

Before I complete this I must issue a caveat - I have just returned from seeing DP in concert in St Petersburg in Russia and had the most amazing weekend. I drove my car into Russia driving through the night, getting a car into Russia is a nightmare. When I arrived in St Petes it took me 2 hours to find the hotel, nobody spoke English and there were no signs. The omens were bad. Anyway, next day I find out that, by chance I was staying at the same hotel as DP - things started to look up. Anyway, the concert was incredible. It was the first time I had ever seen DP in concert (why I have never bothered to see them in the UK remains a mystery!!). I have heard many ...  Read the complete review

There are various incarnations of Deep Purples's greatest hits but this has to be the best. It comes in a very stylish purplse slip case complete with a glossy book with text written by Hugh Gilmore. This outlines how the band formed, their most important releases and what musicians have been in their ranks throughout the 31 years of their existance. All the classics are on here from 1969's Hush which was recently covered by Kula Shaker up to 1998's Any Fule Kno That. Some songs aren't worth theirp place on the album but find themselves there because they are title tracks from the bands various albums. An example of this is Fireball. Others such as ...  Read the complete review

These guys may be getting on a bit (aren’t we all) but they can still do the business after 32 years. I’ve been a fan for about 23 of those years, seen them in concert a couple of times and have almost everything they’ve ever released. This is the definitive Deep Purple website, if there’s anything you want to know about the band You’ll be sure to find it here. It’s about the most complete site I’ve ever had the pleasure to visit, and with it’s daily updates, there’s always something new to stumble across. As well as the band history, with detailed articles about each and every band member ...  Read the complete review

I got into Deep Purple in the 80s and i'm aware that true Purple fans scoff at the 80s incarnation but I happen to like their output, albeit 2 studio albums and 1 live album, at this time. Okay, so it's not Smoke On The Water and although i'm a fan of the early 70s stuff it's still sad old long-haired 70s rock which is totally irrelevant today (however, it HAS stood the test of time far better than current music will EVER have a chance of doing in 30 years). Basically the 80s Deep Purple made simple hard rock music with catchy choruses, banal lyrics and no snoozy, guitar-wanking solos. Nothing wrong with that. People mock bands that don't progress ...  Read the complete review

There were not one but two classic rock tracks to come out of this album. The first taste of the MkII line up. “Speed King” for my mates, and me said it all. We were too young and too naive to understand the, now obvious drug related content. What it meant for us was, we wanted to break free, forget school and start enjoying ourselves and it had to be now not in the future. “I’m a speed king see me gooooowww In a complete reversal of all that “Child in time” was our cry if innocence at the impending trial by our parents. As they interrogated us as to were we had been? Why were our cloths torn? etc etc etc. Whichever tact we used to ...  Read the complete review