Deep Purple

Hard rock forefathers Deep Purple recently released 'Phoenix Rising,' a two-hour-plus revelatory documentary including 30 minutes of never-before-seen onstage footage from Japan. Featuring new interviews with with keyboardist Jon Lord and bassist Glenn Hughes, the package is a must for any fan of the legendary British group...

Former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord has composed a piece of music for the Henley Youth Orchestra, a children's orchestra in Oxfordshire, England. The 69-year old British star will be watching the 70-piece orchestra perform his composition at the event on July 11th...

The term "legend" gets thrown around a lot in the metal blogosphere, but there are few people more worthy of that particular honor than Ian Gillan. Not only does the 65-year-old singer front eternal hard rock icons Deep Purple, he's also had a successful solo career and even joined Black Sabbath for their 1983 album 'Born Again...

If Metallica can do it, any classic rock band worth its salt can! Deep Purple will embark on a short but sweet North American tour next month, accompanied by a symphony orchestra. The band will also play one show without the orchestra in San Francisco...

WHOCARES – the new supergroup featuring Deep Purple's Ian Gillan and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi – have announced that they will be digitally releasing their debut single on May 6th via Eagle Rock Entertainment. A physical CD/DVD version of the single will hit North American stores on June 27th, according to Blabbermouth.net. Featu...

There are supergroups and then there's WHOCARES, a band formed for charity by Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan, ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, and Finnish guitarist Linde Lindstrom ...

It isn't often that a band releases one of its best albums five decades into its career, but Whitesnake have done just that with 'Forevermore'. The band's latest record finds the quintet revisiting the blues-based riffs of their earlier work, and features some of frontman David Coverdale's most inspired vocal performances ever...

If you want to make David Coverdale laugh, just bring up the so-called hair metal scene of the late '80s. "It was a joke. It was like the Rolling Stones' 'Jumping Jack Flash' period. We were like, 'How far can we push this?'" Noisecreep is sitting with the legendary Whitesnake vocalist at the famed Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood, California...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain are teaming up with Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan and keyboardist Jon Lord to record a brand new song to help raise money to rebuild an Armenian music school. The genesis of the song lies in the time Iommi and Gillan were part of a group of musicians that re-recorded Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' in 1989...

Before Ronnie James Dio succumbed to his battle with cancer over a month ago, Heaven & Hell planned to tour. The remaining members -- Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, along with Vinny Appice -- will honor one of their commitments and play a one-off show on July 24 at the High Voltage Festival in London to honor Dio's life, work, voice and heart. H...