One of the few greatest-hits albums I ever bought was Deep Purple, Deepest Purple. On that record I discovered a wealth of the band’s early hits, with “Speed King” and “Child In Time” culled from In Rock, along with the pre-release single, “Black Night.” It was Deepest Purple that sent me back to In Rock, [...]
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I remember as a teen, reading in the Guinness Book Of World Records, that Deep Purple set a new record, registering themselves as the loudest band on Earth – Purple’s live show in 1970 reportedly throwing out 110 decibels (thank you Marshall stacks!) of blistering sound at those brave enough to saunter front and center [...]
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Ex-Trapeze, ex-Deep Purple, ex-Black Sabbath bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes has released several solo albums since his 1978 debut, Play Me Out. His 2005 effort, Soul Mover, may be my favorite of the lot. Hughes gets a little help from his friends, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Chad Smith of Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot [...]
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If you ever wondered what happened to old-school hard rock – the kind you used to plunk into the car’s 8-track or cassette player before dropping the pedal on a Friday night – you’ll find it in spades on Iain Ashley Hersey’s latest album, Nomad. Iain Ashley Hersey, you ask? Granted, Hersey is no household [...]
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