Ritchie Blackmore certainly set a high standard for his Deep Purple bandmates, and he didn't approve of one sub-standard performance from Ian Gillan.

Here are four fantastic Ian Gillan vocal performances from the Deep Purple singer's various music projects, in honor of his 80th birthday.

It says rather a lot about the music industry that when Deep Purple travelled to Japan for the first time, in August 1972, the band’s members were in economy class while their managers reclined in ...

Steven Wilson helms five CD/ten LP edition of Deep Purple's 1972 Far Eastern Triumph. Read MOJO's review and the tracklisting ...

Few live rock albums have the mythic status of Deep Purple’s Made in Japan. Recorded across three blistering nights in August 1972 and originally released in late 1972/early 1973, it’s the record that ...

Revisiting comments from Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore about his love of Paul McCartney and why he considers him to ...

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 ...

Some folks might cover their ears and run for the door when they hear these three songs, but others won't, because they love the volume.

Deep Purple has released a video for their new song "Lazy Sod," taken from the upcoming album =1. The follow-up to 2021’s covers collection Turning to Crime is their first with guitarist Simon ...