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Deep Purple on chemistry, magic, and the birth of Perfect Strangers
We travel back in time to 1984 and talk to the reformed Deep Purple as the ready themselves to release comeback album Perfect Strangers
The Ritchie Blackmore albums you should definitely listen to - but none of them are by Deep Purple
A guitarist who helped define the sound of a genre, both pre- and post- Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore has a formidable back catalogue of classics
Every Deep Purple album ranked, from worst to best
Updated Deep Purple's albums ranked, from patchy Purple to purple patches, from iconic albums to the one Ritchie Blackmore dubbed "cattle grazing" to the one with the new chap
The night Roger Glover assembled three Deep Purple singers and a cast of stars for the Butterfly Ball
When Roger Glover was asked to soundtrack a film based on a poem by a 19th century botanist, little did he know that soon it would become a one-off live extravaganza
Terminally ill grandmother loses £140,000 to scammer pretending to be Ritchie Blackmore
The victim, who is suffering from cancer, went to school with the former Deep Purple guitarist
How Deep Purple entered their Mk IX era, inspired by the tedious complications of modern life
Deep Purple might never have been fashionable, but with a new guitarist on board and a brand new album, they look likely to be around for some time yet
Deep Purple's Ian Gillan recalls the hedonism of the Swinging Sixties
Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has seen a party or two in his day
Shane MacGowan: Music critic extraordinaire
Shane MacGowan didn't hold back when asked to review the music of his peers
