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"It appeared that he had fallen down an elevator shaft, but we knew that he was murdered": the traumatic story of Deep Purple's visit to Indonesia in 1975
By Fraser Lewry published
At the beginning of the Come Taste The Band tour, Deep Purple stopped off in Jakarta to play a show en route to Japan. It did not go well

"We did have a couple of séances, but I didn't see any ghosts, though I know the place was haunted": Glenn Hughes on the recording of Deep Purple's Burn
By Dave Ling published
Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes on joining Deep Purple, almost joining Rainbow, leaving the Dead Daisies, the future of Black Country Communion, and 50 years of Burn

"I’d be thinking, Behind this cocaine, either someone is dead, or someone is going to be killed": That time a Los Angeles drug dealer asked former Deep Purple vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes to look after five kilos of coke
By Paul Brannigan published
"You’d trip over cocaine in my house there was so much of it”: for Glenn Hughes, the late '80s were a dark time

Lovebites' Miyako: 10 songs that changed my life
By Rich Hobson published
From Metallica and Michael Jackson to Polyphia and Elton John, these are the songs that helped Lovebites' Miyako become a top-tier shredder

Hollywood icon John Wayne once asked for David Coverdale's autograph
By Stef Lach published
David Coverdale recalls John Wayne asking for his autograph – and tickets to a sold out Deep Purple show

Lars Ulrich on the band that made him ditch tennis, get a drumkit and change rock history
By Niall Doherty published
Metallica? You can thank a little band called Deep Purple for that

Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on how he ended up on a Paul McCartney record
By Niall Doherty published
Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice wound up recording with the Beatles icon thanks to a little help from some guy called George Harrison

The making of Deep Purple's Machine Head: "Smoke On The Water only made it onto the album as filler"
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Let the members of Deep Purple MKII be your guide to the chaotic recording of Machine Head, an album that could have been very different to the one we know and love
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