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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

How a huge onstage brawl with Deep Purple proved the making of AC/DC
By Niall Doherty published
After AC/DC and Deep Purple went head-to-head in 1975, no-one ever messed with Angus & co.’s gear again

Ritchie Blackmore is a huge ABBA fan, according to his former Rainbow/Deep Purple colleague Joe Lynn Turner
By Paul Brannigan published
The Man In Black has a huge soft spot for ABBA: who knew?

Watch Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson perform Deep Purple's Burn with an orchestra
By Liz Scarlett published
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson performed a fiery cover of Deep Purple's Burn as part of Jon Lord's Concerto For Group And Orchestra

Rock Imperium Festival is packing a rock fan's dream lineup - and all in one of sunny Spain's finest locations
By Classic Rock published
Take the chance to see Kiss for the final time in Spain, alongside the likes of Deep Purple, Helloween, Europe and many more

The making of Deep Purple's classic Machine Head: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Also in this issue: Led Zeppelin, The Answer, David Crosby, Jellyfish, Robert Fripp, Empyre, Queensryche, Steel Panther and much more
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