Posted on 09/23/2016 11:40:33 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Legendary rock group Deep Purple will release a new studio album in February 2017.
The frontman of the legendary rock band Ian Gillan said that the band will present their new studio album in February 2017. This album, like the previous one ‘Now What ?!’, will be mixed by Bob Ezrin, who worked with many renowned rock bands.
Ian Gillan also described how he records albums of Deep Purple:
“Deep Purple was different than any other kind of writing I do with other people. Deep Purple is primarily an instrumental band, and the routine is we book [time] in a studio somewhere, and the [other] guys [in the band] come in at noon. They start jamming and they work ’till six o’clock, take a break at three for a cup of tea and then do that every day. Roger and I listen to the music and clock out the occasional bit and think that might be okay for a tune on the album or something. Then we start refocusing on making arrangements and how to develop the song. Then when it is all tucked away, I start thinking about the lyrics and the tunes. There is no point before they get literally torn up every day because everything changes every day. There’s no shortage of things to write about lyrically. There is no point trying to create a tune on something that’s going to change in a couple of hours. That’s how it worked with Purple. This is primarily an instrumental band. I just climb on board and write it along.”
So how was Now What? I had no clue they were even still alive!!!
And their last great albums were Machine Head and Live in Japan, both from '72.
On the AARP label!
Saw them live back in the early 70’s - blew the roof off the building. They were nearly as loud as Blue Cheer.
I’m still relishing Perfect Strangers from 1984. I think it was there best effort as matured musicians.
I have been a Deep Purple fan since I was 9 or so.
I’ll watch for this. The most recent album I bought was Motörhead’s Bad Magic. The most memorable “recent” big show I saw was Heaven And Hell (A.K.A. Ronnie Dio singing with Black Sabbath (Bill Ward got totally screwed) in Tokyo 10 months before Ronnie died.
The last Deep Purple album I bought must have been Perfect Strangers.
I’m listening to Oysterhead at the moment.
You didn’t like Stormbringer or Come Taste the Band?
Agreed...gotta love old Mk.1 stuff!
“Still Alive?”
Those are the first words that come to mind for me too.
Well, if they can come back in some workable form, maybe King Crimson can also come back. I don’t care about Pink Floyd being revived, because I’m disgusted with member Roger Water’s hatred of all things Jewish.
I’m a big Made in Europe fan. IMO the intro to Burn on that album is one of, if not the best intro to a rock song ever. That stuff just doesn’t happen anymore.
It’s been many decades since I’ve heard the records you two mentioned, so I’ll give them another listen.
Loved Burn. I liked the 2nd iteration with Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. Ian Paice probably my #4 or #5 favorite drummer behind Carmine Appice, Ginger Baker, Ringo Starr, and Cozy Powell.
I got to interview Ian Paice for my “Seven Events that Made America America” and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” books.
I got to interview Ian Paice for my “Seven Events that Made America America” and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” books.
Very cool. And yes, Paice is an amazing drummer.
That’s too funny. You actually have me LOL.
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