The classic Deep Purple song Ritchie Blackmore wrote as a joke: “Hang on to your hats”
Accidental genius.
Deep Purple
The band Ritchie Blackmore wanted Deep Purple to be “clones” of: “They were our heroes”
A widely influential, but overlooked group.
Ritchie Blackmore always thought Deep Purple’s breakthrough was lame
“It doesn’t make you feel particularly inspired.”
The one Deep Purple album Ritchie Blackmore wants to delete from history
“…I really had no ideas and we were being worked so hard…”
The night yacht rocker Christopher Cross replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple: “A great moment”
“It’s a very cool thing.”
Four “massive lines” and a Nazi outfit: The wild night Deep Purple met Keith Moon
“We were completely out of our minds.”
“It’s fantastic”: The classic Deep Purple song that Ian Gillian thinks still stands up
“It’s such a groove”.
“Just a joke”: The Deep Purple masterpiece Ritchie Blackmore thought Ian Gillian ruined
“It was a pantomime.”