Reuters - Apr 4, 2008
Deep Purple's 1973 hit Smoke on the Water is the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to a poll by a London music school that has taught members of top bands like Radiohead, The Kinks and The...
More »Reuters - Feb 11, 2008
The Kremlin rocked to the sound of British band Deep Purple on Monday in a gig with a difference. The fans wore furs, suits or war medals rather than jeans and T-shirts; they arrived in black chauffeured...
More »AP - Jun 6, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - More than 1,680 guitar players turned out, tuned up and took part in what organizers say was a world record rendition of Deep Purple s Smoke on the Water — a song that was the...
More »AP - Jun 16, 2006
Croatia has an unorthodox way of motivating its players for their crucial World Cup match against Japan. Rock band Deep Purple will be holding a concert under the windows of the team s hotel on Friday...
More »USRN - Feb 25, 2003
(2/25/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Roger Glover said he s not all that surprised about the Rhode Island club fire that killed 97 people at a Great White show last week. It s not that the Deep Purple bassist doesn...
More »USRN - Apr 2, 2001
(4/2/01, 3 p.m. ET) - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney will be paying property taxes in California soon. McCartney has paid $4 million for a 4,700-square foot, French country-style gated house on a two-acre parcel...
More »USRN - May 19, 2000
(5/20/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Deep Purple has joined the lineup of this year s Montreux Jazz Festival. The group will play on July 22 as part of the event s Last Night Explosion ; the bill for that evening also...
More »USRN - Dec 24, 1998
(12/23/98, 1 p.m. PST) - Move aside, poseur rockers: a new boxed set devoted to the classic testosterone-rock of Deep Purple is due out this Spring. This will mark the first-ever complete history of the...
More »USRN - Sep 17, 1997
(6/24/97) - Always one-upping Hooters and Planet Hollywood, homogenized theme-restaurant chain the Hard Rock Cafe has gone into business with Rhino Records to create the label Hard Rock Records, which...
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