Fifty-three years ago today, Deep Purple went to No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with their most influential album.

Here are four unforgettable songs featuring and co-written by Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in honor of ...

Ritchie Blackmore needs to be passionate about the music he's making, but there are some forgettable songs on this album, one ...

Deep Purple has released a video for their new song “Lazy Sod,” taken from the upcoming album =1. The follow-up to 2021’s covers collection Turning to Crime is their first with guitarist ...

The man behind "Ride Like the Wind" gets support for his tale from Eric Johnson, whose band opened for Deep Purple that night ...

including ‘Fireball’ and ‘Machine Head,’ which spawned the classic song ‘Smoke on the Water’ in 1972. By the end of the decade, Deep Purple would lose guitarist Ritchie Blackmore ...

Plus: band members and other rock stars – including Tony Iommi, Paul Stanley, Ian Anderson, Steve Harris, Lzzy Hale and more – talk about their favourite Deep Purple Purple songs. May 01 ...

He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half ...

Missioned Souls are from Cebu City, Philippines. From an earlier review on Louder when their earlier Zeppelin cover went viral.

While Deep Purple made their leap from garage rock singles ... Playing a mixture of “MKI” songs and new material fresh from their rehearsal room at Hanwell Community Centre in west London ...

Even in the 1980s, when the current Deep Purple organist and keyboardist played for Rainbow and Ozzy Osbourne, he didn’t fit the stereotype. Yet for decades, the 76-year-old has been a driving ...