In 1968, Blackmore co-founded Deep Purple with keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice, singer Rod Evans, and bassist Nick Simper. The group was initially heavily influenced by psychedelia and ...

Steve Morse on how a noodle during one of Deep Purple's many tea breaks ended up on the album, and the mixed reception from ...

Deep Purple established a reputation over their many years of existence as one of the leading lights of the heavy metal scene. Where others have fallen off that path, this band has remained stalwarts ...

It's difficult not to look at Wednesday night's Judas Priest/Deep Purple concert at Daily's Place as some sort of competition. Two British heavy metal titans, both well past their prime but not dead ...

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan reveals of The Leona Graham Podcast that he never knew he had a rock voice. Growing up ...

Although Ritchie Blackmore wrote many classics with Deep Purple, there is one that embarrasses him more than any other.

The four power chords that open Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” are still one of hard rock’s most recognizable riffs. In the early 1970s, the fanfare and song touched a primal nerve with many ...