But what about the less-conflicted children of Woodstock? The beer-drinkers and hell-raisers, the clock-punching ham’n’eggers in dirty denim, living for the weekend? What was the colour of hoi polloi ...

Ritchie Blackmore may have been central to the Deep Purple sound, but he thought this album era was a personal low point.

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 ...

Soon after, Deep Purple wrote “Smoke on the Water,” built around an iconic guitar riff created by the group’s founding guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore. [Buy Deep Purple Concert Tickets] On Sunday, July 8 ...

Deep Purple has released a video for their new song "Lazy Sod," taken from the upcoming album =1. The 13-track =1 arrives on July 19. The track listing and the “Lazy Sod” video can be seen below.

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 ...