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Subscribe >Tommy Bolin was a guitar player in Deep Purple and the James Gang and released some solo stuff before unfortunately dying a drug overdose in 1976. He has no less than over 30 releases out after his death! This release contains archival sessions that would be on his 2nd and final solo album, “Private Eyes.” […]
This is an awesome band. They have like a mix of Deep Purple (old) and a little AC/DC in the mix and all I know is it makes for great songs along with great Jon Lord like vocals as well. The tunes are big-time catchy and I was nodding along to each tune and even […]
A Summer’s Coming Songfest for putting the Top Down and the Volume UP: “I GET AROUND” by THE BEACH BOYS (1964) Instrumentally (the arrangement and production effectively trounced all comers that summer of ’64), lyrically (though one can safely interpret “I’m gettin’ bugged drivin’ up and down the same old strip, I gotta […]
Our Audio Expressions Editor give us another lethal dose of his ass kicking “Streets of Intuition” featuring an Interview with Glenn Hughes of Black Country Communion, formerly of Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath, and many others. Topics discussed include his days with Trapeze, joining Deep Purple, Hughes Thrall, Gary Moore, John Norum, The Hughes Turner […]
What with the recent Blackmore brew-ha-ha all over his old pals’ induction – finally! – into that so-called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I was reminded to dig out three vintage CD’s from my by-far favorite, as in Mark I version of Deep Purple. I was also reminded that these initial DP LP’s […]
King Diamond is a man who needs no introduction. His career as a solo artist and with Mercyful Fate is legendary. The music that he has created over the years has never been duplicated. He is truly one of the most unique individuals, both as a person and as a musician, that has ever graced […]
The release of PINK FLOYD’S concert album of “The Wall” has been delayed until February 2000 due to problems in restoring the original tapes The Death Metal Massacre 2000 tour featuring Cannibal Corpse, God Dethroned, Hate Eternal and Diabolic begins February 2000. ARMORED SAINT’S “Revelation” is complete. Produced by bassist Joey Vera (Engine), it is to be released March […]
Iron Maiden, Dio, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Overkill. One day soon the name Machinery will be up there with the best of ’em. This Stratford, Connecticut-based quartet has been around for ten years & shows no sign of slowing down, like the battered old Ford van that takes them from gig to gig. The band even […]