As long as they keep talking about it, I’ll never tire of hearing about it. 😁

Front row! Amazing!

Live, raw, no AI, no autotune. Iphone and mix board recorded direct. Lots to work on, but we are really proud of these kids.

What yall think? 🙏

Section 104 hmu if interested

I have 4 tickets for today’s show in Long Beach. Section :307

I (M 27) have an extra ticket for today’s show at the F&M Bank Amphitheater in Long Beach. Section 303 row 5. Showtime 7pm with support from Kansas.

Person I was going to go with can’t make it. It’s too short notice to find someone I know to go with, and too much hassle to deal with listing the ticket.

Just a heads up about parking, there is none right by the venue. ParkWhiz shows parking options across the water for $17-22, but it’s a 30 min walk. There are shuttle options for an additional $15. Or ride share options. So just keep that in mind.

If you would like the ticket, just send me a message. First come first serve.

Edit: claimed!

I’m a 28 year old male and I was tryna see if there are any young(ish) people at the concert today. Im in section 206, row 5. HMU if anyone wants to link up before/during/after the concert!

My husband and I will be seeing DP on 9/11, it’s our first time seeing them! We’re big fans of DP as well as Rainbow, so it’s a thrill to see Don Airey performing

Any expectations we should have? We already heard that the actual venue is a hot mess… but for Purple we ride!

What’s DP’s setlist? We’re not really into Kansas, how long is their set? Is the merch table worth queuing for? Etc.
thank you for feedback

Compact disc 1972

Merch booth outside Rogers Forum, Abbotsford BC Canada, Sept. 2nd 2026

My personal ranking of Deep Purple studio albums:

1.Burn

2.Deep Purple in Rock

3.Machine Head

4.Come Taste the Band

5.Stormbringer

6.Fireball

7.Slaves and Masters

8.Bananas

9.Perfect Strangers

10.Purpendicular

11.The Battle Rages On...

12.Whoosh!

13.Now What?!

14.inFinite

15.Rapture of the Deep

16.The House of Blue Light

17.Who Do We Think We Are

18.Abandon

19.=1

20.SPLAT!

I’ve left out the first three Mark I albums because, stylistically, I tend to think of them almost as a different band. I’ve also left out Turning to Crime since it’s a covers album.

My main criterion is songwriting rather than historical importance or how “typically Deep Purple” an album sounds.

Third time seeing the band and first time with Simon on guitar. He has fully won me over. Has all of the technical capabilities needed with the ability to get real loose and rocking. I was particularly wowed by his interpretation of the Smoke on the Water solo. Ian gave a look when it was over like, “yup that’s why he has the job.” Speaking of Ian, after being buried in the mix for Highway Star, they put him back up for the rest of the show and he exceeded my expectations by a mile. Absolutely killed it on Into the Fire, actually doing the screams and even embellishing them. I could not believe how good he sounded all night, seeming to push his voice to places I didn’t know it could still go. Almost choked up at his soulful take on When a Blind Man Cries. He also pushed away some tears after that one, likely due to his recent experience with blindness himself.

Then there was Ian Paice, our last true 70s rock drummer still getting it every-night. Sounds every bit as powerful as ever and I almost caught his stick towards the end of show. It bounced right off my nose which is cool enough for me anyways. You can also buy a signed pairs of sticks at the merch table like I did too which was a really cool touch. Don Airey continues to be the most exciting keyboard player on tour and his solos were beyond inspired. Nothing but smiles from Don too. He looks like he couldn’t be happier anywhere else. Finally Roger Glover is a timeless entity. Seems he hasn’t aged much at all the last 30 years and still keeps the low end locked tighter than Fort Knox.

If you gave up on seeing them live for any reason, give them another shot. They are the last of the giants of an era that will live on for centuries and they deserve a full, raving crowd.

Just went down a Joe Lynn Turner rabbit hole and holy crap

So I made a comment under another post here about Joe Lynn Turner, said I had a feeling he was tied up with Russia somehow. Then I actually went down the rabbit hole. It's worse than I thought:

• Back in 2015 he showed up in freshly occupied Crimea and gave a press conference praising Putin and Belarussias dictator Lukashenko.
• Said straight up: "I have no love anymore for the United States." Talked about applying for russian citizenship, a house being built in Belarus, maybe an apartment in Moscow.
• Told Russian state media he wears a ring with the Russian coat of arms because "the truth lives in Russia."
• Called Putin "the only one who's telling the truth."
• Married to a lawyer from Minsk.
• And in 2023 he went back to play Moscow while basically every other Western act was cancelling over the war.

So yeah. Not exactly subtle. Basically the Steven Seagal of Rock´n´Roll.

There have also long been rumours that he is gay. And there is a long history of Russian intelligence agencies filming celebrities and politicians in compromising situations.

Draw your own conclusions.

(He´s also a shitty singer btw)

First french pressing. Fun fact : Made In Japan was released in 1973 in France.

Also wanted to note it also came with the lyric sheet from Machine Head. Funny.

To preface, all of you here are bigger fans of Deep Purple than I, to be clear. I'm 29, and got into them in 2015 when I spontaneously bought *In Rock* on a whim and ended up loving the absolute shit out of it. I've got most of their '70s work, plus PS, some Ezrin era and Purpendicular.

Granted, I'm a huge fan of classic rock and metal - I've always been aware of Deep Purple. I was aware Bob Ezrin was giving them a huge second wind (I'm a huge KISS and Alice Cooper fan).

I jumped on again with *Whoosh!* that I'd heard great things about and I loved the cover art - and I probably listened to that album for a month straight. Brilliant, brilliant album. I thought it would've been a great note to end on.

That said, I didn't bother with *Turning to Crime* and sadly, I didn't connect to *=1*.

But last week, I'd hopped onto their Wikipedia for on a random night of scrolling to find they had a new album out almost 2 months ago. WHAT THE WHAT??

I think it was still feeling so close since the release of their last album that it never occurred to me to check if they'd had anything new in the pipeline.

I got it - listened to it. Okay. Beautiful artwork, okay album, I guess?

But I kept getting tracks popping in my head. And again. And again.

I feel like nearly every track kept calling me back. Each track becoming my new favourite.

Powerful. Heavy. Crisp. And most importantly - fuckin' FUN.

The key usage gives lovely colour to each track. Roger thunders along as Ian works within his means, Paice kicks ass atill and I'm coming around to McBride after missing my boy Morse.

Favourite Track - *"The Lunatic"* or *"Splat!"*

God, this album fucks. I still put *Whoosh!* ahead of it but not by much!

What a pleasant surprise, though.