Deep Purple Space Truckin closes Machine Head in four minutes and stretches to twenty in concert. The riff started with Batman. The song eventually went to actual space. Here is the full story.
Deep Purple Space Truckin: From Batman Theme to Actual Space Read Post »
Deep Purple Lazy is a seven-minute blues jam recorded in a Montreux hotel corridor in 1971. Blackmore’s solo was voted top 100 of all time. Here is the full story.
Deep Purple Lazy: Seven Minutes of Blues in a Hotel Corridor Read Post »
Deep Purple Fireball opened the band’s first UK number one album with an air conditioner and a drum explosion. Here is the full story behind one of the Mk II era’s most concentrated songs.
Deep Purple Fireball: The Song That Starts With an Air Conditioner Read Post »
Deep Purple Strange Kind of Woman was originally called Prostitute, peaked at number eight in the UK in 1971, and became one of the most explosive live songs the Mk II lineup ever performed.
Deep Purple Strange Kind of Woman: The Hit That Started as Prostitute Read Post »
Deep Purple Speed King opened In Rock, launched the Mk II era, and held the concert opener slot for 18 months. Here is the full story behind one of hard rock’s earliest speed metal blueprints.
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Deep Purple Black Night is the band’s highest-charting UK single, written in minutes after six fruitless studio hours and a trip to the pub. Here is the full story.
Deep Purple Black Night: The Hit Born in a Pub in 1970 Read Post »
Deep Purple Child in Time is a ten-minute Cold War epic recorded in a single afternoon in 1969. Here is the complete story behind hard rock’s first truly epic song.
Deep Purple Child in Time: Hard Rock’s First Epic Song Read Post »
Deep Purple Highway Star was written on a tour bus in 1971 and performed live the same night. Here is the complete story behind one of rock’s greatest opening tracks.
Deep Purple Highway Star: The Song Born on a Bus Read Post »
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is Paul McCartney’s most personal album in decades, a 2026 UK number one masterpiece rooted in Liverpool childhood and late-career creative fire.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane: McCartney’s Finest in Decades Read Post »
Ozzy Osbourne built heavy metal from a Birmingham street corner and never looked back. This is the complete story of the Prince of Darkness.
Ozzy Osbourne: The Complete Story of the Prince of Darkness Read Post »
Geoff Nicholls Black Sabbath, Geoff Nicholls was the invisible backbone of Black Sabbath for 25 years. The keyboardist who played in the wings on every major era of the band. His full story.
Geoff Nicholls: The Fifth Member of Black Sabbath You Never Saw Read Post »
The Ozzy Osbourne Billboard surge after his July 2025 death sent Crazy Train to No. 46 on the Hot 100 and The Essential Ozzy to No. 7 on the Billboard 200.
Ozzy Osbourne Billboard Surge Rewrites Rock Chart History Read Post »
