Named among the greatest guitar riffs of all-time, this rock song almost didn't exist.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep Purple’s Mk II line-up in 1970. It all began when Chris Curtis, the former drummer/singer with Merseybeat band The Searchers, ...

Legendary rock group Deep Purple once really liked to play loud — so loud that they actually earned the record for the loudest band in the world.

AC/DC were still trying to sniff out their big break in 1975. Thanks to sabotage on Deep Purple's behalf and a riotous ...

Built from a riff that came from nowhere, Smoke On The Water has been covered by everyone from ‘Weird’ Al Yankovich to Black Sabbath ...

MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 13: Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Simon McBride of the English rock band Deep Purple perform in concert during Alma Festival on June 13, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Deep Purple's =1 ...

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has declared the band's forthcoming album, Splat!, marks a vibrant return to the "dynamics, the balance and the fun" of their seminal early 1970s sound. The British ...

Hard rock isn't always about headbanging...sometimes it's about having a good cry. Last year, Music Minds ranked the "Top Saddest Rock Songs Ever Written," and anyone searching for a tune to match a ...

Machine Head was the album that set the template for Deep Purple’s entire future direction ...

The story of how Deep Purple wrote their 1972 classic “Smoke on the Water” has finally been visualized. To commemorate the deluxe reissue of the band’s sixth album Machine Head, out March 29, Deep ...

Ian Gillan, the powerhouse vocalist best-known as the longtime frontman of Deep Purple, celebrates his 80th birthday on August 19. Gillan joined the British hard-rock band in 1969 and helped propel ...