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DEEP PURPLE live performances and I have a troubled history. I first saw the British Prog Rock act in 2002. I wasn’t into Prog as much as I am today. Sure, I enjoyed “Smoke On The Water”, “Knocking On Your Back Door”, “Burn”, and other Rock radio hits by the group. In 2002 their openers were DIO and SCORPIONS. You can see where this is going...
“I didn’t want [the band name] to sound like we’re playing at Back Angus on Thursday, and I didn’t want it to be like we’re Norway’s latest Death Metal band.” - Ron Freschi
"We got together for the pure love of music and that’s it.” - Sean Manning
“We took a long time to write [‘Truth’]. It wasn’t to make it perfect, it really was just scheduling.” - Patrick Gagliardi
Even though I am a fan, the eight PRIDE OF LIONS albums have been a mixed bag. Their 2004 self-titled album and 2005 follow-up were top tier in the world of Melodic Rock. The next couple of albums, not so much…
“I’ve been in a lot of bands…[ESCAPE THE HIVE] is something different than I’ve ever experienced…99% of the time we’re on the same page.” - Michael Thomas Beck
TRIUMPH foretold the success of this 2026 tour 45 years ago, but we didn’t know it at the time. It was delivered in the lyrics for their 1981 hit single “Magic Power”…
“If you’re comparing us to probably the greatest band of the seventies, then that’s not really negative to me.” - Tyler Arrowsmith
“This art is going to last forever. We aren’t going to last forever, and maybe we’re not going to perform as a two piece forever. So we might as well make the music as good as we can.“ - Cody Bowles
“I had kind of shut down creatively, I wasn’t really sure I wanted to do this anymore” - Russell Allen
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