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Steve Morse Remembers Deep Purple Keyboardist Jon Lord

Posted 07/18/2012 at 1:03pm | by Josh Hart

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Earlier this week, longtime Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord died at the age of 71 from a pulmonary embolism.

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Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler Posts Tribute to Deep Purple Keyboardist Jon Lord

Posted 07/17/2012 at 11:39am | by Damian Fanelli

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Black Sabbath bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler, who turns 63 today, posted a message online paying tribute to founding Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, who died yesterday, July 16, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

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Deep Purple Keyboardist Jon Lord Dead at 71

Posted 07/16/2012 at 1:34pm | by Josh Hart

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After a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, Deep Purple keyboard player and founding member Jon Lord died earlier today, July 16, at the age of 71. The cause of death has been disclosed as a pulmonary embolism.

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Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan Announce Details of WhoCares Album

Posted 06/21/2012 at 10:37am | by Josh Hart

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After releasing a charity single last year, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Deep Purple's Ian Gillan have announced the details of the upcoming debut album from their project WhoCares.

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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan "Pisses On" Radiohead, Praises Ritchie Blackmore

Posted 06/13/2012 at 10:40am | by Damian Fanelli

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Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman, decided to lay into Radiohead during a recent interview with Antiquiet.

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Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan to Release Full Album Together

Posted 05/07/2012 at 10:10am | by Damian Fanelli

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As we reported last fall, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan got together to form WhoCares, releasing two songs for a good cause -- to raise funds to rebuild a music school in Armenia.

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Interview: Legendary Rock Frontman Joe Lynn Turner Discusses New Sunstorm Album, 'Emotional Fire'

Posted 05/01/2012 at 1:33pm | by Alison Richter

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Joe Lynn Turner didn’t set out to become one of the most recognizable voices in rock. His goal was to be a guitar player, in addition to singing and songwriting, but it didn’t take long for his dynamic range to push him to frontman status — fronting bands led by guitar heroes.

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Steve Morse: Bob Ezrin Will Produce Next Deep Purple Album

Posted 05/01/2012 at 10:25am | by Damian Fanelli

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Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse recently told Glide magazine that Bob Ezrin will produce the next Deep Purple album -- which the band is ready to start recording soon.

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Video: Steve Morse Plays, Discusses Ernie Ball Cobalt Electric Guitar Strings

Posted 03/28/2012 at 10:10am | by Damian Fanelli

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Here's a video of Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs and Flying Colors guitarist Steve Morse playing and discussing Ernie Ball's new Cobalt guitar strings.

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Readers Poll Results: The Top 25 Guitar Albums of 1972

Posted 03/23/2012 at 12:57pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Last week, we posted a story about 50 great -- in some cases, classic -- albums from 1972, albums that are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year.

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