Newsmeldungen
Newsmeldungen
Cologne's Hilton, not far from the main train station, is the obvious place for interviews. Here you are undisturbed and yet right in the middle of it. The journalists have a comfortable journey, the musicians a perfect starting point to explore the city. While Mick Box sips a Coke, Phil orders his fourth Kölsch before four in the afternoon. Mick comments: "He thinks it's rock'n'roll", which encourages Phil to note that these test tubes are not really beer at all.
Ihre Berlinauftritte vor dem Reichstag und im Treptower Park zählen bis heute zu den größten Einzelkonzerten, die dieses Land gesehen hat. Jeweils rund 200.000 Menschen bescherten Barclay James Harvest 1980 beziehungsweise 1987 die triumphalsten Momente ihrer Karriere. Einer Karriere, die vor fünfzig Jahren begonnen und grundlegende stilistische Wandlungen mit sich gebracht hat: Von melodieseligem Symphonic Rock über hymnischen Prog bis zu elegantem Poprock reichen die Fertigkeiten der englischen Gruppe, die noch heute besteht. In doppelter Ausführung.
Their performances in Berlin in front of the Reichstag and in Treptower Park are still among the biggest single concerts this country has ever seen. Barclay James Harvest brought the most triumphant moments of her career in 1980 and 1987, respectively, to around 200,000 people. A career that began fifty years ago and brought fundamental stylistic changes: From melodious symphonic rock to hymn-like prog to elegant pop rock, the skills of the English group still exist today. In double version.
What will remain of Deep Purple once the "The Long Goodbye Tour" is over? Will the tribute bands and epigones take over and do justice to the hard rock legend? Can they re-create the myth of Deep Purple in their songs or concerts? Or does the group, which is celebrated as the Liverock band, remain unique because of all its facets? These and other questions are addressed in the fifth part of our series of articles on half a century of Deep Purple.
Was wird von Deep Purple bleiben, wenn die „The Long Goodbye Tour“ einmal vorbei ist? Werden die Tributebands und Epigonen die Geschäfte übernehmen und der Hardrocklegende gerecht werden? Können sie in ihren Songs oder bei ihren Konzerten den Mythos Deep Purple neu heraufbeschwören? Oder bleibt die Gruppe, die als die Liverockband gefeiert wird, wegen all ihrer Facetten einzigartig? Diesen und weiteren Fragen gehen wir im fünften Teil unserer Artikelserie zu einem halben Jahrhundert Deep Purple nach.
Dark men on duty, my ass: Paul Banks & Co. composed their sixth album "Marauder" while chilling on tropical beaches. It goes without saying that it still doesn't sound really cheerful.
eclipsed: The cover of your new album features a photo of Elliot Richardson, former US Secretary of Justice who helped uncover the Watergate scandal in 1973. Actually a positive figure and not a marauder, not a looter. What's the title?