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eclipsed No. 123 / 9-2010

11. April 2014

DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK
The Rebirth of a Band

An album carved in stone! 40 years ago the English band Deep Purple erected their own monument. Even considering the fact that the former hard rock heroes around Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord ruined their reputation in the middle of the eighties, the LP is still one of the top monuments in rock history. An album as massive and monumental as the Mount Rushmore to which the cover refers.

SUPERTRAMP
Crisis! Hard Crisis!

eclipsed No. 119 / 4-2010

11. April 2014

JEFF BECK/ERIC CLAPTON
Inventor of Olympus

They are among the most celebrated rock guitarists in the world. They once played in the same band, though not at the same time. After their departure from the Yardbirds, the careers of Jeff Beck (65) and Eric Clapton, who turns 65 on March 30, developed completely differently. eclipsed traces the paths of the fundamentally different (musician) characters, visited one of the rare joint concerts in London, spoke with Mr. Beck himself and interviewed numerous fellow musicians about their eternal rivals.

JOE BONAMASSA
"I'm not a blues snob, I'm a rocker!"