Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Nov 27, 2005 12:43:38 GMT -5
Sweden's Metalshrine website spoke to DEEP PURPLE frontman IAN GILLAN recently. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
Metalshrine: (Former Deep Purple guitarist) Ritchie Blackmore said that he would like to do a one off show with you and the classic Mark II line up. Have you heard anything about that?
Gillan: "I've read that too, yes. He's dreaming! Why on earth would we do something with that guy...that brought the band to the edge of ruination. It´s just ludicrous! We spent the last ten years rebuilding the reputation and the style and the quality of the music. There's no way on earth that will happen!"
Metalshrine: Have you heard any of the BLACKMORE'S NIGHT stuff?
Gillan: "I have! I had to do an anonymous review. I heard his records and I listened to it very carefully. I do understand his love and I'm gonna pick my words very carefully here, but you know...I was doing a blind review and I suspected it might be Blackmore's Night and I said nothing. And the bloke said 'Well, have a listen to this one!.' What I did say was that the voice was very weak and the guitar sounded terrible. And then they played a JEFF BUCKLEY track called 'Hallelujah' and I said 'Now you're talking! There's and acoustic guitar, compare the difference! What was that? Ritchie?.' 'Yes!.' I know in my heart of hearts that Ritchie Blackmore is one of the great guitar players of all time. He's a fabulous technician and he´s got incredible skills and he was a great showman. I have to talk about the positive things with Ritchie, because everyone talks about the negative things. He has all these qualities and all these skills and yet something is going on in his brain and I don't know what it is. But for a guitar player of that quality, to record such a crappy sounding acoustic guitar...you just have to listen to Jeff Buckley and you hear how good an acoustic guitar sounds. Just listen to the vocal performances! Delivered quietly but with such vibrant passion. Beautiful delivery! And as far as I am concerned, in my honest opinion, Ritchie is wasting his time! I know he's quirky, but I think I, like everyone else, would like to hear Ritchie play the guitar properly again. Not with Deep Purple, but he's got plenty of opportunities to do what he wants to do. I'm a huge fan of Richie and I would like to see that. So that's my opinion on that and I hope I didn't sound to negative."
To read the entire interview head to this location:
web.telia.com/~u43123410/mfintervju180.html
Metalshrine: (Former Deep Purple guitarist) Ritchie Blackmore said that he would like to do a one off show with you and the classic Mark II line up. Have you heard anything about that?
Gillan: "I've read that too, yes. He's dreaming! Why on earth would we do something with that guy...that brought the band to the edge of ruination. It´s just ludicrous! We spent the last ten years rebuilding the reputation and the style and the quality of the music. There's no way on earth that will happen!"
Metalshrine: Have you heard any of the BLACKMORE'S NIGHT stuff?
Gillan: "I have! I had to do an anonymous review. I heard his records and I listened to it very carefully. I do understand his love and I'm gonna pick my words very carefully here, but you know...I was doing a blind review and I suspected it might be Blackmore's Night and I said nothing. And the bloke said 'Well, have a listen to this one!.' What I did say was that the voice was very weak and the guitar sounded terrible. And then they played a JEFF BUCKLEY track called 'Hallelujah' and I said 'Now you're talking! There's and acoustic guitar, compare the difference! What was that? Ritchie?.' 'Yes!.' I know in my heart of hearts that Ritchie Blackmore is one of the great guitar players of all time. He's a fabulous technician and he´s got incredible skills and he was a great showman. I have to talk about the positive things with Ritchie, because everyone talks about the negative things. He has all these qualities and all these skills and yet something is going on in his brain and I don't know what it is. But for a guitar player of that quality, to record such a crappy sounding acoustic guitar...you just have to listen to Jeff Buckley and you hear how good an acoustic guitar sounds. Just listen to the vocal performances! Delivered quietly but with such vibrant passion. Beautiful delivery! And as far as I am concerned, in my honest opinion, Ritchie is wasting his time! I know he's quirky, but I think I, like everyone else, would like to hear Ritchie play the guitar properly again. Not with Deep Purple, but he's got plenty of opportunities to do what he wants to do. I'm a huge fan of Richie and I would like to see that. So that's my opinion on that and I hope I didn't sound to negative."
To read the entire interview head to this location:
web.telia.com/~u43123410/mfintervju180.html
