As if that last tour with Blackmore was a pleasure to watch...!
I never seen such a disgrace on a stage in my life. Very, VERY unprofessional.
On the other hand - when Steve Morse joined the band, it was like a cool breaze. Great player, pleasure on stage again and a smooth sounding band.
Until Gillan lost his voice...
Jjeroen · Member since
As if that last tour with Blackmore was a pleasure to watch...!
I never seen such a disgrace on a stage in my life. Very, VERY unprofessional. The Man in Black was rarely on stage (he only came out for his solo's - the rest of the show he was not even playing!) and when he was, the best thing he could come up with was calling his bandmates names. IN THE MICROPHONE, for everybody to hear!
On the other hand - when Steve Morse joined the band, it was like a cool breaze. Great player, pleasure on stage again and a smooth sounding band.
Until Gillan lost his voice...
oh-ja · Member since
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As if that last tour with Blackmore was a pleasure to watch...! I never seen such a disgrace on a stage in my life. Very, VERY unprofessional. The Man in Black was rarely on stage (he only came out for his solo's - the rest of the show he was not even playing!) and when he was, the best thing he could come up with was calling his bandmates names. IN THE MICROPHONE, for everybody to hear!
On the other hand - when Steve Morse joined the band, it was like a cool breaze. Great player, pleasure on stage again and a smooth sounding band. Until Gillan lost his voice...
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that's completely right. i attended several shows of the last blackers, the short satriani and the first morse tour respectively ... and aftershows the guys spoke frankly about what had been obvious on stage.
john bodega · Member since
Holy mackerel I didn't mean the tour. I meant their recorded output. Fuck the tours; Gillan has sounded like an old woman since the late 90's anyway! [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]I won't comment on Steve Morse as a player, or even his worth in Deep Purple, but that Montreux show that was on telly a while back was an utter snooze on his part. Maybe it was just a bad night.[/QUOTE]
Jjeroen · Member since
Didn't see the Montreux show.
But it must have been an off-night then. Morse is realy a great player! (Although totally different to Blackmore of course (OR Bolin for that matter).
But if you are talking STUDIO, then I would not even go back to the mid 90's.
The last great record that was released under the DP name was Stormbringer!
(But I have to admit that I found Purpendicular (first with Morse) far from bad and that it does have some great moments)
April · Member since
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The Man in Black was rarely on stage (he only came out for his solo's - the rest of the show he was not even playing!) and when he was, the best thing he could come up with was calling his bandmates names. IN THE MICROPHONE, for everybody to hear![/QUOTE]
Do you mean Ritchie? Is it all really true? How terrible!
oh-ja · Member since
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The Man in Black was rarely on stage (he only came out for his solo's - the rest of the show he was not even playing!) and when he was, the best thing he could come up with was calling his bandmates names. IN THE MICROPHONE, for everybody to hear!
[/QUOTE] Do you mean Ritchie? Is it all really true? How terrible!
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it's not [b]all[/b] true. that was one show (i think birmingham) and i seem to remember it was only for highway star, but he was not very friendly for the whole tour. in fact, that strange behaviour wasn't new to anybody, but it came to extremes in 1993. he's a difficult person to deal with and you never know what to expect next. and his sense of humour is ... hm, strange? ... to say the least ...
Jjeroen · Member since
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The Man in Black was rarely on stage (he only came out for his solo's - the rest of the show he was not even playing!) and when he was, the best thing he could come up with was calling his bandmates names. IN THE MICROPHONE, for everybody to hear!
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Do you mean Ritchie? Is it all really true? How terrible!
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it's not [b]all[/b] true. that was one show (i think birmingham) and i seem to remember it was only for highway star, but he was not very friendly for the whole tour. in fact, that strange behaviour wasn't new to anybody, but it came to extremes in 1993. he's a difficult person to deal with and you never know what to expect next. and his sense of humour is ... hm, strange? ... to say the least ...
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No, definately not only on one show!!
Saw them in Germany and in Rotterdam - at both shows Blackmore was only on stage to play his solo's and he often did not play the rhythm parts at all.
(You can see it on the official video from that tour as well, by the way, so that makes at least three)
That video gives a nice other example as well by the way: Blackmore throwing cups of water at crewmembers on stage...
In Rotterdam Blackmore was calling Gillan names in the microphone.
john bodega · Member since
So what?! Haha
April · Member since
Thank you, guys, for sharing your experience and facts. I know that Richie is not a very friendly person and we all know the famous video where he promises to find Gillan in a back alley and beat him up with the help of his Swedish friends. Maybe he was already fed up with everything by that time. But was he so mean when Gillan first left the band? Was Gillan a troublemaker at that time if even Glover voted for his leaving the band? (as far as I know)
