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Article: Rock god . . . . who is home in time to fish!; The Big Interview: Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan reveals his home-loving alter-ego to reporter Alison Stokes.(Features)
- Article from:
- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2002
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Byline: Alison Stokes
THEY'VE had more bitter break-ups than Elizabeth Taylor and seen more reformations than the Catholic church, but classic rockers Deep Purple are still hanging together.
The band - who lived the rock excess to the full in the early Seventies - are back on the road.
They're older, wiser and with a line-up which is as close to the classic membership of the days when they earned themselves the name of the world's loudest band.
Over the years there have been nine versions of the band and between them all they've racked up ...