Rezi
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Re: Interview
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"Gillan: I think we always try to. When you’ve been near death you value every second of your life and Deep Purple was approaching death in 1993. Audiences were falling off, we were playing 4,000-seaters with barely 1,200 / 1,500 people in them. That was definitely going to be last tour. Then, fortunately, Ritchie walked out, the sun shone again and we all said: “OK, we’ll give it one more shot”. So, yes, we are grateful for that chance."
I guess he has some problems with dates. He were probably thinking of 1996, there they were playing in swimmingpools.
I don't know about 1996, but it seems strange he has to repeat that nonsense about 1993 tour not selling. I understand he said that ten years ago, because he probably felt a need to justify a Blackmore-less DP to the public. But why keep saying that? No one (well...) questions the current line-up's right to do what they wish.
Oh well, I suppose the myth has by now turned into truth in his mind.
I was at 4 shows in 1993, all 4 sold out. And that was not 4000 seaters, maybe with the exception KB-hallen in Copenhagen. The same place Scandinavian Nights were recorded.
I was at 11 shows in 1996, all of them in small venues, and only 1 sold out. But, I don't complain about the small venues, I like them better than the big ones, but Gillan is a liar when trying to change the historical facts!
The worst thing DP can be called is a "Classic Rock Band", but they are a Classic Rock Band! They asked for the tag, and it sticks on them.
I posted this in the wong topic:
Capacity of venues 1993
http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/halle.htm
Ostseehalle Kiel
Anzahl der Plätze:
10250 total
davon:
9050 seats
1200 standing
Hans-Martin-Schleyer halle, Stuttgart:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle#Bau_und_Kapazit.C3.A4t
Total: 13.000
10.000 seats
3000 standing
Maimarkthalle, Mannheim
http://www.maimarktgelaende-mannheim.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=45
Total: 12.000
KB-hallen, Copenhagen:
(sorry, no link)
total 4-5000
seats 2348.
I removed the other post.
Thanks for the info and the links, I indeed had the impression that they played in much bigger halls than 4-5000 venues.
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26/5/2007, 15:21
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Al Erikson
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Just for the fun and bearing in mind it doesn't really mean a thing, when you google
"rap", you get 135 million results
"rap music", 48.1 million results
"hip hop", 92,4 million results
"classic rock", 77,5 million results
"hard rock", 149 million results
"heavy metal", 71,4 million results...
It's not the googling that's the problem, it's the inability to use proper search terms, and the inability to filter out false hits.
Of course. That's the reason of my first sentence.
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But how many people are born because of it?"
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26/5/2007, 15:49
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mrsnip
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I removed the other post.
WHAT???? CENCORSHIP!!!!! I HAVE THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, IT'S IN THE BOOK OF RIGHTS!
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26/5/2007, 18:46
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dodoa64
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I can't agree more with most of the previous posts. However, having taken a group of purple fans to their first ( well first for many) purple gigs at the Astoria, they left before the end because it was all 'new stuff' they had never heard.
Also this tour I have never heard such a reception for Smoke, a song ( along with Hush & Black Night) I could happily die with never hearing live again.
Until poeple in the UK etc buy the new albums in numbers the songs will never make up even the minority of the set.
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28/5/2007, 3:12
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Rezi
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I removed the other post.
WHAT???? CENCORSHIP!!!!! I HAVE THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, IT'S IN THE BOOK OF RIGHTS!
Dream on!
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28/5/2007, 5:33
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Al Erikson
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However, having taken a group of purple fans to their first ( well first for many) purple gigs at the Astoria, they left before the end because it was all 'new stuff' they had never heard.
This is a sad behaviour, if you allow me to say. We always need to discover new stuff. What would have happened in 1970 when the MkI fans would have left the hall because DP were playing new stuff ?
I don't think you can expect to go to a concert and not having new stuff played. Either you like or not, you can't expect the band not to play new stuff. You can't judge someting you haven't heard yet.
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28/5/2007, 9:02
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Al Erikson
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Ian Gillan interview
http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=1453&type=1&lang=EN
About nude pictures of Carole Stevens...
Last edited by Al Erikson, 28/9/2008, 8:20
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28/9/2008, 8:19
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KillerBananas
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"Gillan: Audiences were falling off, we were playing 4,000-seaters with barely 1,200 / 1,500 people in them.
That's a typical Gillan lie to justify that they moved on after Blackmore left, and to blame Blackmore for something that happend in his, Gillans, imagination. We all know that the Battle Tour was mostly a sold out tour.
Funny guy that Gillan!
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18/11/2008, 14:27
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