About this episode

Gary Kemp interviews Deep Purple legends Ian Paice and Ian Gillan about their career and new album 'Splat!'.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are a man down, as Guy is off sick, so Gary is flying solo with Deep Purple legends Ian Paice and Ian Gillan joining the podcast. It is a fascinating in-depth conversation about their career to date and the new brilliant album ‘Splat!’.  From the early days, to an evolving line up over the years through to this new, incredibly prolific period, Gary finds the Ian's in fine form and this new album is a career high. Watch the interview too on our YouTube page.  Find out more: www.deeppurple.com Pre-Order the album here: https://deeppurple.lnk.to/SPLAT Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp deeppurple_official @gimmesugarproductions    Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gary Kemp

Guests: Ian Paice, Ian Gillan

Topics covered

• Deep Purple
• music career
• new album
• interview
• rock music

Keywords

• Deep Purple
• Ian Paice
• Ian Gillan
• Splat!
• rock music
• interview
• album

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Deep Purple, Gimme Sugar Productions, WMG UK, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok

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