CEO Gabe Dalporto drills down on his customers' go-tos, from Metallica's monolithic "Master of Puppets" to Deep Purple's ...

You might not be that familiar with English rock band Deep Purple's musical catalog, but you almost certainly know the riff ...

53 years ago today, on May 1, 1973, Deep Purple released their blues rock anthem “Smoke on the Water” as a single in the US.

Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke On The Water’ has topped a poll to find the best ever guitar riff. The 1972 song beat Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ in the survey of students from music schools ...

If you've watched Loudwire's Gear Factor series over the years, you've no doubt seen how influential Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" riff is, especially for guitar players just starting out and ...

Ritchie Blackmore may have wanted Deep Purple to get heavier, but he didn't think the ideas were fully formed on this album.

More than 300 musicians have voted the guitar riff of Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water as the best riff of all time. The poll, conducted by the Australian Musician magazine, saw AC/DC's Back In Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1973, bassist and lead vocalist Glenn Hughes joined one of the biggest bands in the world – but he never saw it coming. “I had ...

Deep Purple’s head-banging 1972 rock anthem is the last thing you’d expect to hear — in any form — on “The Book of Longing,” Brazilian-born vocal standout Luciana Souza’s 14th and newest album. Named ...

Any self-respecting rock frontman would jump at the chance to join a band like Deep Purple or The Doors, but Free's Paul ...