Rock N Roll Story Guys

Deep Purple vs bogus Deep Purple


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Brian and Murdock hunt down a newspaper ad from 1980 to corroborate a listener story involving a Deep Purple show that was campaigned against by... Deep Purple.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore

http://www.deep-purple.net/archive/68-76history/roundabout.htm

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2025/06/23/that-went-well/

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/sad_and_mysterious_story_of_deep_purples_original_singer_rod_evans-89196#

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/1980/newyorkmp.html

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/birth-deep-purple-mk-ii-110212643.html

Coverdale singing Nillson on his demo tape: https://open.spotify.com/track/0d63FM2uCuLuSw9pSSzyKj?si=db69ecd434424fc7

https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/the-insane-story-of-the-bogus-deep-purple-part-one

:https://www.dpac.at/Bogus_Deep_Purple_1980.html

https://outsiderrock.ca/2025/09/03/deep-purple-1980-an-interview-with-author-steve-mclean/

https://mayobat.wordpress.com/tag/goeff-emery/

Tim’s Vinyl Confessions podcast interview with Steve McLean: https://youtu.be/C6mNkHGNUnI?si=6CAhVv1UpYFCgnu_

The actual ad Adam mentions in his letter: https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/the-insane-story-of-the-bogus-deep-purple-part-two

https://mayobat.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/who-do-we-think-we-are-part-two/

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/1980/darkside.html


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