McBride’s addition to DEEP PURPLE has affected the band’s sound, Paice said: “If I say it’s like a breath of fresh air, that’s not to deny Steve’s genius and his input for the last 20-odd years. It’s just different, and sometimes a change of direction is very important. And I think Simon has given us that. He’s brought a more riffy approach to the songwriting. Some of Steve’s stuff was far more cerebral. You had to really work out where he was going. He’s got a wonderful mind, Steve. He thinks of things that nobody else can come up with, and they’re beautiful, they’re clever. Simon is a little more — I get it straight away. And that is nice, ’cause, again, it’s just a slight change of direction. Nothing we haven’t done before. If anything, it harkens back to some of that stuff from the early ’70s.”
DEEP PURPLE’s new album, “=1”, is due on July 19 via earMUSIC. The LP marks DEEP PURPLE’s first material with McBride.
Since 2022, Simon has already played to DEEP PURPLE audiences totaling more than half a million peopl
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