DEEP PURPLE DRUMMER IAN PAICE EXPLAINS WHY THE BAND DOES NOT PERFORM DAVID COVERDALE ERA MATERIAL DURING LIVE SHOWS
During a recent question-and-answer session with fans, Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice was asked if there is any chance the band will ever perform the songs You Fool No One, Stormbringer and Burn live again. Paice responded (via blabbermouth.net), “They’re not Ian Gillan songs; they’re David Coverdale songs. And we have enough Ian Gillan songs to play, and we can’t get all of those in. So trying to bring in some songs that have no connection to Ian at all would be difficult.”
Deep Purple’s new album, Whoosh!, will be released on August 7th through earMUSIC. Listen to the song Throw My Bones here, and Man Alive, here.
Watch Ian Paice’s Q&A below.
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Ian definitely has a point. There are so many classic songs in the Mark 2 lineup that there really is no need for any other songs from different lineups. I know Gillan has done “Hush” and maybe he would have been able to do an awesome “Burn” in his prime but it’s not necessary to do those songs. Plus I’m really thinking this next album is going to be pretty good so I’m sure they are gonna want to pay attention to that as well.
I agree. Coverdale and Hughes each do those songs already, not that the current Purple would know or care, so from a fan’s perspective, that period is covered.
In fact, my issue with the setlists over the last few years is that they don’t do enough of the Morse-era songs. I don’t need to hear “Woman from Tokyo” and “Black Night” for the umpteenth time.
The last couple of times they’ve come to my area, I’ve taken a pass, since I know from their setlists posted online there isn’t enough variation. They used to blame Ritchie for sticking to an unoriginal setlist, but with him gone, they’re doing pretty much the same thing.
The album Live at the Olympia, recorded on the Purpendicular tour, was a fantastic resurrection of songs they hadn’t done in years, but since then, it’s been pretty much same old, same old.