THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF KISS OF DEATH ON EXPANDED DOUBLE LP AND 2CD INCLUDING A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RADIO BROADCAST CONCERT FROM LOWLANDS FESTIVAL 2007 WATCH […]
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Deep Purple have debuted the first single and video for the powerful, fast-paced hard rock tune “Arrogant Boy.” It’s the initial musical statement from Splat! the band’s new studio album, set for a July 3 release on earMUSIC. The official music video for the track is a live performance clip, which premiered last night (May 12) on YouTube.
Deep Purple —Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, and Simon McBride—are currently featured on the cover of Classic Rock Germany, where the magazine highlights “Arrogant Boy” as “an electrifying song in the style of “Space Truckin” or “Highway Star””, adding that it “doesn’t copy these classics; rather, it cleverly varies them.”
“‘Arrogant Boy” is the story of Billy who couldn’t read or write,” says Deep Purple frontman Gillian. “He is unhappy with things, so he speaks up, and finds a way of irritating, one way or another, the elite. And I can’t think of anything more fun than irritating the elite. It would be a joyous exercise for me every morning after coffee.”
The single arrives one week after Deep Purple announced their new studio album Splat! Once again, the band has teamed up with producer Bob Ezrin, continuing a collaboration that has shaped the band’s recent studio albums, all of which reached #1 on the album charts in multiple countries.
On the touring front, Deep Purple have just completed shows in Asia, and the band is set to continue touring with a run of European summer dates in June before officially launching the Splat! World Tour in North America in August. The upcoming touring schedule includes 86 shows across 28 countries, bringing Deep Purple back to major arenas across Europe in autumn before the year ends with shows in South America in December.
At the heart of Splat! is an idea conceived by Ian Gillan. Rather than treating the end as destruction, the album imagines it as transformation: Splat! explores the end of humanity not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence.
Splat! will be available July 3 in multiple formats:
All LP editions include a rich 12-page LP-sized booklet with illustrations and all song lyrics, available exclusively with the first pressing.
Further exclusive items are available via the official artist store, including:
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Julian Casablancas hates Zionism, and it’s beautiful to see an alt-rock star of a certain age take a real fucking stand. He also loves to aggressively deploy Auto-Tune, and that position seems to be a whole lot more controversial, at least in this corner of the internet. Last month, beloved New York rockers the Strokes…
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(We present Daniel Barkasi’s review of a new album by the Spanish black metal band Aversio Humanitatis, which is out now on Debemur Morti Productions.) The question of why we dedicate so much time and energy to this music isn’t one that pops up into this writer’s brain often; to the initiated, there’s a plethora […]
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Gene Simmons is staging a weekend that will be either a dream or a nightmare, depending on your feelings about meet-and-greets. His Legends of Rock Expo takes place September 25–27 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, promising concerts, autograph sessions, photo ops, panels, and parties with genuine rock royalty. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale now here.
The headliners: Simmons (Kiss), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Stewart Copeland (The Police), and Dave Davies (The Kinks). Rounding out the roster are fellow Kiss members Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, plus Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus), Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath), Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Alcatrazz), David Ellefson (formerly of Megadeth), Lita Ford, Bruce Kulick (formerly of Kiss), John Moyer (Disturbed), Nelson (brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson), Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Saving Abel, and Jerry Scheff, longtime bassist for Elvis Presley. More names are coming.
Headlining the concert portion is Simmons with the Gene Simmons Band, which he describes as a loose, back-to-basics affair. “It’s loose, spontaneous, and back to basics,” Gene said. “I’ve brought fans to join us onstage from the audience who think they can play guitar. And somebody could yell out, ‘Why don’t you play “Sunshine Of Your Love,”’ and I’ll turn to the band and say, ‘What key?’ It’s as much fun as I can think of with my pants on.”
“This is an opportunity for everyone to rub elbows with musicians from their favorite rock bands,” said David Heynen, promoter and owner of Fanboy Expo. “The kind of access most of us can only dream of!”
Simmons is a 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a Songwriters Hall of Fame Class of 2026 member, and a 2025 Kennedy Center Honors recipient. Outside of Kiss, he runs the Rock & Brews restaurant chain, the MoneyBag spirits line, and has spent recent years advocating in Washington for fair terrestrial radio royalties for recording artists through the American Music Fairness Act.
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When Ween released their 1996 album 12 Golden Country Greats, it seemed like an ultimate troll move. The pranksterish duo became unlikely major-label artists during the alt-rock boom period, and they found a cult audience with their lo-fi, feverishly playful early-’90s albums Pure Guava and Chocolate And Cheese. Then they went to Nashville and assembled…
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