Topix — Ask 411 Music 5.31.11: Influences, Dead and Alive Posted by Ron Martin on 05.31.2011 Are the Foo Fighters one of bands from the '00s who will be remembered for their influence? What is the 27 Club and who is in it? What is the connection between Deep... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Seeing how well the Blondie documentary I posted yesterday is doing, there's some more to explore... BBC Program charting the tempestuous history of one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. In the early seventies, Deep Purple could claim t... more info

ContactMusic — Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice has taken aim at Elvis Costello, Gil Scott-heron and other acts who have boycotted shows in Israel, branding them "real wimps" for allowing politics to get in the way of their music. Paice and his band will play two s... more info

Topix — Ritchie Blackmore has been behind the guitar of numerous classic-rock songs, songs like "Woman From Tokyo" and "Smoke on the Water" with Deep Purple and a cover of Russ Ballard's "Since You Been Gone," which was a hit for his band Rainbow - but he do... more info

ContactMusic — Grammy Award-winning Arthur's Theme singer Christopher Cross has a secret heavy metal background - he once stood in for Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and toured with Led Zeppelin. The singer/songwriter is best known for easy listening hits like.... more info

Detroit Free Press — Gladys Knight: with the Isley Brothers featuring Ronald and Ernie Isley, 8 p.m. May 14. $69-$99. Young Jeezy: with Fabolous, Yo Gotti and Trina, 8 p.m. May 21. $59-$89. Deep Purple: with Ernie and the Automatics, 7:30 p.m. June 17. $45-$75. more info

NME — Legendary bassist tells all in upcoming autobiography more info

Totally Fuzzy — Let's leave the decadent 80s of the previous posts for what they're worth and come back to 2011, or rather 2008, that's when this was released! Never heard of these guys before.. but not long after I hit play I went WOW! This is a bloody serious ... more info

Altsounds — Following the departure of lead singer Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinnie Appice after the studio mixing of the Live Evil album, Black Sabbath were once again on the lookout for yet another lead vocalist to fill the significant void left at stage ... more info

Metal Injection — Leave it to a couple heavy metal giants to create the latest supergroup. Black Sabbath guitar god Tony Iommi and Deep Purple's vocalist Ian Gillan have joined forces to form a new group called Whocares, recording a couple songs to help out the p... more info