Stealing Deep Purple
The unbelievable true story of the Fake Deep Purple tour
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Steve McLean is a comedian and writer from Scotland, currently living in London.
His trilogy of shows based on merchandise (Action Figure Archive, Action Figure Archive Volume 2 and Action Figure Archive Retrosexual) made multiple top ten lists and toured internationally.
His favourite Deep Purple album is Come Taste the Band. He knows this will win him no favours among the hardcore.
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There’s very little footage or audio in circulation of The New Deep Purple. One clip exists from Mexico where the band play Smoke of the Water. The audio on the clip seems to have Rod Evans singing a little flat, this was explained by Tony Flynn as the generator for the analogue organ was running…
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The promoter Steve Green passed away on January 9th 2026. His name is frequently mentioned in connection to the New Deep Purple. If you’ve read Stealing Deep Purple you know I’m sceptical about his involvement. Many fans on the internet are convinced he was the brains behind the operation but no one that I have spoken…
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By the time the New Deep Purple were due to play the Long Beach Arena in LA, the officials of the actual band had begun to move legally. Tony Edwards and John Coletta, of the management company HEC, found the US courts too slow, partly because the duo themselves were not very quick to act.…
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One of the reasons why The New Deep Purple were allowed to exist is that frankly, the industry didn’t really care who was in the band. When it became more widely known that Deep Purple weren’t in face Deep Purple, then there was a lot of ‘faux’ outrage from the venues and promoters. However, ultimately,…
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The New Deep Purple often performed on what were known to promoters as ‘soft seaters.’ These are events that would attract a generic crowd rather than a hardcore Deep Purple fan base. Things like County Fairs or Tractor Pull events. The name Deep Purple, regardless if it was prefixed with ‘New’ or ‘featuring Rod Evans’…
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There’s a nice review of Stealing Deep Purple at this website (Steve Mclean takes a pretty neutral stance towards the whole ordeal, and this is what makes the book so good) https://adamscdgallery.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-look-at-stealing-deep-purple-by-steve.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOHSgxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyCGNhbGxzaXRlAjMwAAEe6Hko-qc00qHTBtIu9XfJtagxUn_S1JUJsrSwi4qM9m6P4UOFRHy8jrz_E8w_aem_5bqo7ZHDD1c37erV0b5kYg
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The story of the fake Frankie has been published over at the New Vinyl Villain. Get a cuppa, sit down, read and RELAX https://thenewvinylvillain.com/2025/11/12/more-stealing-the-guest-series-in-book-form-8-frankie-goes-to-hollywood/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOC4ftleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8McYEPauqGJxjIumjB8-Ok8Nn6aOkHuA_xY6yeHLDRNHGvve5Gp9CA8rUIQ_aem_0YWie9xtirjYw4GpgqsC1Q
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New Vinyl Villain have posted my blog about Steppenwolf. The band featured THREE future members of The New Deep Purple… And various other musicians, some of whom became notable in the 1980s The Steppenwolf name was still getting misused as late as 2019….. https://thenewvinylvillain.com/2025/10/29/more-stealing-the-guest-series-in-book-form-7-steppenwolf/
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NVV Have once again allowed me to write a blog for them! Thanks Jim. Here’s the story of the Byrds, after the Byrds broke up! 🙂
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