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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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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There’s been much speculation over whose idea the New Deep Purple tour was. I examine all the possible candidates in my book. One name that is prominent is that of keyboard player and graduate attorney Geoff Emery. (Also know as Jeff Emery, Geoffrey Emery, Geoffrey Emer and Geoffrey England) Emery had been in a few…
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Thank you very much to Tim for hosting me on his podcast.
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What links Deep Purple to James Bond? Well not much unless you count the appearance John Lord made in a film called Water which starred Michael Caine who was Sean Connery’s mate. But they both did have highly publicised court battles over who owned the rights to the name….
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Outsider Rock were kind enough to interview me for their website about Stealing Deep Purple. https://outsiderrock.ca/2025/09/03/deep-purple-1980-an-interview-with-author-steve-mclean/
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The drummer of The New Deep Purple / Deep Purple Featuring Rod Evans was a guy called Dick Jurgens III. His father was a notable big band leader from the swing days and his son cut his teeth playing in his old man’s band. Jurgens Snr was regarded enough within the entertainment industry for the…
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My latest (and last for a little white) ‘Stealing’ blog is up on the NVV site. It’s the one I enjoyed writing most since the story is a little different. It’s about Cactus or to be more precise ‘The New Cactus Band’ who were an official off shoot of the original band. The difference, along…
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My blog for the New Vinyl Villain on the New MC5 has been published…
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