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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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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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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