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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New Vinyl Villain have kindly posted a support blog to the book – Stealing The Velvet Underground! Thank you NVV! https://thenewvinylvillain.com/2025/08/13/stealing-a-four-part-guest-series-in-book-form-2-the-velvet-underground/
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Sooooo the thing I’m excited to share… Remember when I said that I sat down to write some blogs and I ended up with a book? It’s true! The four Wednesdays will see the New Vinyl Villain publish the work… Part One is ‘Stealing Fleetwood Mac’ It documents the story of a band who were…
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While writing the book I spoke to a ton of people involved, not just in the story but in the music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Mitch Chakour was Joe Cocker’s Musical Director for five years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was with Joe when they played International Banquet…
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In 1980, greed was good and you could get away with stealing just about anything, even a band name. At the end of the 1970s, Rod Evans, the little known original singer of Deep Purple decided to relaunch the classic rock band for a continental American tour. The only problem was that Evans reformed the…
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