![]() Then I listened to In Rock and that was it. I can remember seeing Hendrix on television and watching him burn his guitar. ![]() ![]() But it was hearing the power of In Rock that did it. Let me tell you, yesterday I was doing something for television with VH1 and their thing was to ask everyone, ‘who was the most influential heavy rock band Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin?’ When it came to me I said Deep Purple. Now I’m getting a bit out of my depth here, but I would say your music is more Bach or Vivaldi influenced than, say, Purple. When I did hear Machine Head I thought ‘mmm this sounds quiet you know’. In fact I heard Made In Japan before I heard Machine Head. I was eight years old and by the time I was ten I could play note for note Made In Japan. My sister gave me Fireball and I was like, ‘wow’, and I went out and bought In Rock. It was like when I first heard Deep Purple’s Fireball. I can sit at home or anywhere and hear something and grab my guitar and start working with it. ![]() You know, I wouldn’t have put that snare there or in that way. Well, in fact, it’s hard for me to listen to anything without hearing it as a producer does. How do you write? Music is in your blood isn’t it – are you the sort of guy that has music flowing through you all the time? Yngwie ‘Unleash The Fury’ Malmsteen talks in a recent interview about Purple being his major influence:
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