GLENN HUGHES - DEEP PURPLE "Imploded Through An Accumulation Of Literally Too Much Sex, Drugs And Rock ’n’ Roll"
April 25, 2008, 16 years ago
GLENN HUGHES (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) spoke to Liverpooldailypost.co.uk about a number of topics recently. Here is an excerpt from the chat:
“Liverpool is the place for me musically,” says Hughes, who regards THE BEATLES as a seminaI inspirational influence.“It’s a great city, one of the few that are really significant, and I’ve always loved the music coming out of there.”
Liverpool is also the setting for an anecdote summing up the turbulent times of chemical excess in Deep Purple Mark IV, when he and David Coverdale replaced original singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover to join the remainders Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice. It was March, 1976, and after three years of life on the edge the band finally toppled over on the final date at the Liverpool Empire.
“It imploded on that night through an accumulation of literally too much sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll,” he recalls before exclaiming: “The things we did on that tour!“We played five gigs in six days, and I never slept once because of the stuff that I was taking. I knew things were not right on stage in Glasgow when I started to see things that weren’t there!
“And, to be honest, by the time we got to Liverpool, there’s very little I can remember about what happened.”
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