In the hot summer of 2024, the band decided to write their fourth album in a remote village high in the mountains near Porto, Portugal.
The concept was agreed on the first night but that concept took a twist when the devastating fires took place that very evening, putting the lives of the band in grave danger.
The band were rescued off the mountain from their villa, too a safer option and to an alternative accommodation where they spent the night watching the fires rage on the veranda.
It was here titles and more ideas came to fruition, to add to the already conceptual theme of BANNED which summarises todays sensitive culture, in that the slightest wrong word can get you banned, adding the pun Banned with last two letters before the last D in the word being crossed out equaling the word BAND.
With all this in mind and the whole band in agreement, it was then decided to add an autobiographical theme also, telling the story of events as they unfolded that treacherous night where many people lost their lives and homes.
The final recordings of the album were completed in Italy, Poland and UK. The record is produced by Alessandro Debiaggi and Robby Thomas Walsh. BANNED is a fresh modern look back at the 70s!
It is advised to play this Record very loud!
Tracklist:
01 – Inferno
02 – Beast
03 – The Escape
04 – Blood Red Moon
05 – You Better Behave
06 – Banned
07 – Too Hard To Please
08 – Seventies Kid
09 – The End
Line-Up:
– Robby Thomas Walsh (Ireland) – Vocals (Roger Glover, Tony Carey, Joe Lynn Turner)
– Ian Paice (UK) – Drums (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Gary Moore)
– Murray Gould (UK) – Guitars (Eric Clapton, Elton John, Joe Bonamassa)
– Alessandro Debiaggi (Italy)- Keyboards (Has toured with Ian Paice Purpendicular since 2022)
– Mauricio Torchio (Italy) – Bass (Has toured with Ian Paice Purpendicular since 2022, here replacing the unavailable Nick Fyffe)
