News
June 2008
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June 2007
Further to the recent
departure of our original “Lordy” and
sudden departure of our “Ritchie”, we are delighted to announce
that we have recruited the services of one Mr Rob Poyton
as our new “Lordy” and Mr Matt Love aka “Dr Love” as our new “Ritchie”
(and what a Ritchie he is!)
We’d like to send
Dave & Phil our very best wishes with their new endevours.
We will also be
recruiting a “Morsey” and an “Airey….ey” so watch
this space for further developments.
January 2007
NEW KEYBOARD PLAYER
URGENTLY REQUIRED!
Due
to family commitments following the birth of baby Emily, and the increasingly
busy schedule of Pink Fraud – Phil has decided to call it a day with 24
Carat Purple, and the search for a suitable replacement has now begun!
So, if you, or anyone you know, meet(s) the following criteria, then please drop us an email
at keyboardplayer@24caratpurple.co.uk
a) Nuts about Deep Purple
b) Nuts about
c) Available to commit fully
d) and obviously be a
competent keyboard player, with the utmost attention to detail
August 2006
After a year of gettin'
just about as tight as we could get, Gettin' Tighter
have decided to let it all go slack again and have renamed ourselves "24
Carat Purple".
It
wasn't a decision we could take lightly, and indeed we didn't. We did rather
tire of various audience comments - "What's Gettin'Tighter?
Your trousers?" was one of the more polite ones. But the maternity-based
departure of our fantastic original singer, Esther, and the arrival of our
equally (but differently) fantastic new singer, Ian, led to a rather different
direction & sound. Out with some of the more extreme ball-bursting lines of
Glenn Hughes, in with more of the blues-led screams of Ian Gillan.
So,
Gettin' Less Tight? No. Gettin'
Louder would be more like it. In the end, though, we kept in mind that
fantastic compilation, 24 Carat Purple, and because we're the shaft of gold
when all around is darkness (no, not a stream of bat's piss! Go to the back of
the class!), what could be more appropriate? Besides, what other name
could best illustrate our position as simply the best Deep
Purple tribute you're likely to see?!
Gettin' Tighter is dead!
Long
live 24 Carat Purple!
Pete "Hughesey" Hartley
May 2006
Gettin’ Tighter are very pleased to announce their return to gigging following a six month rest and reformation.
In early 2006 our Glenn Hughes-esque singer and shaker of things, Esther, announced she was with child (with the keyboard player’s child actually) and that we should start looking for a replacement.
After a false start we eventually found the new guy in a bar in
The premise of being the only band to seriously tackle Mk3 and 4 material remains, with the added advantage that we have a new singer that can out-Gillan any of the other Purple tribute bands’ Gillans out there.
We’ll let Ian tell you about himself later, but we should say that Esther was one of the prime movers in getting this band going, we love her and wish her and the baby well and her old man lots of patience!!
Keep an eye on the site for new gigs being announced all the time and for new mp3s when we get the chance!
Garry "Paicey" Randall
