New Deep Purple Doc Deals With Demise

A brand new documentary is to be released next year that will deal with the demise of Deep Purple MKIV and their split in 1976.

Set for release in early 2011, DEEP PURPLE: GETTING TIGHTER documents Purple's turbulent last year before the band split initially in 1976. Exclusive new interviews with Glenn Hughes and founder member Jon Lord open the lid on the problems that beset the band as they toured around the world: Death, drugs and devastation, which led to their ultimate demise.

Archive footage from the tour includes interviews with Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale and Ian Paice, while rare and previously unreleased concert footage includes performances of Purple classics 'Smoke On The Water', 'Burn' and 'Highway Star'. Live versions of 'Love Child' and 'You Keep On Moving' from the MKIV line-up's one and only album 'Come Taste The Band' also feature as part of the previously unreleased film 'Deep Purple Rises In Japan' - included in full, within this DVD.

Here’s the trailer: