Rocks On

Riders In The Night

Running Wild

THE ALBUM 'ROCKS ON' IS BY PAUL DEAN (EX LEADER OF JERUSALEM & PUSSY) AND PAULINE GILLAN, SISTER OF IAN GILLAN, DEEP PURPLE. THE ORIGINAL ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON THUNDERBOLT RECORDS IN 1984 AND WILL BE REISSUED BY ROCKADROME RECORDS SOMETIME FROM 2017 ONWARDS. 
SINCE THE END OF HIS BAND PUSSY, PAUL WORKED WITH IAN GILLAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HELPING TO RUN IAN'S VARIOUS COMPANIES. THEY WERE ALSO GOOD MATES AND DID MANY THINGS TOGETHER e.g. MOTORBIKE SCRAMBLING, HORSERIDING, GOLF, DRINKING etc.

IN THE EARLY 80'S PAUL HAD THE URGE TO DO A BIT OF RECORDING AGAIN AND IAN SUGGESTED GETTING TOGETHER WITH HIS SISTER PAULINE WHO HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN MUSIC. SO IAN IS TO BLAME FOR THIS ALBUM!

IAN WAS INVOLVED TO BEGIN WITH BUT BECAME TO BUSY WITH HIS OWN STUFF, SO LEFT IT UP TO PAUL TO SORT OUT. IT WAS QUITE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AS IT INVOLVED SO MANY DIFFERENT MUSICIANS, SOME WITH VAST EXPERIENCE AND OTHERS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE STUDIO BEFORE. THE RECORDINGS WERE MADE AT IAN'S KINGSWAY STUDIO, A STUDIO IN MALLORCA SPAIN (RUN BY DAVE HADFIELD WHO ONCE HAD STUDIO IN OLD KENT ROAD - MANFRED MANN), ONE IN BATH AND A COUPLE IN LONDON INCLUDING EDDIE GRANTS. THE MUSICIANS RANGED FROM GUYS LIKE COLIN TOWNS AND JOHN GUSTAFSON, SOME SPANISH MUSICIANS IN PALMA TO SOME REALLY YOUNG UK GUYS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN A STUDIO BEFORE, INCLUDING A GREAT GUITARIST FROM BATH CALLED IAN 'WES' HALL, PROBABLY AROUND 25 DIFFERENT MUSICIANS IN TOTAL.THERE ARE 5 COVER SONGS AND THE REST WRITTEN BY PAUL.

Gillan Dean

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