GLENN HUGHES Says DEEP PURPLE MKIII Reunion Is A Possibility

Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Rockdetector.com: Before "Soul Mover" I think it's fair to say a lot of your fans were frustrated by the sheer amount of sessions you were doing and wondering why you were not putting all your energies into your own records. Is that fair?

Glenn Hughes: "Totally, totally. I tell you though — it's over man."

Rockdetector.com: That's good to hear.

Glenn Hughes: "I'm a very happy-go-lucky, spiritual kind of guy and I just said 'yes' too many times. I have friends and acquaintances all over the world. Do you know how many times I got asked to sing on albums this year? 50! I can't sing an album a week. It has to stop. Now it's just my thing. Things have changed, it's not just the dough because now I'm saying no. I mean, you'll still see me doing a few things for close friends, but the other stuff — it's finished."

Rockdetector.com: One album I really did like that you guested on was VOODOO HILL.

Glenn Hughes: "I got to wear my Rob Halford hat for that one. That was good to do, a very aggressive side to my voice."

Rockdetector.com: What made the change in the way you are working your career now?

Glenn Hughes: "I simply stopped listening. It's that simple. I have this strange and very wide audience that I've been spending far too long trying to please. I have the Japanese fans who just want the DEEP PURPLE Glenn and to hear me sing 'Burn' all the time, I have the full on funkists, I have this kind of Michael Bolton-type audience and the heavy metal people. I was trying to satisfy everybody all the time and it was impossible. It was Chad [Smith, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer] actually who made me stop that nonsense. He said, just please yourself, give a statement about how you feel, not what other people want from you. The way he described it was to imagine I'm writing a musical postcard to myself. That was the big change."

Rockdetector.com: Of course, besides your musical partnership with Tony Iommi the other great collaboration has been with David Coverdale in DEEP PURPLE. Are we ever going to see Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale on record or stage again?

Glenn Hughes: "Well, believe it or not but people have been talking about this for quite some time. Will it happen? I would love to do it, Jon Lord would love to do it. David Coverdale has expressed an interest. Maybe some live shows, maybe a DVD or something special like that. I think it would be fantastic for people to see the MK III DEEP PURPLE again."

Rockdetector.com: That's quite an awesome possibility. How likely do you think that is?

Glenn Hughes: "I can't say. We'd like to do it just for the crack but everything has to be just right. DEEP PURPLE split up with a lot of strong feelings and bitterness so it would be nice to heal that in a way. We all talk to each other, there's no hard feelings at all. It was all so long ago. MK III was unfinished business I think."

Rockdetector.com: What about Ritchie [Blackmore]?

Glenn Hughes: "Ritchie? Who knows? Ritchie is in a very comfortable place right now, doing his own thing, making his own rules so that in itself is very important. Everything is open."

Rockdetector.com: The prospect of seeing MK III DEEP PURPLE again is really quite mind boggling actually.

Glenn Hughes: "There's probably someone talking about this behind the scenes right now."

Read the entire interview at Rockdetector.com.