By Steve Newton On April 6, 1985, Deep Purple played Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum on its Perfect Strangers Tour, with guests Girlschool. Obviously I went, because the year before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover had reunited with Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice to get the Mark II lineup back in action. "Highway Star", motherfvckers! … Continue reading Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover on the Mark II reunion and the “uncompromising” Ritchie Blackmore