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More Nick Simper - Attila Scholtz collaborations30 October 2018, 00:15

Cry Free - Deep Purple's Favourite Tribute
Deep Purple founding member Nick Simper and his Austrian band Nasty Habits released their new album and first vinyl LP titled "Live & Nasty". The record features the vocals of Cry Free singer Attila Scholtz, who has been an official member of the band since 2016.

The material presented on the classic audio format contains 8 songs from a concert recorded at Reigen, Vienna last March: three of Nasty Habits' own compositions and five mk1 Deep Purple tracks, namely Joke / Emmaretta / Cold / Please Don't Go / Why Didn't Rosemary / Help / Lalena / Hush. "Live & Nasty" is a limited edition LP released only in 500 copies, with 150 of them on special purple discs and 350 on traditional black vinyl. The coloured copies sold out within a few weeks, but a small number of the classic ones is still available and can be ordered from the band's website.

The album premiére concert on June 23rd also took place at the Reigen, and the full capacity crowd had the chance to witness a truly magical show in two parts. Although the first set was the usual combination of Deep Purple mk1 songs mixed with the Austrian musicians' own material, the second set had the unique track-by-track presentation of the debut DP album Shades Of Deep Purple celebrating its 50th anniversary. The amazed fans got to hear songs like the breakthrough Hush, which established the band early on, as well as numbers like Hey Joe or Help, which showed how innovative Nick and co. were in the late 60s when it came down to covering other writers' hits. The programme also featured gems like One More Rainy Day (the B side of the Hush single), which was never played live by Deep Purple themselves.


The next chance to see Nick Simper & Nasty Habits perform is on November 9th at Klagenfurt's Eboardmuseum.