"Blackmore's Nightmare: As the founder of Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore was a wild, explosive guitar god. As the brains behind Rainbow, he elevated rock'n'roll to epic heights. But then he gave it all up to become a medieval minstrel. What the hell happened?"
March 2006 · Iss. 90, pg. 34-40 · by: Peter Makowski
Mojo (GB)
"'What Goes On!' Putting His Lute In It: Ritchie Blackmore left 'deep purple' after guitar altercation"