Well, strictly speaking it amused me yesterday
But it's still providing some amusement today. Apparently in 1993, when Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple for the second (and last) time, there was huge tension between him and Ian Gillan. Gillan is quoted as saying, "there are certain personal issues that I have with Ritchie, which means that I will never speak to him again. Nothing I'm going to discuss publicly, but deeply personal stuff."

This naturally led me to speculate, and myself and my colleague both independently came to the conclusion that Blackmore must have tried to bum him on tour.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 12:01, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

aww
when love goes bad, rock groups break up.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 20 May 2010, 12:06, Reply)

You really have an anal fixation, don't you?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Well, ever since you 'outed' me...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:29, Reply)

You mean he tried to give him a 'deep purple helmet'?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 20 May 2010, 12:17, Reply)

The acrimony is still sky high:
Gillan refuses to refer to Blackmore by name, preferring instead to call him ‘the banjo player’…
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:31, Reply)

Ha, well even that might give some insight into what this "deeply personal issue" was...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:39, Reply)