Deep Purple Meets PM Takaichi, Rock Legends Still Rule

0:00On April 10, D-Purple's five members dropped by Japanese Prime Minister Senei Takai-Chi's Tokyo office on Friday, April 10. She's a diehard fan of the band, right up there with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and even plays drums herself. Takai-Chi handed D-Purple drummer Ian Pace a set of signed Japanese drumsticks calling him straight up her god. Pace called it a great pleasure and a bonus during their Japan trip, while singer Ian Gillen thanked her for the meet-up. The Prime Minister opened up about grabbing their classic machine-head album back in grade school, then rocking keyboards in a deep purple tribute. Band during middle school, before switching to drums and university, she still bangs on an electronic drum kit at home to shake off stress, especially blasting tracks from their burn album After Spets with her husband. Deep Purple kicks off their three-day Japan tour tomorrow, April 11 at Tokyo's Napan-Budokan, proving Rock Legends still command respect from. The top, I'm Corey with the story.

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