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One of the heaviest metal anthems of the 1970s reimagined in the hands of one of the mightiest metal bands of the decades that came after. But even in those dreams, it never sounded this great. Taken from Cleopatra's upcoming Purple Storm - A Tribute To Deep Purple, L.A. GUNS balls-breaking take on "Space Truckin'" was something of a career-long ambition for the band. "Deep Purple is one of our biggest influences," says longtime HardRadio friend Tracii Guns. "So any excuse to play one of their songs, we will take." And, he continues, "Phil and I chose this song because we just wanted something we could blast out on." "Space Truckin"" was inspired, Ritchie Blackmore once remarked, by the theme to the Batman TV show. It developed, however, into one of Purple's most dramatic showstoppers, a cavalcade of soloing that was capable, some nights, of stretching to 30 minutes in length. Listen below:
