Cross-media picks for Deep Purple fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
These picks orbit the same pull that draws fans to Deep Purple — music as something charged and restless, where craft and wildness coexist. Whether it's a Soviet underground scene built on smuggled records, a guitarist chasing a legendary lost song, or a documentary series dissecting the albums that shaped rock history, the thread is consistent: music that refuses to sit still, performed by people who couldn't imagine doing anything else.
Film
Leto
Underground rock defying authority, smuggled LPs, and a summer scene on the edge of history.
Film
Rock & Rule
A malevolent rock star summons a demon using a kidnapped singer — rock mythology pushed into outright fantasy.
Film
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A band loses its soul to the music industry machine, then fights to win it back.
Film
Purple Rain
A Minneapolis musician escapes a turbulent home life through electrifying stage performance.
Film
Psych-Out
A deaf runaway falls in with a psychedelic band in Haight-Ashbury — late-60s rock culture, raw and searching.
Film
Crossroads
A young guitarist hunts a lost song by legendary bluesman Robert Johnson — music as buried treasure.
Film
Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos
Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slipknot and more testify to rock's enduring, chaotic power.
Film
Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans
Classic R&B and boogie from Fats Domino — the roots that fed hard rock, performed live.
Series
takt op.Destiny
Music sustains the world against monsters — rock's stakes made literal and cosmic in anime form.
Series
Classic Albums
Deep dives into the records that defined rock — the craft and context behind the greatest albums.
Series
3rd Rock from the Sun
Aliens studying humanity's strangest customs — absurdist comedy with genuine warmth.
Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
George Harrison: far more than a Beatle — depth, spirituality, and considerable musical ambition.
Series
M3: The Dark Metal
Children reunite to fight monsters from a dark void — sci-fi atmosphere thick with dread and mystery.
Series
The Top Ten Revealed
Rock icons debate the most influential songs in history — the canon examined by those who made it.
Series
The Beatles Anthology
The full arc of The Beatles told in their own words and archive footage.
Series
Behind the Music
Intimate access to pop and rock's greatest artists — the personal lives behind the music.
Game
The Beatles: Rock Band
Play through The Beatles' career from Liverpool to Abbey Road — rock history as rhythm-game journey.
Game
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band
AC/DC's live ferocity turned into a playable experience — hard rock energy you can perform yourself.
Game
Rock Band 2
Master guitar, bass, drums and vocals across a massive rock setlist — the full-band fantasy.
Game
Friday night funkin: whitty mod (lo-fight) with music
A fan-made rhythm game built on enthusiasm for music — scrappy and infectiously fun.
Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Retro 80s rock venues and classic tracks — the era that kept hard rock loud and alive.
Game
Guitar Hero
Thirty rock anthems playable with a guitar controller — the game that started the genre.
Browse and download rock tracks for the full Rock Band ecosystem — your personal setlist, expanded.
Game
Rock Band
Form a band, tour the world, master every instrument — rock stardom simulated with genuine ambition.
Book
Everybody needs a rock
A children's guide to choosing the perfect rock for play — simple, tactile, pleasingly specific.
Book
Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung
Sharp critical essays on Bowie, Reed, the Clash and Iggy Pop — essential rock writing.
Book
Slash
A Guns N' Roses guitarist's memoir redefining sex, drugs, and rock's most extreme excesses.
Book
Rock and roll, 1955-1970
Rock's roots through rhythm and blues, solo stars and supergroups — the formative years mapped.
Book
Glow
Rick James on fusing funk groove with rock — a wildly entertaining account of a rock star's life.
Book
Echoes
Pink Floyd's collective and individual careers traced from formation onward — comprehensive and detailed.
Book
Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose
Black Sabbath's rise as the quintessential heavy metal band — the dark twin of hard rock's family tree.
Book
Elvis Presley
Rare photographs and intimate memories trace Elvis's life — the original rock star, up close.
Start with Leto, a black-and-white drama about the Soviet underground rock scene — smuggled LPs, forbidden shows, and music as an act of defiance. Purple Rain pairs well: a musician channelling personal struggle into electrifying performance.
Yes — Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung collects sharp critical essays on Bowie, Reed, the Clash and Iggy Pop. Echoes chronicles Pink Floyd's full career in rich detail. Both explore the classic rock world that fans of Deep Purple tend to love.
The Rock Band and Guitar Hero series let you perform classic rock as a full band or solo guitarist. AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band is particularly close in spirit — raw, loud, and built around hard rock performance.