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composed the lyrics to "Trashed" after taking a car belonging to drummer Bill Ward without permission and crashing it during an alcohol-fuelled joyride around the grounds of the recording studio. Gillan recounts: The owner of the car was not amused by the mishap. "I remember the night that Ian crashed that car…" Ward remarked. "I know why that car crashed and I didn't find it amusing anymore. I went through hell behind narcotic and alcohol addiction, and so things ike'I crashed my car, man', I take these things real serious now. It's not fun for me at all… I'm not saying that the song was glamorized, but I prefer not to glamorize it." "Trashed" was released as a single with an accompanying

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. The track was one of many targeted by the PMRC and was included on the group's "Filthy Fifteen" list due to its subject matter. The song was re-recorded by Gillan for his solo album ''

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and Roger Glover. This version reappeared on the 2011 compilation '' Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi: WhoCares''. Gillan referred back to the song on Deep Purple's 2020 album '' Whoosh!'' in "The Long Way Round", which features the lyrics: "I promised myself I would not get trashed again, but the way I’m feeling right now, that promise is going down the drain."

Track listing

#"Trashed" – 3:56 #"Stonehenge" – 4:52

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