Writing on his official web site, JonLord.org, Jon Lord commented on the report by saying, "It all seems like a lot of hot air and wild speculation to me.
"I like Lars and what he has achieved with Metallica. He's obviously always been very complimentary in his comments about Deep Purple, and I love the story of his famous nine-years-old 'baptism of fire' at our '73 concert in The KB Halle in Copenhagen, but if I was asked to be involved in a 'Mark III' reunion � (which, by the way, I haven't. All I ever said was that the idea had a few good points and a few not-so-good points.) � and I indeed considered that offer, I would not be able to even imagine it without the presence of Ian Paice."
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