Deep Purple

“Deep Purple, along with the well known Led Zeppelin, constituted the idea of Hard Rock. Hits like Black Night, Hush, Child In Time and Smoke On The Water with its terrific riff led Deep Purple to an amazing amount of success in the U.K and America. The Band has just recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary and they are still going strong.

The band began in 1968 under the name of " Roundabout " but after some disapointing demonstration tracks Jon Lord sacked the drummer and the bassist, leaving himself a gap in the group. He was contacted by two people wanting to be the groups managers, bringing in Nick Simper {Bass} , Ian Paice {Drums} and Rod Evans {Vocals} who came from MI5.

The group changed its name to Deep Purple and went about recording its single, Hush/One More Rainy Day, which landed the group its first hit in Hush. The group then covered Neil Diamonds "Kentucky Woman" before recording their first album, "Shades Of Deep Purple". The album received a moderate amount of success so they decided to put "The Book of Taliesyn" out as quickly as possible to tap this. The album was successful and the band was on its way.”

Metaliaga

“vote for this band. there better than metalica nd green day. vote dor them.they kick ass”

“Way better than KISS. So many classics.
-space truckin
-highway star
-hush
-SMK on the WTR
So many classics”

“deep purple had it all

nuff said”

“Perhaps three of the best in their fields with Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Jon Lord (organ) and Ian Gillan (vocalist, whom Pavarotti called "a genius"). And the rhythm section of Paice and Glover was mighty good, too. "Progressive Hard Rock" did not exist before Deep Purple, IMO.
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