Group "Deep Purple" (Deep Purple). The most complete biography of Deep Purple

deep purple - British rock band, formed in February 1968 in Hartford, England. She is considered one of the most notable and influential hard rock artists of the 70s. Music critics consider Deep Purple one of the founders of hard rock and highly appreciate their contribution to the development of progressive rock and heavy metal. The musicians of the "classic" composition of Deep Purple (in particular, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Pace) are considered virtuoso instrumentalists. Over 100 million copies of their albums have been sold worldwide.

First line-up of Deep Purple (Evans, Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice)

For more than 40 years of the history of the group, its composition has changed several times, in total different time There were 14 people in the group. Drummer Ian Paice is the only musician to have been featured on all of Deep Purple's lineups.

Deep Purple lineups are usually numbered Mark X (MkX for short), where X is the number of the lineup. There are two different ways of numbering - chronological and personal. The first gives two lineups more due to the fact that in 1984 and 1992 the band returned to the Mark 2 lineup. Due to this uncertainty, the band's fans often refer to lineups by the names of the members who were replaced.

The Mark 2 line-up (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord, Paice) is considered a "classic" Deep Purple line-up, since it was in this line-up that the group acquired worldwide fame and recorded hard rock classics In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head. Subsequently, this line-up met twice more and recorded a total of 7 studio albums out of 19 released by the group to date.

The full potential of the new line-up was realized at the end of 1969, when Deep Purple began recording a new album. As soon as the group gathered in the studio, Blackmore categorically stated: only the most exciting and dramatic will be included in the new album. The requirement, with which everyone agreed, became the leitmotif of the work. Work on Deep Purple In Rock lasted from September 1969 to April 1970. The release of the album was delayed for several months, until the bankrupt Tetragrammaton was bought out by Warner Brothers, which automatically inherited the Deep Purple contract.

Meanwhile, Warner Bros. released Live In Concert in the US - a recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - and called the band to America to perform at the Hollywood Bowl. After a few more gigs in California, Arizona and Texas on August 9, Deep Purple found themselves in yet another conflict: this time on stage at the Plumpton National Jazz Festival. Ritchie Blackmore, not wanting to give up his time on the program to Yes's latecomers, staged a mini stage arson and caused a fire, which resulted in the band being fined and getting virtually nothing for their performance. The rest of August and the beginning of September the band spent on tour in Scandinavia.

The album In Rock was released in September 1970; it climbed to number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the top thirty lists for over a year (in the US, rising only to number 143). Management was unable to select a single from the album's material, and the band went into the studio to record something urgently. Created almost spontaneously "Black Night" provided Deep Purple with a second place in the UK Singles Chart and became for some time the hallmark of the group.

In December 1970, a rock opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on a libretto by Tim Rice, "Jesus Christ Superstar", was released, which became a world classic. Ian Gillan performed the title part in the original (studio) version of the album. In 1973, the film "Jesus Christ Superstar" was released, which was distinguished from the original by the arrangements and vocals of Ted Neeley (born Ted Neeley) in the role of Jesus.

Fireball was released in July in the UK and in October in the US. The group held an American tour, and the British part of the tour ended with a grand show at London's Albert Hall, where the invited parents of the musicians were accommodated in the royal box.

Deep Purple agreed with the Rolling Stones to use their mobile studio Mobile, which was supposed to be located near concert hall"Casino". On the day of the band's arrival, during a performance by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (where the members of Deep Purple also went), a fire broke out caused by a shot from a rocket launcher sent by someone from the audience into the ceiling. The building burned down, and the band rented an empty Grand Hotel, where they completed work on the record. In fresh footsteps, one of the band's most famous songs, "Smoke On The Water", was created. According to legend, Gillan sketched the text on a napkin, looking out of the window at the surface of the lake, shrouded in smoke, and the headline was suggested by Roger Glover, who allegedly had a nightmare and, upon waking up, repeated “smoke on water, smoke on water.”

The Machine Head album was released in March 1972, climbed to number one in the UK and sold 3 million copies in the US, where the single Smoke On The Water entered the top five on the Billboard.

In July 1972, Deep Purple flew to Rome to record their next studio album (subsequently titled Who Do We Think We Are). All members of the group were morally and psychologically exhausted, the work took place in a nervous atmosphere - also because of the aggravated contradictions between Blackmore and Gillan. On August 9, studio work was interrupted and Deep Purple headed to Japan. Recordings of the concerts held here were included in the Made in Japan album.

"The idea of ​​a live album is to make all the instruments sound as natural as possible, with the energy from the audience, which is able to pull something out of the band that it could never have created in the studio," Blackmore said.

In 1972, Deep Purple went on tour to America five times, and the sixth tour was interrupted due to Blackmore's illness. By the end of the year, according to the total circulation of Deep Purple records, the most popular group world, beating Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.

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Compound	vocals	Guitar	Bas-guitar	Keyboards	Drums
Mark 1	Rod Evans	Ritchie Blackmore	Nick Simper	Jon Lord	Ian Paice
Mark 2	Ian Gillan		Roger Glover
Mark 3	David Coverdale		Glenn Hughes
Mark 4		Tommy Bolin
Mark 5 (2a, 2.2)	Ian Gillan	Ritchie Blackmore	Roger Glover
Mark 6 (5)	Joe Lynn Turner
Mark 7 (2b, 2.3)	Ian Gillan
Mark 8 (6)		Joe Satriani
Mark 9 (7)		Steve Morse
Mark 10 (8)				Don Airey

HEAVY METAL PIONEERS - DEEP PURPLE

In the history of heavy music, there are very few bands that can be put on a par with the rock legends that painted the world in dark purple tones.

Their path was tortuous, like the guitar picks of Ritchie Blackmore and the organ parts of Jon Lord.

Each member deserves separate story, but it was together that they became iconic figures of rock.

On the carousel

The history of this glorious band goes back to the distant 1966, when the drummer of one of Liverpool groups Chris Curtis decided to form his own band Roundabout ("Carousel"). Fate brought him together with John Lord, who was already known in narrow circles and was known as an excellent organist. By the way, it turned out that he has a wonderful guy in mind who simply does miracles with a guitar. This musician turned out to be Ritchie Blackmore, who at the time was playing with the Three Musketeers in Hamburg. He was immediately called from Germany and offered a place in the team.

But suddenly the initiator of the project itself, Chris Curtis, disappears, thereby drawing a fat cross on his career and endangering the nascent group. According to rumors, drugs were involved in his disappearance.

Jon Lord took over. Thanks to him, Ian Pace appeared in the group, striking everyone with his ability to thrash the drums, knocking out incredible fractions from them. The place of the vocalist was then taken by Rod Evans, Pace's comrade former group. Bassist is Nick Simper.

I'm all deep purple

At the suggestion of Blackmore, the group was named, and in this line-up the team recorded three albums, the first of which was released already in 1968. The song "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo and April Stevens was Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother's favorite song, so the musicians did not philosophize for a long time and took it as the basis for the band's name, without putting any special meaning into it. As it turned out, the brand of the drug LCD, which was sold in the United States at that time, was called in exactly the same way. But vocalist Ian Gillan swears and claims that the band members never used drugs, but preferred whiskey and soda.

Bathed in rock

Success had to wait for several years. The group was popular only in America, but at home it almost did not cause interest in music lovers. This caused a split in the team. Evans and Simper had to be "fired", despite their professionalism and the path they had traveled together.

Not every group could cope with such bad luck, but Mick Underwood, a famous drummer and longtime friend of Ritchie Blackmore, arrived in time to the rescue. It was he who recommended Ian Gillan to him, who "screamed wonderfully high voice". Ian, in turn, brought his friend, bass player Roger Glover.

In June 1970, the new line-up of the group released the album "Deep Purple in Rock", which was a crazy success and finally brought the "dark purple" to the echelon of the most popular rockers of the century. The indisputable success of the disc was the composition "Child in Time". It is still considered one of the band's best songs to this day. This album held the top positions of the charts for a year. The whole next year the team spent on the road, but there was time to record a new disc, Fireball.

Smoke by Deep Purple

A few months later, the musicians went to Switzerland to record their next album Machine Head. At first they wanted to make it on a mobile studio" The Rolling Stones", in the concert hall, where Frank Zappa's performances ended. During one of the concerts, a fire broke out, which inspired the musicians to new ideas. It is about this fire that the composition “Smoke on the Water” tells, which later became an international hit.

Roger Glover even dreamed of this fire and the smoke spreading over Lake Geneva. He woke up in horror and said the phrase "smoke on the water." It was she who became the name and line from the chorus of the song. Despite the difficult conditions in which the album was created, the disc was clearly a success, becoming a calling card for many years.

Made in Japan

On the wave of success, the team went on tour to Japan, subsequently releasing an equally successful collection of concert music "Made in Japan", which went platinum.

The Japanese public made an amazing impression on the "dark purple". During the performance of the songs, the Japanese sat almost motionless and listened attentively to the musicians. But after the end of the song, they exploded with applause. Such concerts were unusual for, because they were used to in Europe and America, the audience is constantly shouting something, jumping up from their seats and rushing to the stage.

During the performances, Ritchie Blackmore was a real showman. His parties were always witty and full of surprises. Other musicians did not lag behind, demonstrating mastery and excellent collective cohesion.

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But, as is often the case, relations in the group heated up so much that Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore could hardly get along with each other. As a result, Ian and Roger left the team, and the "dark purple" again left with nothing. Replacing a vocalist of this caliber proved to be a big challenge. However, as you know, a holy place is never empty and the new performer in the group was David Coverdale, who had previously worked as an ordinary salesman in a clothing store. The bass player was filled by Glenn Hughes. In 1974, the renewed group recorded a new album called "Burn".

In order to try out fresh compositions in public, the group decided to participate in famous concert"California Jam" in the vicinity of Los Angeles. He drew an audience of approximately 400 thousand people and in the world of music is considered a unique event. Before sunset, Blackmore refused to go on stage and the local sheriff even threatened to arrest him, but finally the sun went down and the action began. During the performance, Ritchie Blackmore tore the guitar, ruined the camera of the TV channel operator and made such an explosion in the finale that he himself barely survived.

The resurgence of Deep Purple

The following records were successful, but, unfortunately, did not show anything new. The group imperceptibly exhausted itself. Years passed, and fans began to think that the once beloved had become history, but finally, in 1984, the “dark purple” revived in their “golden” composition.

Soon a world tour was organized and in every city along their route, concert tickets were sold out in the blink of an eye. It was not only the old merits, the virtuosity of the participants The groups didn't miss a beat.

Second album new era- "The House of Blue Light" - was released in 1987 and continued the chain of undoubted victories. But after another showdown with Blackmore, Ian Gillan broke away from the group again. This turn of events was in the hands of Richie, because he brought his old friend Joe Lynn Turner to the team. With a new vocalist, the album "Slaves & Masters" was recorded in 1990.

Clash of the Titans

The 25th anniversary of the band was just around the corner, and after a short break, vocalist Ian Gillan returned to his native land, and the anniversary album released in 1993 was symbolically called "The Battle Rages On ..." ("The battle continues").

The battle of characters also did not stop. The buried hatchet was retrieved by Ritchie Blackmore. Despite the ongoing tour, Richie left the team, which by that time had ceased to interest him. The musicians invited Joe Satriani to finalize the concerts with him, and soon Blackmore's place was taken by Steve Morse, a talented American guitarist. The band still held the hard rock banner high, as 1996's Purpendicular and Abandon released two years later proved.

Already in the new millennium, keyboardist Jon Lord announced to the band members that he would like to devote himself to solo projects and left the team. He was replaced by Don Airey, who had previously worked with Richie and Roger in Rainbow. A year later, once again, the updated line-up released the first album in five years, Bananas. Surprisingly, the press and critics responded wonderfully about him, only few people liked the name.

Unfortunately, after 10 years of successful solo work Jon Lord died of cancer.

Old robbers

In the 2000s, the group, despite the advanced age of the participants, continued touring. According to the musicians, for the sake of this the collective should exist, and not at all. for the production of studio albums. The latest collection was the 19th album "Now What?!", released for the 45th anniversary of the "dark purple".

Such an eloquent album title should be followed by the question: "What's next?" Time will tell whether we will see a reunion at least once, and whether the musicians will have time to impress their fans with something else. In the meantime, they are one of the few whose grandfathers go to concerts with their grandchildren and equally get high on music.

When asked: “Where are you going?”, they surprisingly logically answer “Only forward. We do not stand still and are constantly working on ourselves, on a new sound. And we are still nervous before each concert so that goosebumps run up our backs.

DATA

On tour in Australia in 1999, a teleconference was organized on one of the TV programs. The band members performed "Smoke on the Water" in sync with several hundred professional and amateur guitarists.

Interestingly, Ian Pace was a member of all the members of the group, but never became its leader. Closely connected is the personal life of musicians. Keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Pace married twin sisters Vicki and Jackie Gibbs.

Music lovers of the countries of the former Soviet Union, regardless of " iron curtain”, found ways to get acquainted with the work of the group. The Russian language even has an amazing euphemism “deep violet”, that is, “completely indifferent and far from the topic of discussion.”

Updated: April 9, 2019 by: Elena

In June, after returning from America, Deep Purple started recording a new single, Hallelujah. By this time, Ritchie Blackmore (thanks to drummer Mick Underwood, familiar from The Outlaws) had discovered (virtually unknown in Britain, but of interest to specialists) Episode Six, performing pop rock in the spirit of The Beach Boys, but having unusually strong vocalist. Ritchie Blackmore brought Jon Lord to their concert, and he was also amazed at the power and expressiveness of Ian Gillan's voice (Ian Gillan). The latter agreed to go to Deep Purple, but - to demonstrate his own compositions - he brought Episode bassist to the studio with him Six by Roger Glover, with whom he has already formed a strong duo.

Ian Gillan recalled that when he met Deep Purple, he was struck primarily by the intelligence of Jon Lord, from whom he expected much worse. Roger Glover (who always dressed and behaved very simply), on the contrary, was frightened by the gloominess of the Deep Purple members, who “… wore black and looked very mysterious.” Roger Glover took part in the recording of Hallelujah, to his amazement, immediately received an invitation to join the line-up, and accepted it the next day after much hesitation.

It is noteworthy that while the single was being recorded, Rod Evans and Nick Simper did not know that their fate was sealed. The other three secretly rehearsed with the new vocalist and bassist during the day at London's Hanwell Community, and played shows in the evenings with Rod Evans and Nick Simper. “It was a normal modus operandi for Deep Purple,” Roger Glover later recalled. - Here it was accepted as follows: if a problem arises, the main thing is to keep everyone silent about it, relying on management. It was assumed that if you are a professional, then you should part with elementary human decency in advance. I was very ashamed of what they did to Nick Simper and Rod Evans."

Your last concert old composition Deep Purple gave in Cardiff on 4 July 1969. Rod Evans and Nick Simper were given a three-month salary, and were also allowed to take amplifiers and equipment with them. Nick Simper sued another £10,000 through the courts, but forfeited the right to further deductions. Rod Evans was satisfied with little and as a result, over the next eight years, received annually 15 thousand pounds from the sale of old records, and later in 1972 founded the Captain Beyond team. Between the managers of Episode Six and Deep Purple, a conflict arose, settled out of court, through compensation in the amount of 3 thousand pounds.

Remaining virtually unknown in Britain, Deep Purple gradually lost commercial potential in America as well. Unexpectedly for everyone, Jon Lord offered the group's management a new, in the highest degree an attractive idea.

Jon Lord: "The idea of ​​creating a work that could be performed by a rock band with a symphony orchestra, I came up with The Artwoods. Dave Brubeck's album Brubeck Plays Bernstein Plays Brubeck prompted me to do it." Ritchie Blackmore was all for it. Shortly after the arrival of Ian Paice and Roger Glover, Tony Edwards suddenly asked me: “Remember, you told me about your idea? I hope it was serious? Well, here it is: I rented Albert -Hall and the London Philharmonic Orchestra (The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - on September 24. "I came - first horrified, then wildly delighted. There were about three months left to work, and I immediately started it"

The publishers of Deep Purple brought in composer Malcolm Arnold (Malcolm Arnold), an Oscar winner: he had to carry out overall supervision of the progress of the work, and then stand at the conductor's stand. Malcolm Arnold's unconditional support for the project, which many considered dubious, ultimately ensured success. The group's management found sponsors in the face of The Daily Express and the British Lion Films film company, which filmed this event. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were nervous: after three months after joining the group, they were taken to the most prestigious concert venue in the country.

“John was very patient with us,” recalled Roger Glover. - None of us understood musical notation, so our papers were full of remarks, like: “you wait for that stupid melody, then you look at Malcolm Arnold and count to four.”

The album "Concerto For Group and Orchestra" (performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), recorded in concert at the Royal Albert Hall on September 24, 1969, was released (in the US) three months later. He provided the group with a buzz in the press (which was required) and hit the British charts. But gloom reigned among the musicians. The sudden fame that hit Jon Lord "a-author" infuriated Ritchie Blackmore. Ian Gillan in this sense was in solidarity with the latter.

“Promoters tormented us with questions like: Where is the orchestra? he recalled. “One even said: I don’t guarantee you a symphony, but I can invite a brass band.” Moreover, Jon Lord himself realized that the appearance of Ian Gillan and Roger Glover opens up opportunities for the band in a completely different area. By this time, Ritchie Blackmore had become the central figure in the ensemble, developing a peculiar method of playing with "random noise" (by manipulating the amplifier) ​​and urging his colleagues to follow the path of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. It became clear that the juicy, rich sound of Roger Glover "a becomes the" anchor "of the new sound, and that the dramatic, extravagant vocals of Ian Gillan "a perfectly fit the new radical development path proposed by Ritchie Blackmore".

The group worked out a new style in the course of continuous concert activity: the Tetragrammaton company (which financed films and experienced one failure after another) by this time was on the verge of bankruptcy (its debts by February 1970 amounted to more than two million dollars). In the complete absence of financial support from across the ocean, Deep Purple were forced to rely only on earnings from concerts.

The full potential of the new line-up was realized at the end of 1969, when Deep Purple began recording a new album. As soon as the group gathered in the studio, Ritchie Blackmore categorically stated: only the most exciting and dramatic will be included in the new album. The requirement, with which everyone agreed, became the leitmotif of the work. Work on album Deep Purple - "In Rock" ran from September 1969 to April 1970. The release of the album was delayed for several months, until the bankrupt Tetragrammaton was bought out by Warner Brothers, which automatically inherited the Deep Purple contract.

Meanwhile, Warner Brothers. released in the USA "Live in Concert" - recording with London Philharmonic Orchestra, - and called the group to America to perform at the Hollywood Bowl. After a few more gigs in California, Arizona and Texas on August 9, Deep Purple found themselves in yet another conflict: this time on stage at the Plumpton National Jazz Festival. Ritchie Blackmore, not wanting to give up his time on the program to Yes's latecomers, staged a mini-arson attack on the stage and caused a fire, which resulted in the band being fined and getting virtually nothing for their performance. The rest of August and the beginning of September the band spent on tour in Scandinavia.

"In Rock" was released in September 1970, was a huge success on both sides of the ocean, was immediately declared a "classic" and lasted more than a year in the first album "thirty" in Britain. True, the management did not find any hint of a single in the material presented, and the group was sent to the studio urgently to come up with something. Created almost spontaneously, Black Night provided the band with their first big hit on the charts, climbing to number 2 in Britain, and became their hallmark for many years to come.

In December 1970, a rock opera was released, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Andrew Lloyd Webber) to a libretto by Tim Rice - "Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar)" which became a world classic. The title role in this work was performed by Ian Gillan. In 1973, the movie muvie "Jesus Christ Superstar (Video - "Jesus Christ Superstar")" was released, which differed from the original arrangements and vocals by Ted Neeley as Jesus ("Jesus"). Ian Gillan at that time was working with might and main in Deep Purple, and never became a cinematic Christ.

In early 1971, the band began work on the next album, while not stopping concerts, because of which the recording stretched for six months and was completed in June. During the tour, Roger Glover's health worsened. Subsequently, it turned out that his stomach problems were psychologically motivated: this was the first symptom of severe touring stress, which soon struck all members of the team.

"Fireball" was released in July in the UK (climbing to the top of the charts here) and in October in the US. The group held an American tour, and the British part of the tour ended with a grand show at London's Albert Hall, where the invited parents of the musicians were accommodated in the royal box. By this time, Ritchie Blackmore, having given free rein to his own eccentricity, had become a "state within a state" in Deep Purple. "If Ritchie Blackmore wants to play a 150-bar solo, he'll play it and nobody can stop him," Ian Gillan told Melody Maker in September 1971.

The American tour, which began in October 1971, was canceled due to Ian Gillan's illness (he contracted hepatitis). Two months later, the vocalist reunited with the rest of the members in Montreux, Switzerland to work on the new album "Machine Head". Deep Purple agreed with The Rolling Stones on the use of their mobile studio Mobile, which was supposed to be located near the concert hall "Casino" On the day of the group's arrival, during the performance of Frank Zappa (Frank Zappa) and The Mothers of Invention (where the Deep Purple members also went), a fire broke out , caused by a rocket sent by someone from the audience into the ceiling.The building burned down, and the group rented an empty Grand Hotel, where they completed work on the record.In fresh footsteps, one of the band's most famous songs, Smoke On The Water, was created.

Claude Nobs, director of the Montreux festival, mentioned in the song Smoke On The Water (“Funky Claude was running in and out…” - According to legend, Ian Gillan sketched the lyrics on a napkin while looking out of the window at the surface of the lake shrouded in smoke, and the title suggested Roger Glover, who had these 4 words as if they were in a dream.(Machine Head was released in March 1972, climbed to number 1 in Britain and sold 3 million copies in the US, where the single Smoke On The Water entered top five on Billboard.

In July 1972, Deep Purple flew to Rome to record their next studio album (subsequently titled Who Do We Think We Are?). All members of the group were morally and psychologically exhausted, the work took place in a nervous atmosphere - also because of the aggravated contradictions between Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan.

On August 9, studio work was interrupted and Deep Purple headed to Japan. Recordings of concerts played here are included in "Made In Japan": released in December 1972, in retrospect it is considered one of the best live albums of all time, along with "Live At Leeds" ( The Who) and "Get Yer Ya-ya's Out" (The Rolling Stones).

"The idea of ​​a live album is to make all the instruments sound as natural as possible while being energetically fed from the audience, which is able to draw something from the band that it could never have been able to create in the studio," said Ritchie Blackmore. "In 1972, Deep Purple went on tour five times in America, and the sixth tour was interrupted due to Ritchie Blackmore's illness. By the end of the year, Deep Purple were declared the most popular band in the world in terms of total circulation of records, beating Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones .

During the autumn American tour, tired and disappointed with the state of affairs in the group, Ian Gillan decided to leave, which he announced in a letter to the London management. Tony Edwards and John Coletta persuaded the vocalist to wait, and he (now in Germany, on the same The studios Rolling Stones Mobile completed the album with the band. By this time, he was no longer talking to Ritchie Blackmore and traveled separately from the rest of the participants, avoiding air travel.

The album "Who Do We Think We Are" (so named because the Italians, outraged by the level of noise on the farm where the album was recorded, asked the repeated question: "Who do they even take themselves for?") disappointed musicians and critics, although it contained strong things - the "stadium" anthem Woman From Tokyo and the satirical-journalistic Mary LongMary Long, which ridiculed Mary Whitehouse and Lord Longford, two then guardians of morality.

In December, when "Made In Japan" entered the charts, the managers met with Jon Lord and Roger Glover and asked them to do their best to keep the band alive. They convinced Ian Paice and Ritchie Blackmore to stay, who had already conceived their own project, but Ritchie Blackmore set a condition for the management: the indispensable dismissal of Roger Glover. The latter, noticing that his colleagues began to shun him, demanded an explanation from Tony Edwards , and he (in June 1973) admitted that Ritchie Blackmore demanded his departure. An angry Roger Glover immediately filed for resignation.

After the last joint Deep Purple concert in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 1973, Ritchie Blackmore, passing by Roger Glover on the stairs, only threw over his shoulder: “Nothing personal: business is business.” Roger Glover took this trouble hard and in For the next three months, he did not leave the house, partly because of worsening stomach problems.

Ian Gillan left Deep Purple at the same time as Roger Glover and moved away from music for a while, going into the motorcycle business. He returned to the stage three years later with the Ian Gillan Band. After his recovery, Roger Glover concentrated on producing.

Deep Purple is a British rock band. It was founded in 1968 in the English city of Hartford, became the founder of the hard rock genre and in the 70s of the XX century was one of the most influential rock bands.

Below is Short story bands and composition of Deep Purple by year.

Prequel

The one who had the idea to form a band was Chris Curtis, a drummer who had previously played in The Searches. During a difficult period, after leaving the previous team, he met the same wandering soul in the person of John Londa - keyboardist. He also just left The Artwoods. The third member is a guitarist who, before joining the line-up, already had experience behind him and even managed to create his own team, The Three Musketeers.

Initially, the band had a different name - Roundabout.

A fourth and fifth member is soon added: Bobby Woodman (drummer) and Dave Curtiss (bassist).

Curtiss leaves the band and the search for a bassist and vocalist begins.

The gaze falls on the musician Nick Simper, but during rehearsals, the participants and Nick himself realize that he is a bird of a different flight.

A young guy named Rod Evans takes the place of the singer, and Ian Paice is appointed to the role of the new drummer (after another departure, but already Woodman).

The established Deep Purple quintet, with a new name and under the command of manager Tony Edwards, is touring Denmark. This is how it started creative way legendary group.

The first composition of "Deep Purple" (1968-1969)

Initially, the team did not have an exact decision in what style they would like to play. But later, a pendulum appeared in front of him in the face of Vanila Fudge (psychedelic rock).

The first major performance fell on April 1968 in Denmark. Despite the agreed new name, the group held a concert under the old nickname. Judging by the reaction of the public, their "stage trial" ended with an incredible success.

The band's debut album titled "Shades of Deep Purple" was recorded in just 2 days. In June of the same year, the song "Hush" was born, which they decided to use as a start. In the United States, the track managed to reach number four.

Second Album" The Book of Taliesyn" was less successful. Unlike the US, Britain was not interested in the band. But despite bad luck, the band managed to sign an agreement with the American label Tetragrammaton Records.

In 1969, the third work was recorded, in which the music is more rigid and complex nature. However, internal relationships did not stick together, which clearly affected the activities of the group (in last speech booed), during which the composition of Deep Purple again undergoes changes.

Second cast (1969 - 1972)

A new track "Hallelujah" is being recorded. Ian Gillan (vocalist) and his duet partner drummer come to the post

A new album called "Concerto for Group Orchestra", created in 1969, provided the group with success, managing to get into the British charts.

Work on the fourth album Deep Purple In Rock began in September of the same year and went until April 67th. UK listings kept jobs in the top 30 whole year, and the suddenly written track "Black Nigth" even acquired the status business card for a while.

Fifth studio album under the nickname "Fireball" comes out in July for British listeners and in October for American listeners.

In 1972 they achieved worldwide success with their sixth album "Macine Head", which rose to number 1 in England and sold 3 million copies in the US.

By the end of the same year, the group was declared the most popular in the world - they surpassed the group in popularity.

The seventh work turned out to be less successful for the musicians: in it, according to critics, only two tracks were worthy.

In connection with the aggravated relations between Blackmore and Glover, the latter submits a letter of resignation. Vocalist Gillan left the band at the same time, and the date of their last concert falls on June 1973 in Japan.

Changes again.

Third cast (1973-1974)

Glenn Hughes, a bass player with singing abilities, also takes the place of the vocalist.

In the new lineup, the eighth album "Burn" is born, however, with notes of rhythm and blues (song and dance style, far from hard).

The ninth album "Stormbringer" was weaker than the previous one, perhaps due to differences in genre issues.

Fourth cast (1975 - 1976)

Blackmore is replaced by guitarist Tommy Bolin, who made a big contribution to the tenth album "Come Taste the Band".

After a series of unsuccessful concerts, the participants were divided into 2 parties: some were for the jazz-dance style, while the latter wanted to focus on the hit charts.

In July 1976, the group breaks up.

Fifth cast (1984 - 1989)

1984 - the long-awaited reunion of the classic Deep Purple line-up. The company, which is considered traditional, included Gillan, Lord, Glover, Blackmore and drummer Pace - sole member, who never left his post in the entire history of the group.

New collaboration "Perfect Stranges" climbs to worthy places in the British and American charts.

Sixth cast (1989 - 1992)

Despite the success, the relationship between the participants did not work out, and Joe Turner takes the place of vocalist Gillan.

The next album "Greg Rike Productions" is released, which was not very successful, according to critics.

Seventh line-up (1993-1994)

Between Turner and the rest of the team, communication became more and more tense - they decided to return Gillan to his place.

Album "The Battle Rages On" in 1993 could not ascend to the same place.

After several unsuccessful and excellent concerts guitarist Blackmore leaves the band.

Eighth composition (1994 - 2002)

Joe Satriani temporarily replaces the former instrumentalist. After successfully completed projects, he is offered to stay on a permanent basis, but he was forced to refuse due to contractual obligations of other contracts.

With new member Steve Morse, the 15th and 16th "Purpendicular" albums with "Abandon" were recorded.

July 23, 1996 - the date of the first concert in Russia for the entire existence of the group. The musicians, in addition to the main program, performed Mussorgsky's brilliant cycle "Pictures at an Exhibition".

Ninth cast (2002 - present)

Keyboardist Lord makes a choice in the direction of solo activities, and pianist Don Airey takes his place.

The new composition of "Deep Purple" releases for the first time in the last 5 years the 17th album "Bananas", which the audience is satisfied with.

In 2005, 2 more studio works were born - "Rapture on the Deep" and "Rapture on the Deep tour".

Project "Now What?!" 2013 is produced even in Russia for their 45th anniversary.

In 2017, the last, 20th album, "Infinity", is created. The group intended to celebrate the 50th anniversary with a farewell tour and retire.

The reason for this decision, according to Pace, is the obvious difference between the group with a young line-up, once everyone was 21 years old, and now they are already eighty.

Merits

Deep Purple, despite its regular volatility, has been able to create 20 studio works, hold hundreds of concerts and take their honorable and well-deserved place in the Hall of Fame.

The fathers of hard rock, the British "Deep Purlpe" is a world famous band with half a century of history. The only group in its genre, in whose classical line-up three virtuoso musicians worked at once. More than one thousand guitarists rubbed their fingers into the blood for attempts to repeat their musical improvisations.

It all started with the fact that ex-drummer "The Searchers" Chris Curtis came up with the concept of a new band. The composition of the participants had to constantly change and therefore the project was called “Roundabout”. However, Chris was soon offered to leave the group: the guy was seriously addicted to LSD. Finally, he advised to take in the composition of the young guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who lived at that time in Hamburg.

The band was later joined by bassist Dave Curtiss and drummer Bobby Woodman. After the departure of Curtiss, the choice fell on Nick Simpler. According to manager Jon Lord, Simpler and Blackmore's shared love for lace shirts was a weighty argument. Soon Woodman left the band and was replaced by Ian Pates. Pates was followed by vocalist Rod Evans. Both musicians previously played in the group "MI5". Members of the group changed and supplemented several times. The classic line-up included Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Steve Morse and Don Airey.

The band's first major performance was in Denmark in April 1968 under the name "Roundabout". After the group finally takes the name "Deep Purple". The group's debut album "Shades of Deep Purple" was recorded in the spring of 1968 in 48 hours and hit #24 on the Billboard 200. The single "Hush", released a little later, was in the top streaming in the US.

Deep Purple moved to its classic sound with the 1968 album April. Also, in search of a new sound, the band recorded an album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which provoked a stir in the media. The group achieves worldwide popularity with the album “In Rock” in 1970.

Deep Purple's immortal hit "Smoke on the water" was created on the 1971 American tour. A fan fired off a flare gun during Frank Zappa's performance at The Monsters of Inventions. The building caught fire, smoke filled everything around, and a song was written on the fresh tracks. The composition was included in the album "Machine Head" in 1972, which became three times platinum. In the same year, the album “Made in Japan” consisting only of live recordings was released.

The disagreements in the group, growing every year, lead to scandals and constant changes in the line-up. July 3, 1976 the group announces the breakup. Members of the group create their own projects, but in 1984 is going again. The most ambitious album after the band's reunion is Slaves and Masters in 1990.

In the future, the group records albums with less intensity and is engaged in concert activities. In 1996, fans of hard rock meet the first concert of "deeps" in Moscow. For the domestic audience, the group performs rock variations on the theme of Mussorgsky's cycle "Pictures at an Exhibition". After that, "Deep Purple" performed in Russia more than once. In April 2016, Deep Purple were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Facts about Deep Purple:

Rod Stewart auditioned for the position of vocalist in the first line-up of the group and, according to Nick Simper, "was just terrible";

The name "Deep Purple" was suggested by Ritchie Blackmore. According to him, that was the name of his grandmother's favorite song;

During the existence of the group, about 10 line-ups have changed in it. The line-ups of the group are officially designated as Mark I-X, where the number of the line-up is indicated by a Roman numeral. In all compositions of “Deep Purple” only drummer Ian Paice participated;

Ian Gillan performed the title role in the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar";

"Deep Purple" is the favorite band of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.