Deep Purple

From Hertford, England.

Deep Purple I (April 1968 - June 1969)
  • Ritchie Blackmore - guitar - b. April 14, 1945, Weston-super-Mare, England - formerly with The Outlaws, Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages, Neil Christian and The Crusaders, Mandrake Root, and Roundabout.
  • Nick Simper - bass - b. 1946, London, England.
  • Jon Lord - keyboards - b. June 9, 1941, Leicester, England.
  • Rod Evans - vocals - b. 1945, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Ian Paice - drums - b. June 29, 1948, Nottingham, England.
Albums:
  1. "Shades of Deep Purple" (1968) - Single: "Hush"
  2. "The Book of Taliesyn" (1968) - Single: "Kentucky Woman"
  3. "Deep Purple" (1969)
Deep Purple II (June 1969 - June 1973)
  • Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Roger Glover - bass - b. November 30, 1945, Brecon, South Wales.
  • Ian Gillan - vocals - b. August 19, 1945, London, England.
Albums:
  1. "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" (live) (1970)
  2. "Deep Purple in Rock" (1970)
  3. "Fireball" (1971) - Single: "Strange Kind of Woman"
  4. "Machine Head" (1972) - Singles: "Smoke On the Water", "Highway Star"
  5. "Machine Head (Deluxe Edition)" (2-CDs) - with remixes by Roger Glover.
  6. "Made In Japan" (live) (1972)
  7. "Made In Japan (Deluxe Edition)" (2-CDs) - remastered, with 3 new songs on bonus disc.
  8. "Who Do We Think We Are?" (1973) - Single: "Woman From Tokyo"
  9. "Powerhouse" (1978)
  10. "Gemini Suite" (live) (1998) - recorded in 1970.
Single: "Black Night" (1970).  Ian Gillan forms The Ian Gillan Band, and later joins Black Sabbath.  Roger Glover later joins Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Deep Purple III (October 1973 - April 1975)
  • Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Glenn Hughes - bass/vocals - b. August 21, 1951, Birmingham, England - formerly with The News, Finder's Keepers, and Trapeze.
  • David Coverdale - vocals - b. September 22, 1949, Saltburn, England.
Albums:
  1. "Burn" (1974)
  2. "Stormbringer" (1974)
  3. "Made In Europe" (1976)
  4. "Live at the California Jam" (1996) - recorded in 1974.
  5. "Archive Alive!" (2-CDs) (1997) - recorded in 1975.
Ritchie Blackmore forms Rainbow.
Deep Purple IV (1975 - July 1976)
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Glenn Hughes - bass/vocals
  • David Coverdale - vocals
  • Tommy Bolin - guitar/vocals - b. 1951, Sioux City, Iowa; d. December 4, 1976, Miami, Florida - formerly with Lonnie Mack, Zephyr, Energy, The Legendary 4-Nikators, and The James Gang.
Album:
  1. "Come Taste the Band" (1975)
  2. "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Deep Purple" (live) (2-CDs) (1995)
Group disbands.  Tommy Bolin forms The Tommy Bolin Band. David Coverdale later joins Whitesnake.
Deep Purple V(April 1984 - April 1989) (reformed)
  • Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Roger Glover - bass
  • Ian Gillan - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Perfect Strangers" (1984)
  2. "Nobody's Perfect" (live) (2-CDs) (1986) - Single: "Hush '88"
  3. "The House of Blue Light" (1987)
  4. "Knebworth 1985" (live) (1992)
Deep Purple VI (1989 - 1992)
  • Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Roger Glover - bass
  • Joe Lynn Turner - vocals - formerly with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Album:
  1. "Slaves and Masters" (1990) - Singles: "King of Dreams", "Love Conquers All"
Deep Purple VII (1992 - November 1993)
  • Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Roger Glover - bass
  • Ian Gillan - vocals
Album:
  1. "Knocking At Your Back Door" (1992)
  2. "The Battle Rages On..." (1993) - Single: "Anya"
  3. "Come Hell or High Water" (live) (1994) - Single: "Anyone's Daughter"
Deep Purple VIII (December 1993 - July 1994)
  • Jon Lord - keyboards
  • Ian Paice - drums
  • Roger Glover - bass
  • Ian Gillan - vocals
  • Joe Satriani - guitar - b. July 15, 1957, Carle Place, New York - formerly with The Squares and The Greg Kihn Band.
Deep Purple IX (October 1994 - Present) Albums:
  1. "Purpendicular" (1996) - Singles: "Aviator", "Hey Cisco"
  2. "Live at the Olympia ' 96" (live) (2-CDs) (1997)
  3. "Abandon" (1998) - Single: "Don't Make Me Happy"
Compilations:
  1. "The Best of Deep Purple" (1970)
  2. "Purple Passages" (1972)
  3. "24 Carat Purple" (1975)
  4. "When We Rock, We Rock and When We Roll, We Roll" (1978)
  5. "Deepest Purple" (1980)
  6. "Deep Purple Anthology" (1991)
  7. "Knocking At Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the '80s" (1992)
  8. "Shades (1968-1998)" (4-CD box set) (1999)
Ian Gillan solo:
  1. "Child In Time" (1976)
  2. "Clean Air Turbulence" (1977) (The Ian Gillan Band)
  3. "Scarabus" (1978) (The Ian Gillan Band)
  4. "Live At Budokan, Vol. 2" (1978)
  5. "Gillan" (1979)
  6. "Mr. Universe" (1979)
  7. "Glory Road" (1980)
  8. "No Laughing In Heaven" (1981)
  9. "Reading, Live and More" (1981)
  10. "One For The Road" (1981)
  11. "Double Trouble" (1981)
  12. "Future Shock" (1981)
  13. "Magic" (1982)
  14. "Live At Budokan" (1983)
  15. "Rocks On" (1984)
  16. "What I Did On My Vacation" (1986)
  17. "Toolbox" (1991)
  18. "The Very Best of Ian Gillan" (1992)
  19. "Best of Ian Gillan" (1995)
  20. "Dreamcatcher" (1998)
  21. "The Japanese Album" (1998)
  22. "Naked Thunder" (1998)
  23. "Live At The Rainbow" (1998) (The Ian Gillan Band)
  24. "Accidentally On Purpose" (1999) (with Roger Glover)
  25. "Cherkazoo & Other Stories" (1999)
Roger Glover solo:
  1. "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast" (1974)
  2. "Elements" (1978)
  3. "Mask" (1984)
Jon Lord solo:
  1. "Gemini Suite" (1970)
  2. "Windows" (1974)
  3. "Sarabande" (1978)
  4. "Before I Forget" (1982)
  5. "Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" (1984)
  6. "Pictured Within" (1999)
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