Ian Gillan remembers the first time he sang with Deep Purple, at the Speakeasy Club in London in July 1969. “We just cranked ...
When Deep Purple released their eponymous third studio album in June 1969, the career of the now-legendary group was in a rather tenuous state. Not even a year had passed since their debut, Shades of ...
MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 13: Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Simon McBride of the English rock band Deep Purple perform in concert during Alma Festival on June 13, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Deep Purple's =1 ...
Despite being one of the forbearers of heavy metal, Deep Purple gets its name from a vintage pop song. In 1968, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Rod Evans, Nick Simper, and Ian Paice formed what would ...
In 1948, a future rock icon was born. Ian Anderson Paice, the legendary original drummer for Deep Purple—and only member to ...
Deep Purple’s signature song “Smoke on the Water” tells the true story of an incident that occurred in December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, when the band was in the city to record what would become ...
In a 1975 interview, Ritchie Blackmore was brutally honest when assessing his fellow guitar gods ...
Coming 10 years after the classic "Mark II" lineup fell apart with the departure of Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, Perfect Strangers was a surprising return from old friends. Picking up where they left ...