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“Deep Purple” is an English hard rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath they are considered to be heavy metal pioneers. Especially influential to heavy metal were Ian Gillan’s powerful screams and Ritchie Blackmore’s virtuoso solos. Deep Purple were also very influential to progressive rock.
Deep Purple’s early output ranged from rock (such as their cover of Joe South’s “
Hush”) to strongly classically influenced pieces (such as “April”, from their third album). Their first few albums contained very long solos, such as those on the band’s covers of “Hey Joe” and “I’m So Glad.”
After their third album, founding member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in particular felt the band should move in a harder direction - and felt that then singer Rod Evans and bassist Nicky Simper were incapable of working in that direction. Both were therefore let go, and replaced with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover from Episode Six, producing what is now thought of as the classic Deep Purple lineup with keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.
The first output of this new lineup was a mixed electric and orchestral album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deep Purple In Concert, with the centrepiece being Lord’s “Concerto For Group And Orchestra.” The whole project was reputedly initiated after idle chat with the band’s manager about the possibility led to him book the orchestra and give the inexperienced composer a deadline to produce the work of a public concert.
Following on from this unusual venture were four very influential studio albums over the next four years: Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, and Who Do We Think We Are?, and the live album Made In Japan.
Deep Purple’s early output ranged from rock (such as their cover of Joe South’s “
Hush”) to strongly classically influenced pieces (such as “April”, from their third album). Their first few albums contained very long solos, such as those on the band’s covers of “Hey Joe” and “I’m So Glad.”After their third album, founding member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in particular felt the band should move in a harder direction - and felt that then singer Rod Evans and bassist Nicky Simper were incapable of working in that direction. Both were therefore let go, and replaced with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover from Episode Six, producing what is now thought of as the classic Deep Purple lineup with keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.
The first output of this new lineup was a mixed electric and orchestral album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deep Purple In Concert, with the centrepiece being Lord’s “Concerto For Group And Orchestra.” The whole project was reputedly initiated after idle chat with the band’s manager about the possibility led to him book the orchestra and give the inexperienced composer a deadline to produce the work of a public concert.
Following on from this unusual venture were four very influential studio albums over the next four years: Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, and Who Do We Think We Are?, and the live album Made In Japan.
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Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
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Machine Head
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Shades of Deep Purple
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Shoutbox
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Insvims wrote:
Oslo tonight! :-D
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him_ville_valo wrote:
Soldier Of Fortune <3
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MetalGodAttacks wrote:
fuuck yea
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Heuamoebe wrote:
freak ;-)
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Lionheartattack wrote:
Christ, who am I to declare their best three. I can't get over how simplisticly wonderful that bluesy Black Night is... Or the epicness of Soldier of Fortune. Stormbringer, Perfect Strangers, Highway Star... Gah! Just to name few. Too many of them! :D
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Lionheartattack wrote:
Well... One of the best car bands anyway. Somehow I prefer Thin Lizzy too. :D Anyway, I think Rapture of the Deep is one of the best Purple songs ever! Maybe I'd have to listen to the whole album; I think Purpendicular is the newest record I've listened from them. :/ It's awesome though. Still I prefer DP in Rock or even Burn. I think Burn's fantastic! I loved the Coverdale/Hughes era. Anyway, favorite songs overall this day might be Child in Time, Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming and Burn. :) Such variable selection! B)
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AlfaQuarto wrote:
It doesn't matter where I drive, DP is the best band to listen in car xD
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HansBP wrote:
Purpendicular is without Blackmore, and I think it's one of their best :)
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sefora24 wrote:
:))nice
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NOGEIKSUR wrote:
nach Stairway to Heaven ist Child in Time der beste Rocksong aller Zeiten!!!!!!!!!!!
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veyita_88 wrote:
"Perfect Strangers is made with Blackmore. :D Blackmore quit first in '75, came back when DP made comeback and left again in '93. " Yeah, well i know,that´s why i said that it was the return of Mark II (the classic Deep Purple formation,Gillan,Blackmore,Paice,Glover) but now i see that you like it :P i actually like a lot the album Come taste the band (with Tommy Bolin instead of Ritchie).
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Jantza wrote:
Perfect Strangers is made with Blackmore. :D Blackmore quit first in '75, came back when DP made comeback and left again in '93.
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Maquina_Muerte wrote:
kinda funny how people are still pissed about something that happened almost 35 years ago.. :D
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veyita_88 wrote:
"They've made only few good songs after Blackmore. So no thanks. " Have you listened to Perfect Strangers? it was the return of Mark II,you may like it if you haven´t listened.
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Deepest_Purple wrote:
Le meilleur groupe hard rock qu'il soit. Dommange que Ritchie soit parti fonder Rainbow...
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Jantza wrote:
They've made only few good songs after Blackmore. So no thanks.
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whispsandroses wrote:
no. listen more.
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Jantza wrote:
Deep Purple "died" when Richie Blackmore quit.
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Jealousheart wrote:
самый несгибаемый олдскульный рок
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Deep Purple
Club Teatria, Oulu, Finland
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Deep Purple
Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping, Sweden
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