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Ian Gillan (born on 19 August 1945), is a rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for legendary rock band Deep Purple. He is considered to be one of the foremost rock vocalists, who introduced into the rock music the vocal belting technique. In his prime he possessed a very wide vocal range which was rumored to be 4 and a half to 5 octaves and with seemingly effortless and fluid movement throughout it and with remarkable force and precision in the upper register.

Gillan was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England. He joined the band Deep Purple in 1969. In 1970, he sang the part of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, he went into brief retirement before forming the Ian Gillan Band. The early band sound had a distinct jazz-rock aspect which proved unpopular and was replaced by a more high powered hard rock sound as Gillan reformed the lineup and shortened the groups name to Gillan. With the release of Mr. Universe Ian Gillan was back in the UK charts and through several more line up changes released a string of hit singles and successful albums including Glory Road, Future Shock, Double Trouble, and finally Magic.

Then he announced the band would fold as he needed to rest his damaged vocal cords. In 1983 he joined Black Sabbath to record the Born Again album before rejoining a reunited Deep Purple shortly after completing the Born Again tour in early 1984. He left Purple again in 1989, but rejoined for good in 1992. He remains in the band today.

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  • ikd-sj

    |THE TEMPLE| tight!!!!!! (`・ω・´)

    11 Apr 10:24am Reply
  • fucktheworld07

    thats just so stupid to compare ian gillan with freddie mercury... both are good, but they don't sing exactly the same genre! [2]

    29 Mar 10:41am Reply
  • blackfolkdoom

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [8]

    13 Feb 9:23pm Reply
  • Mr-Tinkertrain-

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [8]

    18 Jan 10:59pm Reply
  • VasTell

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [7]

    18 Dec 2012 Reply
  • Thrashaholico

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [6]

    15 Oct 2012 Reply
  • dudepurple

    OMG WHY CAPS LOCK

    13 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Szopen715

    HIGHWAY CAPS! Seriously, what's wrong with those capitals on last.fm?

    7 Oct 2012 Reply
  • maniakRock

    Happy Birthday Ian !

    19 Aug 2012 Reply
  • Kilgorer

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [5]

    11 Aug 2012 Reply
  • alle4295

    thats just so stupid to compare ian gillan with freddie mercury... both are good, but they don't sing exactly the same genre!

    27 Jul 2012 Reply
  • TheJudasMaster

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [4]

    18 Jul 2012 Reply
  • Noxbi

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [3]

    17 Jul 2012 Reply
  • ponder_muahaha

    Freddie Mercury > > > > > > Ian Gillan any day

    11 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Thrashaholico

    Ian Gillan > > > > > > Freddie Mercury any day [2]

    23 May 2012 Reply
  • MegaBlazy

    не лучший вокалист на мой вкус, но со своей особенной харизмой и оригинальностью, чем и ценен :)

    9 May 2012 Reply
  • Oslojed

    Иен самый лучший вокалист DP! Хоть и потерял тот голос который у него был 20-40 лет назад.

    9 Oct 2011 Reply
  • octopuss22

    Happy birthday, Mr. Gillan!

    19 Aug 2011 Reply
  • outradio

    С днем рождения, Иен!

    19 Aug 2011 Reply
  • nata-ha7

    Always good!

    18 Aug 2011 Reply
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