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- The band split in July 1976, and Bolin died from a drug overdose five months later. Deep Purple reformed in 1984 with the Mark II line-up, which remained in place until Joe Lynn Turner replaced Gillan in 1989.
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Sep 16, 2019 · Still, the arrival of the reunion project Perfect Strangers on Sept. 16 came nine years after Deep Purple's last release and more than a decade since the Mark II configuration worked together...
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Jun 1, 2023 · In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover addressed the recent rumors that the band has been in talks with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore about...
Nov 2, 2023 · In November 1984, the Mk II Deep Purple line-up of Blackmore-Gillan-Glover-Lord-Paice released the reunion album ‘Perfect Strangers.’
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MAY 1984: On May 1st the five members of Deep Purple Mk 2 began full rehearsals in Northern Vermont. They had the gear set up in a place called The Base Lodge, on an estate owned by the Von Trapp family (the band gave their new album a working title of The Sound Of Music).
In April 1984, eight years after the demise of Deep Purple, a full-scale (and legal) reunion took place with the "classic" Mark II line-up of 1969–1973: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.
Jul 16, 2020 · October 1984: after years of false starts, rumours and innuendo, the classic Mk II version of Deep Purple got back together.
Sep 8, 2014 · The fact that Deep Purple reunited nearly a decade later is all the more remarkable due to the vast success of the individual members in the intervening years. Starting in 1975, Gillan formed the Ian Gillan Band and later formed a separate group named “Gillan” which put out several albums and had considerable success into the early 1980s.
