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This "bogus Deep Purple", comprising no former Deep Purple members apart from Evans, played a number of shows in Canada, Mexico and the US. After several shows ended in near-riots, management of the genuine Deep Purple, which had disbanded in 1976, successfully sued and were awarded damages.
Apr 17, 2019 · First, Evans abandoned his music career. Second, as revealed by his former Captain Beyond bandmate Bobby Caldwell in a 2015 interview, the original Deep Purple singer has been in the medical ...
Sep 17, 2020 · Rod Evans, original lead singer of hard-rocking Deep Purple, walked away from the music business in the late 1970s. He didn’t even show up for the ceremony in 2016 when the band was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 1980, a touring version of the band surfaced with Rod Evans, who had left Captain Beyond at the end of 1973, as the only member who had ever been in Deep Purple, eventually ending in successful legal action from the legitimate Deep Purple camp over unauthorised use of the name. Evans was ordered to pay damages of US$672,000 for using the ...
Jul 28, 2014 · Purple then hired Rod Evans, but when Gillan was approached again the following year, he said he’d only join if Roger Glover took over bass duties – and that spelled the end for co-founder Simper’s 16-month, three-album stint. He tells TeamRock: “It was definitely a body blow.
Feb 20, 2015 · Classic Rock. The Real Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: Rod Evans. By Geoff Barton. ( Classic Rock ) published 20 February 2015. The strange and unhappy story of Deep Purple’s original singer. On April 18, Lou Reed, Green Day, Ringo Starr, Joan Jett and others will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, joining everyone from The Beatles ...
Pre Deep Purple • Ian Paice and Rod Evans. Popular music was no stranger to the Nottingham home where Ian Anderson Paice was born on June 29th, 1948. His father Keith had spent fifteen years on the road playing piano with dance bands during the 1930s and 40s but turned down the opportunity to tour internationally in favour of marriage and ...
