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Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout their career.
- 1968–1976, 1984–present
- London, England
English hard rock band Deep Purple have released 22 studio albums, 43 live albums and 55 singles. Formed in early 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July of that year.
TitleAlbum DetailsPeak Chart Positions(uk [1])Peak Chart Positions(aut [4])Hammersmith Apollo London, England ...Released: 13 August 2021 Label: earMusic ...——Win Entertainment Centre Wollongong, ...Released: 13 August 2021 Label: earMusic ...——Live in Rome 2013Released: 6 December 2019 Label: earMusic ...——Live in Newcastle 2001Released: 5 July 2019 Label: earMusic ...—25- 26
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- In Rock (1970) Galvanised by, and also resentful of, the popular perception of Jon Lord as Purple’s leader, Ritchie Blackmore comes alive here. No one was playing guitar with such speed and dexterity as the 60s switched into the 70s.
- Machine Head (1972) This album was a turning point. Suddenly, belatedly, people began to realise that Messrs Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Glover and Paice weren’t a Led Zeppelin or a Black Sabbath; neither were they the “pop” Purple of the late 60s.
- Fireball (1971) Fireball is Ian Gillan’s No.1 album from Purple’s Mk II period: “We brought in the funk, the blues, the soul, the jazz and some of the psychedelic hangovers from our early days… Without it we would never have been able to make Machine Head.”
- Burn (1974) To many people, only 24-carat Purple will do. As the late Jon Lord told this writer: “When Mk II split, Purple stopped. I know we carried on with David [Coverdale] and Glenn [Hughes] and then Tommy [Bolin], but it was never quite the same.”
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Band. Deep Purple has surrendered to the ‘Rapture’; now it’s your turn. By Jeff Miers. The first time I heard Deep Purple – or perhaps felt Deep Purple is a better way to describe the experience – it was the mid-70s. I was 8, and Ritchie Blackmore’s sinewy, sinister riffing on the “Made In Japan” version of “Child In Time ...
Deep Purple were ranked #22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme. There has been a Deep Purple band in existence since the late 60s, apart from the eight years between 1976 when Mark IV split up and 1984 when Mark II reformed. Deep Purple were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
Apr 24, 2024 · Deep Purple = 1 More Time – Celebrating 50 Years of Smoke On The Water In North America. April 9, 2024. Deep Purple will be shaking the walls of U.S. amphitheatres this summer with an explosive lineup of unforgettable hits taken from their repertoire of rock, spanning half a century.
Deep Purple, also referred to as Deep Purple III, is the third studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1969 on Tetragrammaton Records in the United States and only in September 1969 on Harvest Records in the United Kingdom.
