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Ritchie Blackmore once asked former Deep Purple bandmate Ian Gillan to join Rainbow
The offer came over Christmas 1978, when Blackmore visited Gillan with an invitation to join Rainbow, around the time of ...
Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: ‘We were a drinking band – I smoked my first joint at 38’
Turns out, though, that Deep Purple were built to last. In fact, this year sees the venerable stagers embrace both the past ...
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Deep Purple Almost Returns To The Top 10 Half A Century Into Their Time Together
MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 13: Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Simon McBride of the English rock band Deep ... [+] Purple perform in concert during Alma Festival on June 13, 2024 in Madrid, Spain.
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All Deep Purple Albums Ranked, From Best to Worst
Deep Purple is a deeply conflicting band for most rock music fans. On one hand, you have to say that their music is inescapable, and captures something exquisite about the spirit of the 1960s and ...
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Deep Purple Reaches A New All-Time High With Their New Single
Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. English rock band Deep Purple at the Dorchester Hotel, London, UK, 9th January 1969; they are (L-R) ... [+] singer Rod Evans ...
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Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...