Deep Purple

[Speed King]

Official Website

Members:

Ritchie Blackmore
Ian Gillan
Jon Lord
Roger Glover
Ian Paice

Albums: (The album name is a link the album thread with album video)

Shades Of Deep Purple 1968
The Book Of Taliesyn 1968
Deep Purple 1969
Deep Purple In Rock 1970
Fireball 1971
Machine Head 1972
Who Do We Think We Are 1973
Burn 1974
Stormbringer 1974
Come Taste The Band 1976
Perfect Strangers 1984
The House of Blue Light 1987
Slaves and Masters 1990
The Battle Rages On... 1993
Perpendicular 1996
Abandon 1998
Bananas 2003
Rapture Of The Deep 2005
Now What? 2013
Infinite 2017
Whoosh! (2020)

Probably my favorite band, it's where my user name comes from. From the first time I heard these guys I was instantly hooked. I had to hear more and more of their music. My favorite song changes from day to day, but Demon's Eye seems to be one that I never tire of.

 

[Magic]

I'm a fan! My 3 fave albums are In Rock, Machine Head, and Burn

 

[Speed King]

You have excellent taste my dear!

 

[Oldhippie]

The first time I heard Hush on the radio I was hooked.

 

[Magic]

Some Rare footage surfaces online

http://www.hardrockforums.com/threa...ootage-surfaces-from-1998-1999-concerts.2103/

 

[SiphonOfDestruction]

Arguably the greatest hard rock band around in the early 70s...

The Mk. II lineup is uncontested. Some of the finest musicians in rock history!

 

[DrMaddVibe]

My son used to play this push button video game and every time he'd fire it up I'd have to walk into the room to watch this...

One of my favorite songs by them.

While this era is hated with disgust, I actually like this song and this entire album by them.

 

[Slow Poke]

One of my favorite bands! I always thought it was strange about Deep Purple, as soon as Glover and Gillan joined back in 1970, Deep Purple were a completely different band. Usually these transformations take time, but in Purple's case, it was like overnight. I love the stuff before "In Rock", but the music they made between 1970 and 1974 was magical.

 

[joker1961]

Child in Time

Mistreated

Burn

 

[Oldhippie]

Hush

Kentucky Woman

Original singer Rod Evans. He basically got kicked out of the band because the rest of the band wanted to get into heavier more rock oriented songs. Evans did Ok, he went on to form Captain Beyond.

 

[Speed King]

Rod Evans and Nick Simper were both fired from Purple around the same time, apparently Blackmore thought Simper's bass playing was too old fashioned for a hard rock band.

 

[Magic]

Perfect Strangers celebrates its 35th birthday October 2019.

Perfect Strangers Official Vid

Mean Streak

Full Album Playlist

 

[Magic]

Thought I would post up the last album, Whoosh!, released in 2020. and I know how much @Speed King loves this band.

Lineup:

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Steve Morse – guitars
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums
• Don Airey – keyboards

Throw My Bones

Man Alive

Full Album

 

[Riff_Raff]

Modern Deep Purple has really put out a plethora of great albums including Whoosh.

 

[Magic]

Machine Head turns 50 March 2022.

Space Truckin

Smoke on the Water

 

[Speed King]

I really like some of the lesser known songs from Machine Head, like Lazy, Pictures of Home, Maybe I'm a Leo, Never Before. I really like all the songs on the album, but the one's I haven't heard as much seem more special to me

 

[Magic]