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Purpendicular (Album) by Deep Purple

Artist Biography For Deep Purple

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 But Their Musical Approach Has Changed Over The Years.Originally Formed As A Psychedelic Rock And Progressive Rock Band They Shifted To A Heavier Sound With Their 1970 Album Deep Purple In Rock. Deep Purple Together With Led Zeppelin And Black Sabbath Have Been Referred To As The "unholy Trinity" Of British Hard Rock And Heavy Metal In The Early To Mid-Seventies. They Were Listed In The 1975 Guinness Book Of World Records As "the Globe's Loudest Band" For A 1972 Concert At London's Rainbow Theatre And Have Sold Over 100 Million Albums Worldwide. Deep Purple Have Had Several Line-Up Changes And Were Broken Up For Eight Years From 1976 To 1984 With Drummer Ian Paice Being The Band's Only Constant Member. The First Four Line-Ups Which Constituted The Band's Original 1968–1976 Run Are Officially Indicated As Mark I 1968–1969 Mark II 1969–1973 Mark III 1973–1975 And Mark IV 1975–1976 . Mark I Comprised The Founding Members Of Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Rod Evans Vocals Jon Lord Keyboards Paice Drums And Nick Simper Bass While Mark II Was The Most Commercially Successful Line-Up With Ian Gillan And Roger Glover Replacing Evans And Simper Respectively. Mark III Saw David Coverdale And Glenn Hughes Replace Gillan And Glover Respectively While Mark IV Featured Tommy Bolin Replacing Blackmore. The Band Split In July 1976 And Bolin Died From A Drug Overdose Five Months Later. In 1984 Deep Purple Reformed With The Mark II Line-Up Which Remained In Place Until Joe Lynn Turner Replaced Gillan In 1989. Gillan Rejoined In 1992 With Blackmore Leaving For The Second And Final Time The Following Year. He Was Replaced Temporarily By Joe Satriani And Then Permanently By Steve Morse. In 2002 Don Airey Replaced Jon Lord Which Saw Deep Purple Settle Into Its Longest Running Line-Up Unchanged For The Next Twenty Years Until Morse Announced His Departure From The Band In 2022. His Place Was Taken By Simon McBride. Paice Glover Gillan Airey And McBride Comprise The Current Line-Up Of Deep Purple. Deep Purple Were Ranked Number 22 On VH1's Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock Programme And A Poll On Radio Station Planet Rock Ranked Them 5th Among The "most Influential Bands Ever". The Band Received The Legend Award At The 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple Specifically Blackmore Lord Paice Gillan Glover Coverdale Evans And Hughes Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2016.

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Purpendicular Is The Fifteenth Studio Album By Deep Purple. It Was Recorded In 1995 And 1996 And Released In February UK And April US 1996. In November 1993 In The Midst Of A Tour Supporting Their Previous Studio Album The Battle Rages On Ritchie Blackmore Left Deep Purple For The Second Time In The Band's History Previously In 1975 Ending The Second Reunion Period Of The Classic Mark II Line-Up. Joe Satriani Joined Temporarily To Fill-In For Blackmore On The Remainder Of The Tour But Was Unable To Join The Band Full Time. Thus Mark VI Lasted For Only A Couple Of Months. In 1994 The Band Found A Permanent Member In American Guitar Player Steve Morse Known From Kansas And His Own Band Dixie Dregs. With Him Aboard Deep Purple Recorded Purpendicular Which Is A More Experimental Album Than Their Previous Releases With Blackmore. Morse Presents Many Different Techniques Of Playing The Instrument Making The Album More Varied In Sound And Arrangements. Though Many Fans Claimed That Morse's Style Of Playing Was Too Modern For Deep Purple The Album Was Received Positively. The Most Popular Track On Purpendicular Is Undoubtedly "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming". It Almost Instantly Became A Fan Favourite And A Real Deep Purple Classic Of The 90's And Is Still Played By The Band On Almost All Tours. Purpendicular Was The First Of Two Albums Recorded By Deep Purple Mark VII Which Featured Ian Gillan
Steve Morse
Roger Glover
Jon Lord
Ian Paice