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The Battle Rages On (Album) by Deep Purple

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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 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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The Battle Rages On Is The Fourteenth Studio Album By Deep Purple Released In 1993. Initial Works On The Album Started While Joe Lynn Turner Was Still In The Band But The Rest Soon Realized That The Only Way To Fully Celebrate The Band's 25th Anniversary Would Be By Reuniting The Classic Mark II Line-Up. Ian Gillan Was Asked To Come Back After Being Fired 3 Years Earlier . The Album Received Mixed Reviews. It Reached Only #192 On The Billboard 200 And The Single - The Title Track - Climbed Up To #22 On Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks. The Band Embarked On A Tour But Tensions Between Gillan And Blackmore Grew Again And This Time It Was Blackmore Who Left The Band In The Midst Of The European Tour In November 1993. Joe Satriani Was Brought In As A Temporary Replacement For The Rest Of The Tour And Steve Morse Joined Permanently The Next Year And Has Played With The Band Ever Since. It Was The Seventh And Last Deep Purple Album Recorded By The Classic Mark II Line-Up As Blackmore Never Returned To The Band. Mark II Included Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Ritchie Blackmore
Jon Lord
Ian Paice