Deep Purple

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Hertfordshire (1968 – present)

Deep Purple is an English hard rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath they are considered to be heavy metal/hard rock pioneers.

Deep Purple’s early output ranged from rock (such as their cover of Joe South’s “

Hush”) to strongly classically influenced pieces (such as “April”, from their third album). Their first few albums contained very long solos, such as those on the band’s covers of “

Hey Joe” and “

I’m So Glad.”

After their third album, founding member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in particular felt the band should move in a harder direction - and felt that then singer Rod Evans and bassist Nicky Simper were incapable of working in that direction. Both were therefore let go, and replaced with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover from Episode Six, producing what is now thought of as the classic Deep Purple lineup with keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.

The first output of this new lineup was a mixed electric and orchestral album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deep Purple in Concert, with the centrepiece being Lord’s “Concerto For Group And Orchestra.” The whole project was reputedly initiated after idle chat with the band’s manager about the possibility led to him book the orchestra and give the inexperienced composer a deadline to produce the work of a public concert.

Following on from this unusual venture were four very influential studio albums over the next four years: Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, and Who Do We Think We Are?, and the live album Made in Japan.

1	Smoke on the Water full track	6,563
2	Highway Star full track	4,070
3	Child in Time	3,266
4	Hush full track	2,650
5	Burn	2,084
6	Black Night full track	2,062
7	Lazy	1,628
8	Soldier of Fortune	1,625
9	Speed King full track	1,585
10	Space Truckin'	1,569
11	Fireball full track	1,563
12	Perfect Strangers full track	1,395
13	Strange Kind of Woman	1,246
14	Woman From Tokyo	1,185
15	Stormbringer	1,055

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krisi77 wrote:
yesterday evening

I love Deep Purple

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burun2300c wrote:
yesterday morning

車をぶっ飛ばしたい気分です。最高～っ(^・^)

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Fr0s7y wrote:
Tuesday evening

Yeah, why do they have only ~10 million plays? They're one of the best bands ever. Oh well, last.fm doesn't speak as much for them as they do for themselves - great band, great songs and sounds and millions of sold records =)

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Rock_fm wrote:
Monday evening

Does someone knows why Deep Purple is so unpopular on last.fm? This fucking AC/DC has 22,891,732 of plays!! ;(

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jimmytheone44 wrote:
Monday morning

So much win

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latiacirila wrote:
Sunday evening

Me encanta , me encantan , me encantan! oh! DIOSES SON GRANDES SON GRANDES! viva los Deep Purple!

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TheDarkHobbit wrote:
Sunday morning

I saw them live, it was just amazing. I missed Paice's towel by like 5 cm =(

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Pyritus wrote:
Saturday afternoon

saw them 2 in Zürich! awesome!

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pussypool wrote:
7 days ago

i saw theeeemm xD They re HOT! I love this fucking band !!! ♥

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Layne_Staley86 wrote:
last month

saw them at suickerrock, they we're rocking like it should be done, great show nice sound+ i got to catch a drumstick of their drummer! Been a sweet night thx to deep purple! respect

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Winand wrote:
last month

saw the last night on Suikerrock, and they were amazing, simply amazing, they played a new song too ^^

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Galiki wrote:
last month

Е!!!!!!!!!!!Они охуенные!!!

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l3dzepp3lIn wrote:
last month

AGREED!!

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USSThrasher wrote:
last month

..Led Zeppelin + Black Sabbath + Deep Purple = Holy Trinity of Classic Hard Rock..The Best from the best..

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Masterchief_B wrote:
last month

@Lili_Moondog: Sail Away is #31 in the weekly charts and #30 in the overall charts. One of my favourites!

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ZeppelinGTS wrote:
last month

Lookie har: http://www.last.fm/group/I%27m+Addicted+to+Caffeine

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zbm wrote:
last month

http://www.last.fm/group/Half+hippies%2Chalf+metals

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Lili_Moondog wrote:
last month

Where is Sail Away? Help, its not in any list... weird :O

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diego9010 wrote:
last month

New Deep Purple images, please take a look and Vote!!

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Kevmaster wrote:
last month

http://www.last.fm/group/We+don%27t+whine+about+the+new+Last.FM

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