Lunedì 9 Giu 2008, 6:11
Jon Lord
classical piano player, ex member of bands called
Artwoods,
Flowerpot Men
and guitar player
Ritchie Blackmore
ex member of the bands
Screaming Lord sutch
Outlaws, The Three Musketeeres, Neil Christian's Crusaders, The Roman Empire and Mandrake Root
got together with
Chris Curtis on drums
to form
Roundabout
Mr. Curtis left soon. Along came
Bobby Woodman drums and
Nicolas Simper bass.
Ian Paice drums
and Rod Evans singer
ex members of The Maze
came in and Mr. Woodman left also very soon.
The name of the band was changed into
Deep Purple
First album
- shades of deep purple 1968
and in the same year the second one
- the book of taliesyn
One year later the last disk - Mark 1 -
- Deep purple had been recorded.
Ian Gillan singer and
Roger Glover bass
both members of
Episode Six changed the band
and Mr. Simper and Mr. Evans left.
The new album
- concerto for group and orchestra 1970
was followed by
- in rock 1970
The next year - the next disk
- fireball
and again one year later the next one called
- machine head
In the same year a live album had been recorded
- Who do we think we are 1973
ended up - Mark 2 - in the 70's.
Glenn Hughes singer and bass player of
and singer
David Coverdale ex member of
Magdalene and
The Skyliners joined in for the next album called
burn 1974
Mr. Gillan and Mr. Glover left.
stormbringer
was recorded the same year and ended up - Mark 3 -
Mr. Blackmore met
Ronnie James Ronnie james Dio member of
Elf
Together they founded
Tommy Bolin guitar player and ex member of
james gang and
Zephyr
joined in and - Mark 4 - recorded
Come taste the band 1975