In 1968, Blackmore co-founded Deep Purple with keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice, singer Rod Evans, and bassist Nick Simper. The group was initially heavily influenced by psychedelia and ...

Ritchie Blackmore may have been dissatisfied with many of Deep Purple's records over the years, but none more than the album that brought them early attention.

Iconic hard rock band Deep Purple has been around since 1968. That’s impressive, to say the least. While Deep Purple has endured a bit of a revolving door of members through the years, the band still ...

Drummer Ian Paice is the only constant member amid the swirl of Deep Purple’s numerous line-up changes - Fin Costello/Redferns It says rather a lot about the music industry that when Deep Purple ...

In 1973, one of the biggest rock bands in the world took a huge gamble by replacing their lead singer with a complete unknown. The band was Deep Purple. The outgoing singer was Ian Gillan. And the raw ...

Glenn Hughes has played with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion and more - but he should never have left his ...

Legendary singer and bassist Glenn Hughes has starred in Deep Purple and rubbed elbows with the likes of David Bowie and David Coverdale. All of these influences – and more – are present across his ...

David Coverdale will be the first to tell you that he never should have gotten a call to audition for Deep Purple. It was drummer Ian Paice who heard something in the singer who submitted a primitive ...