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Deep Purple

Shifting halfway through their career from keyboard flourishes to guitar-dominated heavy metal, Deep Purple is one of the few bands in the world who can legitimately lay claim to having changed the face of the music industry, creating an entirely new style of rock ’n’ roll.

April 2, 1987

Deep Purple

Shifting halfway through their career from keyboard flourishes to guitar-dominated heavy metal, Deep Purple is one of the few bands in the world who can legitimately lay claim to having changed the face of the music industry, creating an entirely new style of rock ’n’ roll. In their vastly more popular phase, the band was listed as the “loudest rock band in the world” in the Guinness Book of World Records. After taking five years to establish their worldwide supremacy, selling millions of albums and packing venues around the world, the band’s most famous line-upsinger Ian Gillan, guitarist Richie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover—broke up.

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