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English rock band

Deep Purple

"Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky."

Est. 1968 Hertford, England 1968–1976, 1984–present
Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Rock Blues Rock
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100M+
Records Sold
21
Studio Albums
1968
Founded
50+
Years Active

Members

I

Ian Gillan

Vocals, Harmonica

R

Roger Glover

Bass

I

Ian Paice

Drums

D

Don Airey

Keyboards

S

Simon McBride

Guitar

Discography

1968
Shades of Deep Purple
1969
Concerto for Group and Orchestra
1970
Deep Purple in Rock
1971
Fireball
1972
Machine Head
1974
Burn
1974
Stormbringer
1975
Come Taste the Band
1984
Perfect Strangers
1990
Slaves and Masters
1993
The Battle Rages On...
1996
Purpendicular
2003
Bananas
2013
Now What?!
2017
Infinite
2020
Whoosh!

Did You Know?

  • ▶ Smoke on the Water (1972) features one of the most recognisable guitar riffs in rock history
  • ▶ Machine Head (1972) was recorded in a mobile studio at a casino in Montreux after the venue burned down — inspiring Smoke on the Water
  • ▶ Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1975 as the world's loudest band
  • ▶ Over 100 million records sold worldwide across five decades
  • ▶ Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016
  • ▶ Ritchie Blackmore's rainbow-themed follow-up band Rainbow helped popularise neo-classical metal

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