The arrangement was only temporary, however, with the guitarist returning to his solo career at the end of the run in July 1994. After briefly considering disbanding, the band added Joe Satriani in Blackmore's place for a string of pre-arranged tour dates, including shows in Japan and Europe starting in December. The guitarist played his final show with Deep Purple on 17 November 1993. Blackmore was unhappy with Gillan's return and Turner's firing, however, which led to renewed and increasing tensions between the pair on the subsequent touring cycle. Gillan subsequently returned for a third stint as lead vocalist, as management wanted him in the fold for a planned 25th anniversary tour, and the band issued The Battle Rages On. In August 1992, despite having started work on the band's next album, Turner was suddenly dismissed from Deep Purple. The new singer recorded just one album with the group, Slaves and Masters, which was released in 1990 and promoted on tour throughout 1991.
After auditioning and rehearsing with numerous potential replacements for the vocalist, the band eventually enlisted former Rainbow frontman Joe Lynn Turner to take Gillan's place in December 1989. By the middle of 1989, however, Gillan had left the group for a second time, with the other members firing him due to creative and personal differences. The reunion of Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord and Paice lasted for five years and spawned two studio releases: Perfect Strangers and The House of Blue Light. 1984 onwards Īfter eight years of inactivity, on 27 April 1984 it was announced that the Mark II lineup of Deep Purple were set to return for a worldwide tour and a new album. Bolin died of a heroin overdose that December. After just one album, Come Taste the Band, the "Mark IV" lineup played their final show on 15 March 1976, before breaking up officially on 19 July. Despite Blackmore's core creative role in the band, Deep Purple continued with the addition of former James Gang guitarist Tommy Bolin. This ultimately led to his departure from Deep Purple, which was officially announced on 21 June 1975. After the band released Burn and Stormbringer, the creatively frustrated Blackmore recorded a self-titled debut album by a new project dubbed " Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" in early 1975. The position vacated by Gillan was later taken by David Coverdale, who auditioned in the summer and was unveiled as Deep Purple's new vocalist on 23 September 1973.
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Paul Rodgers, who had been a member of Free until their recent breakup, was initially offered the role of frontman, but he declined to focus on the formation of Bad Company. On 14 July 1973, it was announced in Melody Maker magazine that Glenn Hughes of Trapeze had replaced Glover on bass.
The final show of the tour took place on 29 June 1973 in Osaka, Japan, after which Gillan and Glover both left and Mark II came to an end. Glover followed the singer later in providing his resignation, believing that Blackmore wanted him to leave. However, following increasing tensions and exhaustion, in October 1972 Gillan informed the rest of the band that he would be leaving after the remaining tour dates were completed. During its four-year tenure, the "Mark II" lineup established itself as the most commercially and critically acclaimed of the group's history, releasing the studio albums Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, Machine Head and Who Do We Think We Are, in addition to the highly-praised live album Made in Japan. īy the time Evans and Simper played their last show with the band on 4 July 1969, new vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover had already been recruited from Episode Six.
After The Book of Taliesyn and Deep Purple, Blackmore, Lord and Paice made the decision in May 1969 to dismiss Evans and Simper, wanting to pursue a heavier direction for which they deemed the pair unsuitable. Deep Purple quickly recorded their first album Shades of Deep Purple, which was issued in July 1968. The group soon changed their name to Deep Purple, after the song of the same name by Nino Tempo & April Stevens. Lord and Simper had previously played together with The Flower Pot Men, and the bassist had earlier worked briefly with Blackmore Evans and Paice were brought in from The Maze, whom the guitarist had seen performing. Deep Purple were formed under the name Roundabout in March 1968 by vocalist Rod Evans, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, bassist Nick Simper, keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.
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