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1964 SCREAMING LORD SUTCH 1960 OCT 62
THE ARTWOODS MID 67 AND THE SAVAGES 1966 THE OUTLAWS #1 APR 64 D E E P P U R P L E
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | R O O T S A N D B R A N C H E S
JON DEREK ART KEEF MALCOLM LORD CARLO TONY MANY RITCHIE CHAS KEN MICK
LORD GRIFFITHS WOOD HARTLEY POOL SUTCH LITTLE DANGERFIELD MORE BLACKMORE HODGES LUNDGREN UNDERWOOD
KEYBOARDS GUITAR VOCALS DRUMS BASS VOCALS DRUMS BASS VARIOUS GUITAR BASS RHYTHM GTR DRUMS
| | | | | | | |
| +-------+--------+----------------------------+ +--------+---------+
| | |
| BUDDY BRITTEN AND NOV 64 SCREAMING LORD SUTCH DEC 66 |
| THE REGENTS APR 66 AND THE SAVAGES #2 APR 67 |
| --------------------------- ------------------------------------- |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| NICK ROGER RICHARD BUDDY LORD CARLO TONY RITHIE MATTHEW |
| SIMPER PINNER HONOUR BRITTEN SUTCH LITTLE D'FIELD BLACKMORE FISHER |
| BASS DRUMS KEYBOARDS GTR/VOC VOCALS DRUMS BASS GUITAR RGAN |
| | | | | | |
| +-------+ +-------+----------+ |
| | | |
| JOHNNY KIDD AND THE MAY 66 NEIL CHRISTIAN AND APR 67 | APR 64 MAY 65
| LAST PIRATES OCT 66 THE CRUSADERS MAY 67 THE OUTLAWS #2 JUL 65 EPISODE SIX #1 JUL 68
| -------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ----------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rep |
| NICK ROGER JOHNNY RAY MICK CARLO TONY RITCHIE MATT NEIL CHAS KEN MICK HARVEY ROGER IAN TONY SHEILA GRAHAM JOHN HARVEY
| SIMPER PINNER KIDD SOAPER STEWART LITTLE D'FIELD BLACKMORE SMITH CHRISTIAN HODGES LINDGREN UNDERW'D HINSLEY GLOVER GILLAN LANDER CARTER CARTER KERRISON SHIELDS
| BASS DRUMS VOCALS ORGAN GUITAR DRUMS BASS GUITAR PIANO VOCALS BASS RHYTHM GRT DRUMS GUITAR BASS VOCALS GUITAR ORGAN/VOC GRT/VOC DRUMS DRUMS
| | | | | | | | | | | |
+-------+-------------------------------------------+ +--------+ | +-----------+------+-------+-------+--------+
| | | |
| OCT 67 | SEP 67 | JUL 65 |
THE FLOWERPOT MEN FEB 68 MANDRAKE ROOT NOV 67 THE HEARD JUN 66 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
NEIL PETE JON NICK GED CARLO ROBIN TONY RITCHIE MATT RICKY KURT TERRY GARY ANDY LEWIS MICK |
LANDON NELSON LORD SIMPER PECK LITTLE SHAW BURROWS BLACKMORE SMITH MUNRO VILE CLARK TAYLOR BROWN RICH UNDERWOOD |
VOCALS VOCALS ORGAN BASS GUITAR DRUMS VOCALS VOCALS GUITAR PIANO/VOC DRUMS BASS VOCALS GUITAR BASS ORGAN DRUMS |
| | | | |
+-----+------------------------------------------------+ +--------------+
| |
| FEB 68 1967 | JUL 68
ROUNDABOUT MAR 68 THE MAZE MAR 68 EPISODE SIX #2 JUL 69
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| | rep | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
BOBBY DAVE CHRIS RITCHIE NICK JON ROD IAN ERIC CHRIS ROGER ROGER IAN MICK SHEILA GRAHAM TONY
WOODMAN CURTIS CURTIS BLACKMORE SIMPER LORD EVANS PAICE KEENE BANHAM LEWIS GLOVER GILLAN UNDERW'D CARTER CARTER LANDER
DRUMS VOCALS VOCALS GUITAR BASS ORGAN VOCALS DRUMS GUITAR GUITAR BASS BASS VOCALS DRUME ORGAN/VOC GTR/VOC GUITAR
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
+---------------+-------+ +--------+-------+-----------+------+ +-------+ +--------+--------+--------+
| | | |
| MAY 68 | MAR 68 Deep Purple #1 played their first gig on 20th April | | JUL 69
BODAST DEC 69 DEEP PURPLE #1 JUL 69 1968 in Denmark. This line-up recorded three | EPISODE SIX #3 SEP 69
---------------------------------- ------------------------------- albums: SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE (Sep 68 - got to #24 | -----------------------------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | in US), BOOK OF THE TALISYN (July 69 - #54 in US) | | | | | | |
STEVE BRUCE BOBBY DAVE CLIVE ROD NICK JON IAN RITCHIE and DEEP PURPLE (Nov 69 - #162 in US). None charted | JOHN MICK PETE GRAHAM TONY SHEILA
HOWE THOMAS WOODMAN CURTIS MALDOON EVANS SIMPER LORD PAICE BLACKMORE in Britain - nor did any singles - but in the States | GUSTAFSON UNDERW'D ROBINSON CARTER LANDER GARTER
GUITAR BASS DRUMS VOCALS GTR/VOC VOCALS BASS ORGAN DRUMS GUITAR 'Hush" made the top five. | BASS DRUMS KEYBOARDS GTR/VOC GUITAR ORGAN/VOC
| | | | | | | |
| +-----+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------+---------+
| | |
1968 | 1972 | JUL 69 Deep Purple #2 broke through with | SEP 69
TRAPEZE JUN 73 CAPTAIN BEYOND | 1973 DEEP PURPLE #2 JUN 73 'Black Knight' (May 70 - #2 UK / #66 US). QUATERMASS APR 71
------------------ -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Other hit singles: 'Strange Kind Of Woman' --------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | (Feb 71 - #8 UK), 'Fireball' (Oct 71 - | | |
MEL DAVE GLENN LEE LARRY ROD MARTY JON IAN RITCHIE ROGER IAN #15 UK), 'Never Before' (Mar 72 - #35 UK) JOHN MICK PETE
GALLEY HOLLAND HUGHES DORMAN RHINEHART EVANS RODRIGUES LORD PAICE BLACKMORE GLOVER GILLAN and 'Smoke On The Water' (May 73 - #4 GUSTAFSON U'WOOD ROBINSON
GTR/VOC DRUMS BASS BASS GUITAR VOCALS DRUMS ORGAN DRUMS GUITAR BASS VOCALS US). BASS DRUMS KEYBOARDS
| | | | | | | | |
+--------+ +---------------------------------------+------+--------+ | +-------------------------------------------------+
| | | | Albums by Deep Purple #2: CONCERTO FOR
| AUG 73 | JUN 73 | JUN 70 | GROUP AND ORCHESTRA (Jan 70 - #26 UK /
| JAMES GANG JUL 74 DEEP PURPLE #3 | MAY 75 | ELF APR 75 | #149 US). DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK (Jun 70 -
| ---------------------- ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | #4 UK / #143 US), FIREBALL (Sep 71 - #1 UK /
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | #32 US), MADE IN JAPAN (Dec 72 - #16 UK /
| ROY JIM DALE TOMMY CLENN DAVID JON IAN RITCHIE | STEVE RONNIE CRAIG GARY MICKEY MARK | #6 US), and WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE?
| KENNER FOX PETERS BOLIN HUGHES COVERDALE LORD PAICE BLACKMORE | EDWARDS DIO GRUBER DRISCOLL SOULE NAUSEEF | (Feb 73 - #4 UK / #15 US).
| VOCALS DRUMS BASS GUITAR BASS VOCALS ORGAN DRUMS GUITAR | GUITAR VOCALS BASS DRUMS KEYBOARDS PERCUSSION |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Albums by Deep Purple #3: BURN (Feb 74 -
| +----------+--------+--------+-----+ +-------)--------------+------+--------+--------+ | | #3 UK / #9 US) and STORMBRINGER (Nov 74 -
| | | | | | #6 UK / #20 US).
| Deep Purple's last gig | JUN 75 | | MAY 75 | |
| was at Liverpool's DEEP PURPLE #4 MAR 76 | RAINBOW #1 SEP 75 | | Album by Deep Purple #4: COME TASTE THE
| Empire Theatre on ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | BAND (Oct 75 - #19 UK / #43 US).
| 15th March 1976. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| They'd been going DAVID GLENN TOMMY JON IAN | RITCHIE RONNIE CRAIG GARY MICKEY | |
| for eight years COVERDALE HUGHES BOLIN LORD PAICE | BLACKMORE DIO GRUBER DRISCOLL SOULE | |
| exactly. VOCALS BASS GUITAR ORGAN DRUMS | GUITAR VOCALS BASS DRUMS KEYBOARDS | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
+-----------------------------)--------+ +-----+ | +-------+ +-------+--------+
| | | | | |
| JUN 76 | | AUG 76 | | SEP 75 | SEP 75
TRAPEZE #2 1979 | PAICE, ASHTON & LORD SEP 77 | RAINBOW #2 JUL 77 THE IAN GILLAN BAND JUN 78
------------------------ | -------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rep | | | rep | | | |
MEL DAVE GLENN OTHER | BERNIE PAUL JON IAN TONY | RITCHIE RONNIE COZY TONY MARK JIMMY IAN COLIN MICKEY JOHN RAY MARK
GALLEY HOLLAND HUGHES GUYS | MARSDEN MARTINEZ LORD PAICE ASHTON | BLACKMORE DIO POWELL CAREY CLARKE BAIN GILLAN TOWNS SOULE GUSTAFSON FENWICK NAUSEEF
GTR/VOC DRUMS BASS/VOC VARIOUS | GUITAR BASS ORGAN DRUMS KEYBD/VOC | GUITAR VOCALS DRUMS KEYBDS BASS BASS VOCALS KEYBDS KEYBDS BASS GUITAR DRUMS
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| +--------+ | | | +--------+------+ | +-------+
| | | | | | | |
| | JAN 78 | | | | JUL 77 | | JAN 69
| WHITESNAKE #1 | JUL 78 | | | RAINBOW #3 NOV 78 | | BLACK SABBATH #1 MAY 79
| -------------------------------------------- | | | ----------------------------------- | | -----------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PETE DAVID MICK NEIL BERNIE DAVID | | | RITCHIE COZY DAVID RONNIE BOB | | TONY GEEZER BILL OZZY
| SOLLEY COVERDALE MOODY MURRAY MARSDEN DOWLE | | | BLACKMORE POWELL STONE DIO DAISLEY | | IOMMI BUTLER WARD OSBOURNE
| KEYBOARDS VOCALS GUITAR BASS GUITAR DRUMS | | | GUITAR DRUMS KEYBOARDS VOCALS BASS | | GUITAR BASS DRUMS VOCALS
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+ | +-------+--------+ +------------)----------)-------+------+-------+
| | | | | | |
| | AUG 78 | | NOV 78 | | | AUG 78
| WHITESNAKE #2 JUL 79 | RAINBOW #4 | AUG 80 | | GILLAN #1 MAY 79
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | | ----------------------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rep | | | | |
| DAVID MICK NEIL BERNIE JON DAVID | GRAHAM COZY RITCHIE ROGER DON | | PETE LIAM IAN COLIN JOHN STEVE
| COVERDALE MOODY MURRAY MARSDEN LORD DOWLE | BONNET POWELL BLACKMORE GLOVER AIREY | | BARNACLE GENOCKY GILLAN TOWNS McCOY BYRD
| VOCALS GUITAR BASS GUITAR ORGAN DRUMS | VOCALS DRUMS GUITAR BASS KEYBOARDS | | DRUMS DRUMS VOCALS KEYBDS BASS GUITAR
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+--------+-----------+ +-------+ +--------+-------+ | | +-------+------+
| | | | | | |
| | | AUG 80 | MAY 79 | MAR 77 |
| | MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP | APR 82 | BLACK SABBATH #2 OCT 82 | BERNIE TORME MAY 79 |
| | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------- | -------------------- |
| | | then | | | | or | | | | | | | | | | |
| | COZY TED MICHAEL CHRIS GRAHAM GARY | TONY GEEZER BILL RONNIE | PHIL MARK BERNIE |
| | POWELL McKENNA SCHENKER GLEN BONNET BARDEN | IOMMI BUTLER WARD DIO | SPALDING HARRISON TORME |
| | DRUMS DRUMS GUITAR BASS VOCALS VOCALS | GUITAR BASS DRUMS VOCALS | BASS DRUMS GTR/VOC |
| | | | | | | | | | |
+-----------------)-----------------------+ | +------+------+ +--------+ +------+
| | | | | |
| | JUL 79 | NOV 80 | | OCT 82 | MAY 79
| WHITESNAKE #3 MAR 82 RAINBOW #5 | DEC 81 | DIO | NOW GILLAN #2 JUN 81
| -------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- | ------------------------ --------------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DAVID MICK JON NEIL IAN BERNIE DON ROGER JOE LYNN RITCHIE BOB | VINNIE RONNIE JIMMY VIVIAN BERNIE IAN COLIN JOHN MICK
| COVERDALE MOODY LORD MURRAY PAICE MARSDEN AIREY GLOVER TURNER BLACKMORE RONDINELLI | APPICE DIO BAIN CAMPBELL TORME GILLAN TOWNS McCOY UNDERWOOD
| VOCALS GUITAR ORGAN BASS DRUMS GUITAR KEYBOARDS BASS VOCALS GUITAR DRUMS | DRUMS VOCALS BASS GUITAR GUITAR VOCALS KEYBDS BASS DRUMS
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+-----------------+-------+-------+ +-------+----------------+ +------+--------+---------+ | +-------+------+--------+
| | | | |
| | MAR 82 | DEC 81 | | JUN 81
| GARY MOORE BAND | APR 84 RAINBOW #6 JUN 83 | GILLAN #3 NOV 82
| ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------
| | | | | | rep | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NEIL GARY CHARLIE CRAIG NEIL DON IAN DAVE ROGER JOE LYNN RITCHIE BOB | IAN JANICK COLIN JOHN MICK
| MURRAY MOORE HUHN GRUBER CARTER AIREY PAICE ROSENTHAL GLOVER TURNER BLACKMORE ROND'ELLI | GILLAN GERS TOWNS McCOY UNDERWOOD
| BASS GTR/VOC VOCALS BASS KEYBDS KEYBDS DRUMS KEYBOARDS BASS VOCALS GUITAR DRUMS | VOCALS GUITAR KEYBDS BASS DRUMS
| | | | | | | | |
+--)---------+ | +-------+------+--------+ +--------------------------------------------+
| | | | |
| | SEP 82 | | JUN 83 | JAN 83 After Ian Gillan quit the Sabs, Glenn
| WHITESNAKE #4 APR 84 | RAINBOW #7 APR 84 BLACK SABBATH #3 MAR 84 Hughes was persuaded to join for the
| ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ SEVENTH STAR album. He couldn't handle
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |rep by| | | the following tour and quit after siz
| COLIN DAVID MEL COZY JON MICK | DAVE ROGER JOE LYNN RITCHIE CHUCK IAN BILL BEV TONY GEEZER dates. He'd also done an album with
| HODGKINSON COVERDALE GALLEY POWELL LORD MOODY | ROSENTHAL GLOVER TURNER BLACKMORE BURGI GILLAN WARD BEVAN IOMMI BUTTLER Gary Moore the same year - 1986. Glenn
| BASS VOCALS GUITAR DRUMS KEYBRDS GUITAR | KEYBOARDS BASS VOCALS GUITAR DRUMS VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS GUITAR BASS bounced back with - of all bands - KLF
| | | | | | | | | | | on a hit single, since when there has
+--+--------------+--------+-------+ +---------------+-----------------+------)--------+--------------+ | been no stopping the man: TRAPEZE reunion
| | | | shows, solo albums in the works, LA BLUES
| | | | 1985 CD selling like hot cakes, and a European
WHITESNAKE #5 APR 84 | YNGWIE MALMSTEEN BLACK SABBATH #4 1986 tour in the works - so welcome back!
------------------------------------------- | No room ----------- ---------------------
| | | | | | | to do this | | | | | To keep up on all Deep Purple activities,
NEIL DAVID JOHN MEL COZY JON | lot in full! YNGWIE JOE LYNN + GLENN TONY don't forget the Deep Purple fan club!
MURRAY COVERDALE SYKES GALLEY POWELL LORD | MALMSTEEN TURNER OTHERS HUGHES IOMMI
BASS VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR DRUMS ORGAN | GUITAR VOCALS BASS GUITAR Deep Purple Appreciation Society, please
| | | | | | | | send an SAE to DPAS. P.O. Box 254.
+---------+-------+---------------+ +-------------+ | | Sheffield S6 1DF.
| | | |
| JUN 84 | APR 84 | |
WHITESNAKE #6 DEC 84 DEEP PURPLE #2.2 APR 89 | Joe Lynn GLEN HUGHES BLUES
--------------------------- --------------------------------- | also cut ----------------------
| | | | | | | | | | solo LP's LA Blues featuring Glenn Hughes
NEIL DAVID JOHN COZY JON IAN ROGER RITCHIE IAN | and did & loads of LA metal guitarists,
MURRAY COVERDALE SYKES POWELL LORD PAICE GLOVER BLACKMORE GILLAN | session a tour is planned.
BASS VOCALS GUITAR DRUMS ORGAN DRUMS BASS GUITAR VOCALS | work.
| | | | | | |
| | | | | +-------)---------------------+
| +-----+------+---------+----------------+ |
| | |
| 1985 | JAN 90 GARTH ROCKET AND JAN 89
WHITESNAKE #7 1989 DEEP PURPLE #5 AUG 92 THE MOONSHINERS JUN 89
------------------------------ --------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
DAVID RUDY TOMMY ADRIAN JON IAN ROGER RITCHIE JOELENE IAN STEVE MARK KEITH LOU HARRY Ian Gillans solo work
COVERDALE SARZO ALDRIDGE VANDENBERG LORD PAICE GLOVER BLACKMORE TURNER GILLAN MORRIS BUCKLE MULLHOLLAND ROSENTHAL SHAW between Purple bouts
VOCALS BASS DRUMS GUITARS KEYBDS DRUMS BASS GUITAR VOCALS VOCALS GUITAR KEYBDS BASS DRUMS GUITAR barely left him time to
| | | | | | | think. The Moonshiners
| +-----+------+---------+ +-------+ produced a video and a
| | The reunion saw a successful world tour & album | live 12", the Naked
| | PERFECT STRANGERS. This was followed by HOUSE | MAR 90 Thunder tour followed an
COVERDALE/PAGE 1990 | OF BLUE LIGHT, then a patchy live set called GILLAN NAKED THUNDER DEC 90 album of the same name
-------------------- | NOBODY'S PERFECT. The band slowed or Gillan got ---------------------------------------- and a couple of singles.
| | | | frustrated. He began solo projects to keep busy, | | | | | | Toolbox is also an album.
DAVID JIMMY + | and found himself sacked, replaced by Joe Lynn IAN STEVE CHRIS TED TOMMY NICK Ian did three tracks for
COVERDALE PAGE OTHERS | Turner. With him, the band cut one albun, SLAVES GILLAN MORRIS GLEN McKENNA EYRE O'DONOGHUE a Greek singer on a Greek
VOCALS GUITAR | & Masters, touring to promote it. A follow up was VOCALS GUITAR BASS DRUMS KEYBDS RYTHM GTR only CD, plus a session
| begun but didn't get to far before record company | | called DARWIN THE EVOLUTION
| preasure saw Turner fired. Gillan was tempted back +-------+ in Germany. While all this
Pete Fame's original DEEP PURPLE | for the twenty fifth anniversary album and tour. | was going on, Deep Purple
family tree last appeared in his | He plans to reactivate the TOOLBOX crew once it's | JAN 91 managed just one albun.....!!
book in 1979. His stripped down | over. Ritchie will reform RAIINBOW. The title of GILLAN'S TOOLBOX DEC 92
version was last updated in 1991. | PURPLE'S last studio LP? THE BATTLE RAGES ON... ---------------------------------------
this is an attempt to bring it up | - out July 1993. | | replaced | | |
to date. | IAN STEVE by DEAN BRETT LEONARD
| GILLAN MORRIS HOWARD BLOOMFIELD HAZE
One day we'll get him to redo the | VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR BASS DRUMS
full version... When you're ready | |
Pete...! +------------------------------------------------------+
Simon Robinson / May 93 |
| AUG 92
DEEP PURPLE #2.3 -?
Reproduced from the leaflet in the ---------------------------------
CD called 'THE DEEP PURPLE FAMILY | | | | |
ALBUM'. JON IAN ROGER RITCHIE IAN T W E N T Y F I F T H A N N I V E R S A R Y
Connoisseur Collection VSOP CD 187 LORD PAICE GLOVER BLACKMORE GILLAN
ORGAN DRUMS BASS GUITAR VOCALS 1 9 6 8 - 1 9 9 3