Deep Purple
Active: 1970–1991
15
Releases
22
Active Years
About Deep Purple
Deep Purple emerged from the psychedelic ’60s to help build the hard-rock temple from the ground up, paving the way for heavy metal in the process.
They formed in Hertfordshire, England, in 1968, with a style far removed from the sound that would make them famous.
Guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, singer Rod Evans, bassist Nick Simper, and drummer Ian Paice crafted a heady psych sound with proto-prog touches on their 1968 debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, and the two LPs that followed, scoring a big U.S.
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Complete Discography
BLACK NIGHT
Documented across 22 weeks
STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN
Documented across 12 weeks
FIREBALL
Documented across 12 weeks
NEVER BEFORE
Documented across 6 weeks
SMOKE ON THE WATER
Documented across 7 weeks
NEW LIVE AND RARE (EP)
Documented across 4 weeks
BURN
Documented across 3 weeks
BLACK NIGHT {1980}
Documented across 6 weeks
NEW LIVE AND RARE VOLUME 3 EP
Documented across 3 weeks
PERFECT STRANGERS
Documented across 3 weeks
KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR
Documented across 2 weeks
CALL OF THE WILD
Documented across 3 weeks
HUSH
Documented across 2 weeks
KING OF DREAMS
Documented across 2 weeks
LOVE CONQUERS ALL
Documented across 2 weeks