Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan to share tales from his career in talk tour

Ian Gillan's Deep Purple go back to 1970s sound on latest album

​Ian Gillan, singer with the classic line-up of the British rock band, Deep Purple, talks about reviving their signature organ and guitar sound after six decades.

How Deep Purple turned a drunken jam into a 1970 classic

“It’s hard rock now. If it’s not dramatic or exciting, it doesn’t belong on this album.” Such was the general ethos of Deep Purple‘s “Mark II”, their second phase that saw the introduction of vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover. Spoken by Ritchie Blackmore (and paraphrased by Glover to Uncut), “hard rock” would be the guiding light that defined In Rock, their 1970 sophomore album and the first to include Gillan and Glover. With its Moun…

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan to share tales from his career in talk tour

Gillan was the frontman of the band’s classic Mark II line-up.

Ian Gillan’s opinion on Robert Plant

Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin are two of the most important Rock bands of all time and are fronted by two of the most influential vocalists in rock history: Ian Gillan and Robert Plant. Emerging from the same British rock scene, they had the chance to see each other perform while they were still trying to make a name for themselves. Both singers became renowned for their powerful voices and have often been compared over the decades. Throughout hi…