Deep Purple #50thInRockAnniversary

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Album "In Rock" (rilis 3 Juni 1970) menandai terjadinya perubahan konsep musikalitas Deep Purple secara masif menuju era super keras. "In Rock" merupakan buku putih anak band '70 - '80-an. 

Gaung panjang album ini mencapai klimaks saat tampil di London Rainbow Theatre, 1972, dengan sound system berkekuatan 117 db dan menyebabkan tiga penonton yang berdiri di dekat speaker pingsan seketika. 

Saat itu tingkat kebisingan musik rock telah melompat ke level yang sulit dipercaya. Guinness Book of World Records kemudian mencatat Deep Purple sebagai band paling bising di dunia.

Dua tahun kemudian lahir album "Machine Head" yang antara lain berisi lagu kutukan "Smoke On The Water". Album ini menjadi intro perpecahan kelima personel yang disulut oleh tidak transparannya pembagian royalti.

Tanggal 29 Juni 1973 Deep Purple tampil di Koseinenkin Hall, Jepang. Inilah konser terakhir Mark II : Ian Gillan (vokal), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboard) dan Ian Paice (drum).

Selama 4 tahun (1969 - 1973) lima musisi jenius itu menyatukan kekuatan untuk mengantarkan Deep Purple menjadi legenda heavy metal tapi mereka tak pernah akrab satu sama lain. Denny MR

Diskografi

Mk I
Shades of Deep Purple, September 1968 #24 US
The Book of Taliesyn, Desember 1968 #54 US
Deep Purple, November 1969 #162 US

Mk II
Deep Purple in Rock, Juni 1970 #4 UK, #143 US
Fireball, September 1971 #1 UK, #32 US
Machine Head, Maret 1972 #1 UK, #7 US
Who Do We Think We Are, Februari 1973 #4 UK, #15 US

Mk III
Burn, Februari 1974 #3 UK, #9 US
Stormbringer, Desember 1974 #6 UK, #20 US
Mk IV
Come Taste the Band, Oktober 1975 #19 UK, #43 US

Mk II, reunited
Perfect Strangers, November 1984 #5 UK, #17 US
The House of Blue Light, Januari 1987 #10 UK, #34 US

Mk V
Slaves & Masters, Oktober 1990 # 45 UK, #87 US

Mk II, again reunited
The Battle Rages On, Juli 1993 #21 UK, #192 US

Mk VII
Purpendicular, Februari 1996 #58 UK
Abandon, Mei 1998 #76 UK

Mk VIII
Bananas, Agustus 2003
Rapture of the Deep, Oktober 2005 #81 UK
Rapture of the DeepEdisi Spesial 2 CD , Juni 2006

Deep Purple personnel

Mk I
(1968-1969)
Rod Evans - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Nick Simper - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums

Mk II
(1969-1973)
Ian Gillan - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums

Mk III
(1973-1975)
David Coverdale - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Glenn Hughes - bass guitar,vocals
Ian Paice - drums

Mk IV
(1975-1976)
David Coverdale - vocals
Tommy Bolin - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Glenn Hughes - bass guitar,vocals
Ian Paice - drums
(1976-1984) Band split.
Mk IIa, reunited
(1984-1989)
Ian Gillan - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums

Mk V
(1989-1991)
Joe Lynn Turner - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums
Mk IIb, again reunited
(1992-1993)
Ian Gillan - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums

Mk VI
(1993-1994)
Ian Gillan - vocals
Joe Satriani - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums

Mk VII
(1994-2002)
Ian Gillan - vocals
Steve Morse - guitar
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums

Mk VIII
(2002-present)
Ian Gillan - vocals
Steve Morse - guitar
Don Airey - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums