Deep Purple

Style: Hard Rock / Progressive Rock ( early ) / Psychedelic Rock ( early )
Origin: United Kingdom ( Hertford, England )
Years Active: 1968 - 1976 ; 1984 - active

Current line-up:

Ian Gillan - vocal ( Ian Gillan, ex-WhoCares, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Gillan & Glover )

Steve Morse - guitar ( Steve Morse Band, Dixie Dregs, Flying Colors, ex-Kansas )

Roger Glover - bass ( Roger Glover, ex-Rainbow, ex-Gillan & Glover, ex-David Coverdale )

Don Airey - keyboard / organ ( Don Airey, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Rainbow, ex-The Cage, ex-Cozy Powell, ex-Gary Moore, ex-Jethro Tull, ex-Brian May,

ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Persian Risk, ex-Empire, ex-Ten )

Ian Paice - drums ( ex-Gary Moore, ex-Whitesnake, ex-Paice Ashton & Lord )

Past members:

David Coverdale - vocal ( Whitesnake, David Coverdale, ex-Coverdale & Page )

Joe Lynn Turner - vocal ( Joe Lynn Turner, ex-Cem Köksal, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-Rainbow, ex-Hughes Turner Project )

Rod Evans - vocal

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar ( Blackmore's Night, ex-Rainbow )

Tommy Bolin - guitar R.I.P. ( ex-James Gang, ex-Zephyr )

Jon Lord - keyboard / organ R.I.P. ( ex-Jon Lord, ex-WhoCares, ex-Whitesnake, ex-Ashton & Lord, ex-Paice Ashton & Lord )

Glenn Hughes - bass / vocal ( Glenn Hughes, California Breed, Voodoo Hill, Iommi, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Erik Norlander, ex-Black Country Communion, 
ex-Hughes Turner Project, ex-Gary Moore )

Nick Simper - bass ( Nick Simper's Fandango, ex-Johnny Kidd & The Pirates )

Main discography:

[ 1968 ] Shades of Deep Purple

[ 1968 ] The Book of Tailesyn

[ 1969 ] Deep Purple

[ 1970 ] Deep Purple in Rock

[ 1971 ] Fireball

[ 1972 ] Machine Head

[ 1973 ] Who Do We Think We Are

[ 1974 ] Burn

[ 1974 ] Stormbringer

[ 1975 ] Come Taste The Band

[ 1984 ] Perfect Strangers

[ 1987 ] The House of Blue Light

[ 1990 ] Slaves And Masters

[ 1993 ] The Battle Rages On...

[ 1996 ] Purpendicular

[ 1998 ] Abandon

[ 2003 ] Bananas

[ 2005 ] Rapture of The Deep

[ 2013 ] Now What!?
[ 2017 ] Infinite