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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Tommy Bolin was of half-Syrian descent, and it shows in some pictures.

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Deep Purple is a long-running {{hard rock}} band founded in 1968. Their style is primarily BluesRock and HardRock, with occasional ventures into other rock sub-genres, including some [[ProgressiveRock prog]] efforts. Their sound was also an influence on HeavyMetal. Their musical virtuousity was an influence on ProgressiveMetal.

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Deep Purple is a long-running {{hard rock}} band founded in 1968. Their style is primarily BluesRock and HardRock, with occasional ventures into other rock sub-genres, including some [[ProgressiveRock prog]] efforts. Their sound was also an influence on HeavyMetal. Their HeavyMetal, and their musical virtuousity was an influence on ProgressiveMetal.



* HeavyMetal: While generally classified as hard rock, they're acknowledged as contributing to the rise of heavy metal and sometimes counted as a part of the genre (they're one of the oldest bands to be accepted on the Metal Archives). The Mark II, Mark VII, and Mark VIII albums are generally agreed to be the most "metal" out of their works.



* HeavyMetal: A significant influence, and the primary influence of the faster, more technical genres of Metal.

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* HeavyMetal: A significant influence, and the primary influence of the faster, more technical genres of Metal. They're one of the oldest bands to be accepted on the Metal Archives, and the Mark II, Mark VII, and Mark VIII albums are generally agreed to be the most "metal" of their works.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 5-6, sometimes as low as 2, with a few 7s.
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* BadassBeard: David Coverdale after Stormbringer.



* BadassMoustache: Jon Lord. Full stop.
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* AscendedFanboy: Don Airey, the current keyboardist, was fond of the band as a young man before he properly got on the rock scene himself. According to some interviews, a concert he went to with Purple while he was still in school ''convinced him to become a rock keyboardist in the first place''.
** One with a shorter payoff for Ian Gillan, who's stated he was a fan before being invited.

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* AnswerSong: "King of Dreams" is Ritchie Blackmore's response to "Smooth Dancer" (even name-dropping the original song in the chorus).



* BaroquePop - features on their second LP ''The Book of Taliesyn'' where a full orchestral string section provides string orchestration.

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* BaroquePop - features BaroquePop: Features on their second LP ''The Book of Taliesyn'' where a full orchestral string section provides string orchestration.
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* HeavyMetal: While generally classified as hard rock, they're acknowledged as contributing to the rise of heavy metal and sometimes counted as a heavy metal band (they're one of the oldest bands to be accepted on the Metal Archives). The Mark II, Mark VII, and Mark VIII albums are generally agreed to be the most "metal" out of their works.

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* HeavyMetal: While generally classified as hard rock, they're acknowledged as contributing to the rise of heavy metal and sometimes counted as a heavy metal band part of the genre (they're one of the oldest bands to be accepted on the Metal Archives). The Mark II, Mark VII, and Mark VIII albums are generally agreed to be the most "metal" out of their works.
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* RealityEnsues: The main theme of “Dealer”

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* RealityEnsues: %%* Reality Ensues: The main theme of “Dealer”
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* HeavyMithril: A rare Deep Purple instance of this is the title track of "Burn", which is about a medieval witch hunt, where the witch turns the tables and burns her accusers. "Stormbringer" is an ambiguously mythical-sounding theme about the titular, death-bringing figure. The theme of "Burn" was invented by Ritchie Blackmore, who would a year later go on to found the pioneering fantasy-metal band {{Rainbow}}.

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* HeavyMithril: A rare Deep Purple instance of this is the title track of "Burn", which is about a medieval witch hunt, where the witch turns the tables and burns her accusers. "Stormbringer" is an ambiguously mythical-sounding theme about the titular, death-bringing figure. The theme of "Burn" was invented by Ritchie Blackmore, who would a year later go on to found the pioneering fantasy-metal band {{Rainbow}}.Music/{{Rainbow}}.
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Source for Blackmore dictating the theme of "Burn": Interview with Coverdale, Hughes & Paice on "The Official Deep Purple Live Series: Paris 1975"

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* HeavyMithril: A rare Deep Purple instance of this is the title track of "Burn", which is about a medieval witch hunt, where the witch turns the tables and burns her accusers. "Stormbringer" is an ambiguously mythical-sounding theme about the titular, death-bringing figure. The theme of "Burn" was invented by Ritchie Blackmore, who would a year later go on to found the pioneering fantasy-metal band {{Rainbow}}.
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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Purple as a whole are the Technicians, to their contemporaries (Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath's) Performers, being a band comprised of virtuosos, but definitely not a band as marketable as the two aforementioned ones.
** Ritchie Blackmore was this compared to Tommy Bolin. They were both very disciplined, technical players, but while Ritchie preferred far more rigid Classical stylings, Tommy leaned more towards Jazz, which is a lot looser, despite the immense skill needed to play it.


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* BritishRockstar: They're all British (Except Tommy and Steve), but they mostly don't fit the stereotype


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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Ritchie Blackmore, fittingly, has worn pretty much exclusively black for the past ''fifty years''.
* ChildProdigy: Blackmore dropped out of school and became a professional guitarist/session musician at age ''fifteen''. By the time Deep Purple was formed, he was a mere 23 years of age, and still had a bigger playing resumé than many could ever hope for.


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* HairTriggerTemper: ''Ritchie Blackmore'', infamously so. Pretty much ''anything'' would set him off. In fact, when particularly annoyed, he'd purposely half-ass shows, miss entire songs, storm off stage, or simply not show up at all.


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* IconicOutfit: Ritchie Blackmore's all black outfits, paired with the witches' hats, the first part also being the basis for Yngwie Malmsteen's stagewear.

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** From ''Whoosh!'', the title is an onomatopoeia during "Man Alive". It was in the first snippet of music publicly teased.
* AlbumSingle: A great many over the years.
** ''Whoosh!'', featured three singles, "Throw My Bones" (the first song from the album), "Man Alive", and "Nothing at All". This last one was only released as a single because of the COVID-19 pandemic forcing them into delaying the album.
* AllJustADream: WordOfGod states “Chasing Shadows” is about a recurring nightmare.



* AllJustADream: WordOfGod states “Chasing Shadows” is about a recurring nightmare.

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* BreakupBreakout: Funnily enough, for such an influential band, this applies a lot.
** Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, and Coverdale's Whitesnake are obvious examples, being ''at least'' as well-known as Purple.
** Roger Glover, despite not being a household name carved out an impressive career post-Purple - creating an acclaimed rock opera, as well as producing for bands such as Status Quo, Nazareth, Whitesnake, Elf and most famously, played a huge role in shaping metal history by producing Judas Priest's seminal ''Sin After Sin''.



* ForWantOfANail: Roger Glover joined the band on sheer accident; Nick Simper was still the bassist in Deep Purple, but Roger happened to hang along for Ian Gillan's first session with the band, and got tagged in to lay the bass tracks - since he was a very skilled bassist. Simply put, had Roger Glover not happened to be at the right place at the right time, Deep Purple would've been a very different band.



** Roger Glover is a slight Type A - he is known as a very skilled bassist, with a lot of memorable playing. He's also skilled with several different instruments, and is a renowned producer. Not to mention that he was the only Deep Purple member that Ritchie Blackmore would let join Rainbow.



* RagTagGroupOfMisfits: The classic line-up was comprised of a classically-trained jazz/classical musician (Jon Lord), a skilled record producer (Roger Glover), a young drum prodigy (Ian Paice), a former pop singer (Ian Gillan) and a session guitarist that was something of a legend in ''Germany'' of all places (Blackmore).



** Nick Simper has this attitude towards the band as a whole. It's obvious from interviews that he's still hurt over his treatment in the band.

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** Nick Simper has this attitude towards the band as a whole. It's obvious from interviews that he's still hurt over his treatment in the band.band, though not without good reason - he was sacked simply because Roger Glover happened to come with Ian Gillan to the studio - and not even being told directly by the band that he was being replaced.
** Rod Evans certainly felt like this. According to Nick Simper, Rod went ballistic when he found out he was being sacked. The Fake Deep Purple debacle only worsened things, since he got sued to hell and back by his former bandmates, effectively ending both his musical career, and any semblance of friendship with the rest of the band in one fell swoop.

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* LastOfHisKind: The titular man in "Man Alive" is the last human being. * LiveAlbum: They outnumber their studio outputs at this point.

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* LastOfHisKind: The titular man in "Man Alive" is the last human being.
* LiveAlbum: They outnumber their studio outputs at this point.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: in 1973, Deep Purple were recording their ''Who Do We Think We Are'' album. Domineering band leader and perpetually black-clad guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was being difficult by staying up all night, sleeping late (during most of the day, actually), and only showing up at the studio when the rest of band had already called it a day. Blackmore was also discussing with the managers about replacing the singer, Ian Gillan, behind Gillan's back. Gillan sensed this and ''wrote a song about it'', "Smooth Dancer". Ostensibly being the words of an embittered lover, the song all but spells out Blackmore's name and just about every line expresses Gillan's disgust about his behaviour. Blackmore apparently never caught on (or cared), and just like with most other songs on the record, he added a guitar track to the song on his own after the others had finished it. Soon after, Gillan chose to quit rather than be fired. Examples of lines gotten past Blackmore's radar:
-->"Baby, you're the one who can never see the sun / Because it don't shine nightly"
-->"Don't you look at me because I'm gonna shake free"
-->"You've swollen up inside with nothing but your pride"
-->"Your two-timing ways / They don't bother me none / [...] I'm gonna walk to freedom"
-->"Black suede, I sense your mockery / I tried to go along with you / But you're black and I know just what to do"
-->"Baby, you can rock'n'roll / But you can never show your soul, smooth dancer."
** "Knocking at Your Back Door" is also chock-full of innuendo.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: in 1973, Deep Purple were recording their ''Who Do We Think We Are'' album. Domineering band leader GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and perpetually black-clad guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was being difficult by staying up all night, sleeping late (during most of the day, actually), and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only showing up at the studio when the rest of band had already called it a day. Blackmore was also discussing with the managers about replacing the singer, Ian Gillan, behind Gillan's back. Gillan sensed until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this and ''wrote a song about it'', "Smooth Dancer". Ostensibly being in the words of an embittered lover, future, please check the song all but spells out Blackmore's name and just about every line expresses Gillan's disgust about his behaviour. Blackmore apparently never caught on (or cared), and just like with most other songs on the record, he added a guitar track trope page to the song on his own after the others had finished it. Soon after, Gillan chose to quit rather than be fired. Examples of lines gotten past Blackmore's radar:
-->"Baby, you're the one who can never see the sun / Because it don't shine nightly"
-->"Don't you look at me because I'm gonna shake free"
-->"You've swollen up inside with nothing but
make sure your pride"
-->"Your two-timing ways / They don't bother me none / [...] I'm gonna walk to freedom"
-->"Black suede, I sense your mockery / I tried to go along with you / But you're black and I know just what to do"
-->"Baby, you can rock'n'roll / But you can never show your soul, smooth dancer."
** "Knocking at Your Back Door" is also chock-full of innuendo.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Roger Glover, surprisingly. Ritchie Blackmore once held a seance at a hotel and broke down Roger's door with an axe. In response, Roger ''chased Ritchie down a hall wielding a chair leg''.



* FiveManBand: Mark VI is not being counted as it only existed as a touring line-up and never released any material.
** Mark I:
*** TheLeader: Jon Lord
*** TheLancer: Ritchie Blackmore
*** TheSmartGuy: Nick Simper
*** TheBigGuy: Rod Evans
*** TheHeart: Ian Paice
** Mark II:
*** TheLeader: Ritchie Blackmore
*** TheLancer: Ian Gillan
*** TheSmartGuy: Jon Lord
*** TheBigGuy: Ian Paice
*** TheHeart: Roger Glover
** Mark III:
*** TheLeader: Ritchie Blackmore
*** TheLancer: Jon Lord
*** TheSmartGuy: Glenn Hughes
*** TheBigGuy: Ian Paice
*** TheHeart: David Coverdale
** Mark IV:
*** TheLeader: Glenn Hughes
*** TheLancer: David Coverdale
*** TheSmartGuy: Jon Lord
*** TheBigGuy: Ian Paice
*** TheHeart: Tommy Bolin
** Mark V:
*** TheLeader: Jon Lord
*** TheLancer: Ritchie Blackmore
*** TheSmartGuy: Roger Glover
*** TheBigGuy: Ian Paice
*** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Joe Lynn Turner
** Mark VII:
*** TheLeader: Jon Lord
*** TheLancer: Ian Gillan
*** TheSmartGuy: Roger Glover
*** TheBigGuy: Ian Paice
*** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Steve Morse
** Mark VIII:
*** TheLeader: Ian Gillan
*** TheLancer: Ian Paice
*** TheSmartGuy: Roger Glover
*** TheBigGuy: Steve Morse
*** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]/TheHeart: Don Airey



* InsufferableGenius: Ritchie Blackmore has a lengthy history of this.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmore's ego and... ''problematic'' personality have become the stuff of legend. The issues that the rest of the band had with him progressed to the point where it was a matter of his leaving and the band surviving, or his staying and causing the band to collapse. Invariably, this ended up carrying over to Music/{{Rainbow}}, whose high turnover rate in the 80s can easily be attributed to Blackmore's "my way or the highway" ethos.



* TokenEvilTeammate: For Ritchie Blackmore's last few years in the band, the others apparently considered him this.
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Deep Purple is a long-running {{hard rock}} band founded in 1968. Their style is primarily BluesRock and HardRock, with occasional ventures into other rock sub-genres, including some [[ProgressiveRock prog]] efforts. Their sound was also an influence on HeavyMetal.

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Deep Purple is a long-running {{hard rock}} band founded in 1968. Their style is primarily BluesRock and HardRock, with occasional ventures into other rock sub-genres, including some [[ProgressiveRock prog]] efforts. Their sound was also an influence on HeavyMetal.
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American guitarist Tommy Bolin, known for his time in The James Gang, joined Deep Purple. By this time, Hughes was a cocaine addict, and Bolin turned out to be a heroin junkie. Deep Purple, never known as a junkie band, was beset with troubles as the members grappled with addictions and personal problems. A disastrous concert in UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} resulted in one of the band's road crew being murdered when thrown down an elevator shaft, and Deep Purple being forced to play an additional concert practically at gunpoint. Bolin tragically died from a heroin overdose in December 1976, ending the Mark IV lineup for good. Coverdale would go on to form his own band, Music/{{Whitesnake}}, and Paice and Lord would join that band for several albums. Hughes had a brief stint as Music/BlackSabbath's singer and also collaborated with Joe Lynn Turner (of the Mk. V lineup) in the Hughes-Turner Project. This lineup played Funk Rock, similar to Glenn Hughes' old band Trapeze.

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American guitarist Tommy Bolin, known for his time in The James Gang, joined Deep Purple. By this time, Hughes was a cocaine addict, and Bolin turned out to be a heroin junkie. Deep Purple, never known as a junkie band, was beset with troubles as the members grappled with addictions and personal problems. A disastrous concert in UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} resulted in one of the band's road crew being murdered when thrown down an elevator shaft, and Deep Purple being forced to play an additional concert practically at gunpoint. Bolin tragically died from a heroin overdose in December 1976, ending the Mark IV lineup (and the band, until 1984) for good. Coverdale would go on to form his own band, Music/{{Whitesnake}}, and Paice and Lord would join that band for several albums. Hughes had a brief stint as Music/BlackSabbath's singer and also collaborated with Joe Lynn Turner (of the Mk. V lineup) in the Hughes-Turner Project. This lineup played Funk Rock, similar to Glenn Hughes' old band Trapeze.
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* HeavyMetal: While generally classified as hard rock, they're acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of heavy metal and sometimes counted as a heavy metal band(they're one of the oldest bands to be accepted on the Metal Archives). The Mark II, Mark VII, and Mark VIII albums are genrally agreed to be the most "metal".

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* HeavyMetal: While generally classified as hard rock, they're acknowledged as one of contributing to the founding fathers rise of heavy metal and sometimes counted as a heavy metal band(they're band (they're one of the oldest bands to be accepted on the Metal Archives). The Mark II, Mark VII, and Mark VIII albums are genrally generally agreed to be the most "metal"."metal" out of their works.
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** Poor, poor Rod Evans [[SacrificialLamb took the fall for the whole scam]]. His musical career was completely derailed because of it. The scammers running the show and the other band members were barely affected.

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** Poor, poor Rod Evans [[SacrificialLamb [[TheScapegoat took the fall for the whole scam]]. His musical career was completely derailed because of it. The scammers running the show and the other band members were barely affected.
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* '''Albums''': ''Bananas'' (2003), ''Rapture of the Deep'' (2005), ''Now What?!'' (2013), ''Infinite'' (2017)

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* '''Albums''': ''Bananas'' (2003), ''Rapture of the Deep'' (2005), ''Now What?!'' (2013), ''Infinite'' (2017)
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* 2020 - ''Whoosh''
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** Glenn Hughes and Tommy Bolin, prior to Tommy's death.

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** Glenn Hughes and Tommy Bolin, prior to Tommy's death. Hughes has said Bolin was like a brother to him.
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* [[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Rainbow]] - keyboards (2002–present)

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* [[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Rainbow]] [[Music/{{Rainbow}} Don Airey]] - keyboards (2002–present)
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* {{Scatting}}: Gillan was very fond of this.

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* {{Scatting}}: Gillan was very fond of this. A notable example happens in the jam on the ''Made in Japan'' version of "Strange Kind of Woman", where he repeats Blackmore's guitar improvisation by screaming the same notes in sequence.
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* BaroquePop - features on their second LP ''The book of Taliesyn'' where a chamber orchestra provides string orchestration.

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** Steve Morse has released several solo albums as well.
** Hell, the only one of the current lineup ''not'' to do this is Ian Paice. Roger Glover and Ian Gillan have each been on at least one solo album after the turn of the millennium.


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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Never a Word" off of ''Bananas''. You didn't think there was a Deep Purple song with acoustic guitar, didja?

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