{"id":1643,"count":1,"description":"Hard Rock band from England, United Kingdom.\r\n\r\nThe band formed in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre. They were once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as \"the loudest pop group\", and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Deep Purple were ranked #22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme.\r\n\r\nThere has been a Deep Purple band in existence since the late 60s, apart from the eight years between 1976 when Mark IV split up and 1984 when Mark II reformed. \r\n\r\nDeep Purple were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.\r\n\r\nThey went through different line-ups through their history: \r\nMark I (1968-69): \r\nVocals: Rod Evans, \r\nGuitar: Ritchie Blackmore, \r\nBass: Nick Simper, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark II (1969-73, 1984-89, 1992-93): \r\nVocals: Ian Gillan, \r\nGuitar: Ritchie Blackmore, \r\nBass: Roger Glover, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark III (1973-75): \r\nVocals: David Coverdale, \r\nGuitar: Ritchie Blackmore, \r\nBass and vocals: Glenn Hughes, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark IV (1975-76): \r\nVocals: David Coverdale, \r\nGuitar: Tommy Bolin, \r\nBass and vocals: Glenn Hughes, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark V (1989-92): \r\nVocals: Joe Lynn Turner, \r\nGuitar: Ritchie Blackmore, \r\nBass: Roger Glover, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark VI (1993-94): \r\nVocals: Ian Gillan, \r\nGuitar: Joe Satriani, \r\nBass: Roger Glover, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark VII (1994-2002):\r\nVocals: Ian Gillan, \r\nGuitar: Steve Morse, \r\nBass: Roger Glover, \r\nKeyboards: Jon Lord. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark VIII (2002-2022):\r\nVocals: Ian Gillan, \r\nGuitar: Steve Morse, \r\nBass: Roger Glover, \r\nKeyboards: Don Airey. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. \r\n\r\nMark IX (2022-current):\r\nVocals: Ian Gillan, \r\nGuitar: Simon McBride, \r\nBass: Roger Glover, \r\nKeyboards: Don Airey. \r\nDrums: Ian Paice. ","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/deep-purple\/","name":"Deep Purple","slug":"deep-purple","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}