Talk amongst yourselves.
Talk amongst yourselves.
handicap because g$y
That is the best heavy metal album ever. Deep Purple rules...period.
First DP band is most underrated! Very innovative and influential!
The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, ELO,The Doors...for starters.
“PURPLE are hard rock; to me, they’re not metal,” he continued. “I’ll probably be killed for saying that, but that’s just the way I feel. SABBATH are exclusively metal, although Tony [Iommi, SABBATH guitarist] has always said SABBATH isn’t metal.”
I agree with Tony. There was no metal in those days just hard rock. One could say some bands were precursors to metal but that’s it.
One of the best live albums of all time…
“Made in Europe” with David Coverdale a close second …
Thin Lizzy “Live and Dangerous” hard on its heels…
And Grand Funk Railroad, “caught in the act” gets honorable mention as well
Deep Purple.......less satanic....WAY less
Deep Purple in Rock
Machine Head
I saw DP at the Orlando Sports Stadium in 1971, later at the Tampa Stadium. I really liked the old stuff with Rod Evans, but overall the period with Ian Gillian is my favorite.
While I know they ripped off the melody for Sweet Child in Time from It’s a Beautiful Day (Bombay Calling), it’s still kick ass.
To be honest, I never liked Black Sabbath anyway. Even without comparing them to DP.
Gag. Neither.
The original heavy bands. Cream, zeppelin, Anything you can think of besides Deep Purple And Sabbath.
apples to oranges?
A question like “Which band is most important?” is something thing like the question, “What is your favorite color?” It’s good for conversation, but any answer is completely subjective, and so carries little weight.
By the way, huckfillary is correct. The Beatles are the most important band ever. No doubt about that. 😄
In the late ‘70s Richie Blackmore lived near us. Next to our friends. He was a congenial neighbor, not a stranger. Beautiful house near the water. One summer afternoon at said friends’ house, the boys were blasting some contemporary rock out the third floor windows. After this 15 minute Grateful Dead anthem all was quiet for a second then Mr. Blackmore countered with a classic symphonic piece at high volume from his studio after which everyone outside, gardening Long Island Housewives, kids on bikes, we out on the porch all stood and loudly applauded, whistling, cheering
Oh. Deep Purple. We have been known to ‘cover’ “Smoke on the Water” at family events weddings etc where there’s a bands instruments we can ‘borrow’
Here’s a bit for DP fans. DP bassist Roger Glover had a popular solo song that was a staple on ABC’s “Friday Night Videos.” From 1984;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbW0WWQDPUk
But I think War Pigs may be the best song by either band. Probably have DP in the next 4-5 places at least, but the instrumental section after Ozzy's opening vocal War Pigs is just perfect heavy metal.
Deep purple!
Steppenwolf opened the door, Black Sabbath capitalized on the genre, Deep Purple smoothed out the rough edges and brought class to the movement. None are “Heavy Metal”, they are “Hard Rock” IMHO. I can’t pick a favorite.