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Gillan was born on 19 August 1945 [2] at Chiswick Maternity Hospital in Middlesex.His father, Bill, was a storekeeper at a factory in London, [3] who came from Govan, Glasgow and left school at 13, while his mother, Audrey, was the eldest of four children, who all enjoyed music and singing, and whose father had been an opera singer and amateur pianist.
Ian Gillan replaced original lead vocalist Rod Evans in 1969 and stayed until 1973. He re-joined the band in 1984 but was fired in 1989. In 1992, he returned to the band and is still with them to this day.
After the break-up, most of the members of Deep Purple went on to have considerable success in a number of other bands, including Rainbow (1975–1984, Ritchie Blackmore and, from 1979, Roger Glover), Whitesnake (1978–present, David Coverdale, Jon Lord until 1984 and Ian Paice during 1979 to 1982) and Gillan (1978–1982, Ian Gillan). Ian ...
Where there’s still “Smoke…” there’s still fire. Deep Purple’s new album ‘=1’ is released 19 July on earMUSIC Deep Purple tour the UK from 4 November in Birmingham, London, Leeds ...
Gillan left Deep Purple in 1973, formed his own self-made band and joined Black Sabbath for a brief period in 1983, before returning to Deep Purple in 1984. He was fired from the band in 1989 ...
Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan talks about how the backstage vibe has changed, what he does for fun these days and what remains on his bucket list.
Gillan was an English rock band formed in 1978 by Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan.Gillan was one of the hard rock bands to make a significant impact and commercial success in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, with five silver albums.
Gillan departed after the tour. [14] He was briefly replaced by former Steeler vocalist Ron Keel , although this was short-lived due to disagreements between the band and their new producer Spencer Proffer , which saw plans for a new album fall through. [ 15 ]