
Kultowy brytyjski zespół hardrockowy istniejący od 1968 r. Muzyka Purpli łączy pokolenia, co widoczne jest zwłaszcza na ich koncertach, gdzie przedział wiekowy słuchaczy zaczyna się od lat kilku do około 70-ciu. Bohaterowie wątku są wymieniani wśród najważniejszych zespołów dających podwaliny muzyce heavy metalowej. W ciągu blisko 50-cio letniej kariery stworzyli wiele nieśmiertelnych hitów. Kto nie kojarzy Hush, Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Space Truckin', Child In Time czy Perfect Strangers?
Po odejściu ze składu Ritchiego Blackmore'a, a następnie genialnego klawiszowca Jona Lorda, historia zespołu się nie kończy i nie ma mowy o tak popularnym "odcinaniu kuponów". Te 2 osobistości zostały godnie zastąpione przez gitarowego wirtuoza Steve'a Morse'a oraz dobrze już znanego z Rainbow Dona Aireya i w tym składzie do dziś potrafią stworzyć kawał dobrej sztuki, co potwierdzają ich ostatnie albumy.

Skład:
Ian Paice - Drums, Percussion (1968-1976, 1984-present) ex-Gary Moore, ex-Green Bullfrog, ex-Paice, Ashton & Lord, ex-The Maze, ex-The MI 5, ex-The Shindigs, ex-Whitesnake
Roger Glover - Bass, Vocals (1969-1973, 1984-present) Roger Glover, ex-Rainbow, ex-David Coverdale Band, ex-Episode Six, ex-Gillan & Glover, ex-Marlon
Ian Gillan - Vocals (1969-1973, 1984-1989, 1993-present) ex-WhoCares, Ian Gillan, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Episode Six, ex-Garth Rockett and the Moonshiners, ex-Gillan, ex-Gillan & Glover, ex-Ian Gillan Band, ex-The Javelins
Steve Morse - Guitars, Vocals (1994-present) Angelfire, Dixie Dregs, Flying Colors, Steve Morse Band, ex-Kansas, ex-Living Loud
Don Airey - Keyboards, Organ (2002-present) Don Airey, ex-Empire, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Rainbow, ex-The Cage, ex-Dario Mollo's Crossbones (live), ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Andrew Lloyd Webber, ex-Colosseum II, ex-Cozy Powell, ex-Gary Moore, ex-Hammer, ex-Jethro Tull, ex-Living Loud, ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Quatermass, ex-Ten, ex-The Company of Snakes, ex-Wishbone Ash, ex-Graham Bonnet (live), ex-Micky Moody (live), ex-The Snakes (live), ex-Uli Jon Roth (live), ex-Uriah Heep (live)
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitars (1968-1975, 1984-1993) Rainbow, Blackmore's Night, Candice Night, ex-Green Bullfrog, ex-Lord Caesar Sutch & the Roman Empire, ex-Neil Christian & the Crusaders, ex-Screaming Lord Sutch, ex-The Outlaws, ex-The Trip
Jon Lord - Keyboards, Organ (1968-1976, 1984-2002) (R.I.P. 2012) ex-WhoCares, ex-Ashton & Lord, ex-Jon Lord, ex-Paice, Ashton & Lord, ex-St Valentine's Day Massacre, ex-The Art Wood Combo, ex-The Artwoods, ex-The Hoochie Coochie Men, ex-Whitesnake, ex-The Flower Pot Men (live)
Rod Evans - Vocals (1968-1969) ex-Captain Beyond, ex-The Maze, ex-The MI 5
Glenn Hughes - Bass, Vocals (1973-1976) Voodoo Hill, Iommi, Black Country Communion, Glenn Hughes, The Dead Daisies, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Heaven & Hell (live), ex-Brazen Abbot, ex-California Breed, ex-Finders Keepers, ex-Gary Moore, ex-Hughes Turner Project, ex-Hughes/Thrall, ex-Kings of Chaos, ex-L.A. Blues Authority, ex-Michael Men Project, ex-Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus, ex-Trapeze, ex-Hank Davison (live), ex-Ken Hensley (live)
David Coverdale - Vocals (1973-1976) Whitesnake, ex-Coverdale and Page, ex-David Coverdale, ex-Fabulosa Brothers, ex-The Government
Tommy Bolin - Guitars, Vocals (1975-1976) (R.I.P. 1976) ex-Alphonse Mouzon, ex-Billy Cobham, ex-Energy, ex-James Gang, ex-Moxy, ex-Patch of Blue, ex-Tommy Bolin, ex-Zephyr
Joe Lynn Turner - Vocals (1989-1992) Sunstorm, Ахат (live), Joe Lynn Turner, Rated X, ex-Cem Köksal, ex-Rainbow, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-Eridan (live), ex-Walter Giardino Temple (live), ex-Brazen Abbot, ex-Fandango, ex-Hughes Turner Project, ex-Legacy X, ex-Michael Men Project, ex-Mother's Army, ex-Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus
Joe Satriani - Guitars (1993-1994) Chickenfoot, Joe Satriani, ex-Alice Cooper, ex-Mick Jagger, ex-Planet Us
Candice Night - Vocals (backing) (1993) Rainbow (live), Blackmore's Night, Candice Night
Ronnie James Dio - Vocals (additional) (1999-2001) (R.I.P. 2010) ex-Dio, ex-Hear 'n Aid, ex-Heaven & Hell, ex-Rainbow, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Elf, ex-Ronnie and the Redcaps, ex-Ronnie and the Rumblers, ex-Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, ex-The Electric Elves, ex-The Elves, ex-The Vegas Kings
Don Airey - Keyboards, Organ (2001) Don Airey, ex-Empire, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Rainbow, ex-The Cage, ex-Dario Mollo's Crossbones (live), ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Andrew Lloyd Webber, ex-Colosseum II, ex-Cozy Powell, ex-Gary Moore, ex-Hammer, ex-Jethro Tull, ex-Living Loud, ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Quatermass, ex-Ten, ex-The Company of Snakes, ex-Wishbone Ash, ex-Graham Bonnet (live), ex-Micky Moody (live), ex-The Snakes (live), ex-Uli Jon Roth (live), ex-Uriah Heep (live)
Nick Fyffe - Bass (2011) The Temperance Movement, ex-Jamiroquai (live)
1968 - Hush [single]
1968 - Shades of Deep Purple
1968 - Kentucky Woman [single]
1968 - The Book of Taliesyn
1969 - I'm So Glad [single]
1969 - Emmaretta [single]
1969 - River Deep Mountain High [single]
1969 - Help [single]
1969 - Deep Purple
1969 - Hallelujah [single]
1969 - Concerto for Group and Orchestra [live]
1970 - Best of Deep Purple [kompilacja]
1970 - Speed King [single]
1970 - Deep Purple in Rock
1970 - Black Night [single]
1970 - Flight of the Rat [single]
1970 - Child in Time [single]
1971 - Strange Kind of Woman [single]
1971 - Fireball
1971 - No No No [single]
1971 - Fireball [single]
1972 - Early Purple [kompilacja]
1972 - The Best of Deep Purple [kompilacja]
1972 - Never Before [single]
1972 - Machine Head
1972 - Lazy [single]
1972 - Smoke on the Water [single]
1972 - Highway Star [single]
1972 - Purple Passages [kompilacja]
1972 - Made in Japan [live]
1973 - April [single]
1973 - Black Night (live) [single]
1973 - Space Truckin' [single]
1973 - Super Trouper [single]
1973 - Who Do We Think We Are
1973 - Woman from Tokyo [single]
1973 - Mark I & II [kompilacja]
1974 - Burn [single]
1974 - Burn
1974 - Might Just Take Your Life [single]
1974 - Lady Double Dealer [single]
1974 - You Can't Do It Right [single]
1974 - Stormbringer
1975 - Lay Down Stay Down [single]
1975 - Stormbringer [single]
1975 - 24 Carat Purple [kompilacja]
1975 - Gettin' Tighter [single]
1975 - Come Taste the Band
1975 - You Keep On Moving [single]
1976 - Made in Europe [live]
1977 - The Bird Has Flown [single]
1977 - Deep Purple [kompilacja]
1977 - The Mark 2 Purple Singles [kompilacja]
1977 - Last Concert in Japan [live]
1977 - Smoke on the Water (live) [single]
1977 - New Live & Rare [EP]
1977 - Powerhouse [kompilacja]
1978 - Black Night (live) [EP]
1978 - The Singles A's and B's [kompilacja]
1978 - New Live & Rare Vol. 2 [EP]
1978 - When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll [kompilacja]
1979 - Child in Time (live) [single]
1979 - Deep Purple in Rock [EP]
1980 - Deep Purple in Concert [live]
1980 - New, Live and Rare [kompilacja]
1980 - Deepest Purple [kompilacja]
1980 - New Live and Rare - Vol. 3 [EP]
1981 - California Jam, April 6th 1974 [video]
1982 - Deep Purple Collection [kompilacja]
1982 - Live in London [live]
1984 - Fireball [EP]
1984 - Concerto for Group and Orchestra [video]
1984 - Knocking at Your Back Door [single]
1984 - Nobody's Home [single]
1984 - Perfect Strangers [single]
1984 - Perfect Strangers
1985 - Rises over Japan [video]
1985 - Fireworks [kompilacja]
1985 - Greatest Purple [kompilacja]
1985 - The Anthology [kompilacja]
1987 - Call of the Wild [single]
1987 - The Videosingles [video]
1987 - The Best of Deep Purple [kompilacja]
1987 - Bad Attitude [single]
1987 - The House of Blue Light
1988 - Scandinavian Nights [live]
1988 - Smoke on the Water [kompilacja]
1988 - Hush [single]
1988 - Nobody's Perfect [live]
1990 - Hallelujah [single]
1990 - Love Conquers All [single]
1990 - Doing Their Thing [video]
1990 - Scandinavian Nights [video]
1990 - Smoke on the Water [split]
1990 - Black Night - Best [kompilacja]
1990 - King of Dreams [single]
1990 - Slaves and Masters
1991 - In the Absence of Pink - Knebworth '85 [live]
1991 - Heavy Metal Pioneers [video]
1991 - Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's [kompilacja]
1991 - The Deep Purple Anthology [kompilacja]
1993 - The Gemini Suite [live]
1993 - Purple Rainbows [split]
1993 - I Successi [kompilacja]
1993 - Progression [kompilacja]
1993 - The Battle Rages On...
1993 - Anya [single]
1993 - Time to Kill [single]
1993 - Live in Japan [live]
1994 - Come Hell or High Water [video]
1994 - Best on Stage 1970-1985 [boxed set]
1994 - Smoke on the Water: The Best Music Collection [split]
1994 - Smoke on the Water (The Best Of) [kompilacja]
1994 - Soldier of Fortune: The Greatest Hits [kompilacja]
1994 - Come Hell or High Water [live]
1994 - Anyone's Daughter [single]
1995 - On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat - Live in California 1976 [live]
1995 - Ritchie Blackmore: Best Tracks [split]
1995 - Child in Time 1984-88 [kompilacja]
1995 - Ritchie Blackmore - Anthology Vol.1 [split]
1995 - Black Night [single]
1996 - Aviator [single]
1996 - Sometimes I Feel like Screaming [single]
1996 - The Turtle Island Shuffle [single]
1996 - Purpendicular
1996 - Best of Ritchie Blackmore [split]
1996 - California Jamming [live]
1996 - MK III - The Final Concerts [live]
1997 - The Collection [kompilacja]
1997 - Live at the Olympia '96 [live]
1998 - Any Fule Kno That [single]
1998 - Purplexed [kompilacja]
1998 - Abandon
1998 - 30: Very Best Of [kompilacja]
1999 - Smoke on the Water (live '99) [single]
1999 - Total Abandon - Australia '99 [video]
1999 - The Best of Ritchie Blackmore [split]
1999 - Under the Gun [kompilacja]
1999 - Shades 1968-1998 [boxed set]
1999 - Total Abandon - Australia '99 [live]
1999 - Australia '99 [single]
1999 - Deep Purple Greatest Hits [kompilacja]
1999 - In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra [live]
2000 - Around the World 1995-1999 [video]
2000 - Bombay Calling - Bombay Live '95 [video]
2000 - New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000 [video]
2000 - 1420 Beachwood Drive: The California Rehearsals Pt 2 [kompilacja]
2000 - Days May Come and Days May Go: The California Rehearsals June 1975 [kompilacja]
2000 - The Very Best Of [kompilacja]
2000 - Anthems [kompilacja]
2001 - Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy: 30th October 2000 [live]
2001 - Space Vol 1 & 2 [live]
2001 - The Bootleg Series 1984-2000 [boxed set]
2001 - The Soundboard Series [boxed set]
2001 - Very Best Deep Purple Album Ever [kompilacja]
2001 - In Profile [kompilacja]
2001 - This Time Around - Live in Tokyo 1975 [live]
2002 - Inglewood - Live in California [live]
2002 - Live in Denmark '72 [live]
2002 - Singles Collection 68/76 [boxed set]
2002 - 20th Century Masters: The Best of Deep Purple [kompilacja]
2002 - Perihelion [video]
2002 - Listen, Learn, Read On [boxed set]
2002 - Machine Head [video]
2003 - Kneel & Pray [live]
2003 - Winning Combinations [split]
2003 - Purple Hits - The Best of Deep Purple [kompilacja]
2003 - The Essential [kompilacja]
2003 - Bananas
2003 - Deep Purple and Friends: Purple and Other Colours [kompilacja]
2003 - Haunted [single]
2003 - Live in Paris 1975: La dernière séance [live]
2003 - New Live & Rare - Volume Two [live]
2004 - The Early Years [kompilacja]
2004 - Live on the BBC [live]
2004 - Perks and Tit [live]
2004 - Live Encounters [live]
2004 - The Family & Friends Albums [kompilacja]
2005 - Deep Purple Forever - The Very Best of Deep Purple [kompilacja]
2005 - The Platinum Collection [kompilacja]
2005 - The Ultra Selection [kompilacja]
2005 - Rhino Hi-Five: Deep Purple [kompilacja]
2005 - Rapture of the Deep
2006 - The Collection [kompilacja]
2006 - Live in Europe 1993 [boxed set]
2006 - Highway Stars [kompilacja]
2006 - Live at Montreux 1996 [live]
2006 - Live at Montreux 1996 [video]
2007 - Live in Stuttgart 1993 [live]
2007 - NEC 1993 [live]
2007 - Live at Montreux 2006 [live]
2007 - Live at Montreux 2006 [video]
2008 - Around the World Live [video]
2008 - Greatest Hits [kompilacja]
2009 - Introducing: Deep Purple [kompilacja]
2009 - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76 [video]
2009 - Space Truckin Round the World Live [live]
2011 - The Collection [kompilacja]
2011 - Hush / Speed King [single]
2011 - Phoenix Rising [live]
2011 - BBC Sessions 1968-1970 [live]
2011 - Live at Montreux 2011 [live]
2012 - Icon [kompilacja]
2012 - In Concert '72 [live]
2013 - All the Time in the World [single]
2013 - Highway Star [split]
2013 - Now What?!
2013 - First Sign of Madness [single]
2013 - Vincent Price [single]
2013 - Perfect Strangers Live [live]
2013 - The Complete Albums 1970-1976 [boxed set]
2013 - Above and Beyond [single]
2013 - The Now What?! Live Tapes [live]
2014 - Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968-69 [boxed set]
2014 - Graz 1975 [live]
2014 - Live in Verona [video]
2015 - Long Beach 1971 [live]
2015 - Out of Hand [single]
2015 - ...to the Rising Sun (In Tokyo) [live]
2015 - From the Setting Sun… (In Wacken) [live]
2016 - Live at the NEC [video]
2017 - Time for Bedlam [single]
2017 - All I Got Is You [single]
2017 - Limitless [kompilacja]
2017 - Infinite
2017 - Johnny's Band [single]
2017 - Classic Songs Live in Concert [live]
2017 - The Infinite Live Recordings, Vol. 1 [live]
2017 - A Fire in the Sky [kompilacja]
2017 - From Here to Infinite - The Movie [video]
2019 - Live in Newcastle 2001 [live]
2019 - Live in Rome 2013 [live]
2020 - Whoosh!
Na rok 2017 planowana jest premiera kolejnego albumu zatytułowanego "InFinite". Mała zapowiedź:
MA: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Deep_Purple/1178