Ian Gillan
| Born | August 19, 1945 |
| Hometown | Chiswick, United Kingdom |
| Net worth | $40 million |
| Height | 6'2" (1.88m) |
| Spouse | Bron |
| Children | Grace Gillan |
| Parents | Audrey Gillan, Bill Gillan |
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Ian Gillan says Black Sabbath were more "important" than Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin
Ian Gillan on the "unholy trinity" of British rock bands, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, and why the Brummie Rock Gods were the "most important" of them all
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“I’ve played Smoke On The Water with some heavy metal drummers and not one of them has played it right. Ian is probably the most important member of the band”: Ian Gillan bigs up Purple colleague Paic
Ian Gillan and Roger Glover talk about Deep Purple's past and present
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Deep Purple on Upcoming Tour With Yes, Partying at Alice Cooper’s 75th Birthday and New Album: ‘We Can’t?Stop’
=1 is out July 19.
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The Beethoven-inspired throwaway that become the most famous riff of all time: “We didn’t make a big deal out of it and it wasn’t being considered as a track for the album”
Now Deep Purple return to Montreux... with added smoke
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Listen to Roger Glover’s isolated bassline on Deep Purple’s Highway Star
Highway Star presents the best route to the heart of Deep Purple’s riff-driven righteousness
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Montreux Jazz Festival: Forget Glastonbury, this is the real bucket-list festival
What better place to hear one of the most famous riffs in rock ring out than the shores of Lake Geneva, a stone’s throw from where Deep Purple wrote Smoke on the Water? Returning to the Montreux Jazz Festival for the 10th time, the Seventies rockers delivered a serving of their thudding bass, epic, stretched-out keyboard solos and trippy guitars, which made everyone present feel like they were witnessing music history in the making.
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Deep Purple play Smoke on the Water on the lake that inspired it – with actual fire in the sky
The band return to Montreux, the site of the 1971 casino fire depicted in the lyrics of their iconic track
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The night Roger Glover assembled three Deep Purple singers and a cast of stars for the Butterfly Ball
When Roger Glover was asked to soundtrack a film based on a poem by a 19th century botanist, little did he know that soon it would become a one-off live extravaganza
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Heavy Song of the Week: Deep Purple Deliver a Late-Career Gem with the Refreshingly Honest “Lazy Sod”
It's the latest single from the British legends' forthcoming album, =1. Heavy Song of the Week: Deep Purple Deliver a Late-Career Gem with the Refreshingly Honest “Lazy Sod” Jon Hadusek
