1968 – Present 📍 Hertford, England

Deep Purple

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Rock

Pioneers of modern hard rock and heavy metal featuring Ritchie Blackmore’s neoclassical guitar pyrotechnics, Jon Lord’s distorted Hammond organ, and Ian Gillan’s banshee screams.

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👥 Personnel & Lineage (4)

Members

Ian Paice

Drums

1968 – Present

Also Played In:

Deep Purple ➔ Paice, Ashton & Lord ➔ Whitesnake ➔

Roger Glover

Bass

1969 – Present

Also Played In:

Deep Purple ➔ Rainbow ➔

Ian Gillan

Lead Vocals

1969 – Present

Also Played In:

Deep Purple ➔ Rock Aid Armenia ➔ Gillan ➔ WhoCares ➔ Black Sabbath ➔

Don Airey

Keyboards

2002 – Present

Also Played In:

Deep Purple ➔ Empire ➔ Rainbow ➔

⏳ Past Members (6)

Ritchie Blackmore

Guitar

1968 – 1993

Rock Aid Armenia Rainbow Deep Purple

Jon Lord

Organ, Keyboards

1968 – 2002

Whitesnake Paice, Ashton & Lord Deep Purple

David Coverdale

Lead Vocals

1973 – 1976

Coverdale and Page Whitesnake Deep Purple

Glenn Hughes

Bass, Vocals

1973 – 1976

Hughes Turner Project Brazen Abbot Black Country Communion California Breed Black Sabbath Deep Purple Trapeze Phenomena Hughes/Thrall The Dead Daisies Black Country Communion

Steve Morse

Guitar

1994 – 2022

Kansas Deep Purple Living Loud

Joe Satriani

Guitar (touring)

1993 – 1994

Chickenfoot The Greg Kihn Band