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a) So Jon Lord basically put his own latent musical desires on hold for the dollar. Given his immense classical talent this surprises me but then having made groundbreaking albums like IR and MH this is understandable.

b) Yes they inherited much, but delivered little just spreading disappointment to all their fans - hindsight is a wonderful thing I suppose.
I personally liked the 'Stormbringer' album (if you momentarily forgot that it was Deep Purple).
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a) So Jon Lord basically put his own latent musical desires on hold for the dollar. Given his immense classical talent this surprises me but then having made groundbreaking albums like IR and MH this is understandable.

b) Yes they inherited much, but delivered little just spreading disappointment to all their fans - hindsight is a wonderful thing I suppose.

c) I personally liked the 'Stormbringer' album (if you momentarily forgot that it was Deep Purple).






a) That's the way it appears. But not having been a member of the band or ever having been in personal, day-to-day contact with Jon Lord and thus possibly privy to his innermost thoughts + motivations, I have no way of ever being 100% absolutely sure of this. As you say, and I agree with, perfectly understandable, though.

b) Well, hindsight as of now - the events took place 31 - 32 years ago, when I was 15 or 16, and it's 2005 not 1974/75.
  I 'first-hand' witnessed the lifespan of MkIII (albeit from a fan's distance, of course...and I state this a dry fact, not a 'Haw-Haw I was there and you weren't! Naaa-naaa!' type of thing) and will not accept your "...delivered little, just spreading disappointment to all their fans" appraisal without debate. I will grant that there was a certain level of disappointment with Deep Purple MkIII amongst a per centage of the fan base regarding the replacements of Gillan + Glover. How could there not be? Perfectly understandable to me. It's the ones who never accepted the talents that Coverdale + Hughes brought to the band and chose to bemoan the fact they weren't as good for Purple (in thier view/opinion) as Gillan + Glover were who were the ones disappointed. Like I said, a per centage of the fan base - hardly 'all' of it. What per centage? I have no idea, factually speaking. A guess would be a minimum of 15 - 20%, to a maximum of 30 - 40%. Still, far from 'all'.
  As for 'delivering little' - I personally don't call the "Burn" album 'a little'. It's one of DP's 'classic' studio albums, in my non-humble opinion. MkIII's live performances (at least the ones I attended) were stellar...except for Hughes' caterwauling at inappropriate times, that is.
  Of course, I should say that this whole part of our discussion will likely be little more than opinion - but that's the fun part!

c) Yeah, there were moments on that album that I forgot it was Deep Purple! emoticon As I've opined since 1974/75, a 'slightly more than half assed' effort, at best...meaning I only like 5 out of the 9 tracks on it.

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The answers in this string make painfull reading. Does anyone beleive the friction between IG and RB had anything to do with the head injury caused to IG when RB was supposed to have pulled a chair away from him as he was sitting down thus causing him to fall over and topple off the stage (during rehearsals somewhere), RB was quoted as saying 'he was badly concussed and was never the same after that fall'.






 This interested me no end, Jason, as I seemed to remember something about it...so I searched 'til I found a reference about it:

 "It takes a while to know Ian, he's a very astute man, very clever and he's got this very strange psyche. People often say Jon Lord is the most intelligent one of us, but no, Gillan is the most intelligent. But I always felt he [Gillan] was doing things for 'shock value'. He [Gillan] would manufacture stories - invariably with no clothes on - there was always a 'no clothes' story. The first 10 times it was funny, but after that...
 "I often blame myself. He [Gillan] was a very shy, reserved guy until I did this...we were in a club, the 'Rock 'n Roll Circus', a big pretentious place in France in 1970. For some reason I retain this childish love of pranks...I love practical jokes....So at one point he went to sit down, and because I saw he was a bit drunk, I pulled his chair away...I didn't realize that behind us was a big drop of about 15 feet and he [Gillan] crunched his head. I heard his head go (Blackmore slaps the table) on the stone floor. I thought it was all over, I thought he was dead. But then he [Gillan] got back up and I asked him, 'Are you alright?' and he [Gillan] said, 'Yeah, I just hurt my head a bit.'...but after that, he [Gillan]was never the same...he did change. It was the blow...he [Gillan] hit his head and he seemed to change as a person..." - Ritchie Blackmore to Neil Jeffries of "Mojo the Music Magazine" in January 1996.
   In all fairness, it must be said that near the beginning of the article, it clearly states: "Manifold are the enemies of this panto villain...all of Deep Purple, for a start. Neil Jeffries meets Ritchie Blackmore and demands that he retorts...Now, with a revamped version of Rainbow issuing a new album, "Stranger In Us All", Blackmore lodges his tongue firmly in cheek, ignites a wicked twinkle in his eye and has his say on... "...this also seems to be or could be the source of the other "infamous" Blackmore quote regarding Jon Lord 'not having an idea for the last 25 years'. emoticon

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They had a good run for their money and they went out on top of the world. It is just sad that Ian was unable to manage his finances after the breakup. I understand he became almost penniless during the Gillan Band time.





You don´t get royalties anymore from the back catalouge?
- No, but I really don´t want to talk about that. One gets a little pissed off thinking about the fact that there are people who were not even members of Deep Purple who are making money from those records. I haven´t seen any money, except from a life insurance thing, from that part of my life in ages and I really don´t know what is going on with releases. Sometimes I open up a trade magazine and there´s an ad for some new Deep Purple LP...- Ian Gillan to Mike Eriksson for DeepPurpleForever Fanzine, August 19th, 1983.





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I always appreciate the quotes you pull, Mr. Ed. It makes the reading that much more enjoyable and informative. Thanks!
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