Deep Purple - Perihelion

Starring: Deep Purple Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 19th August, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Deep Purple is a British rock group. They were one of the first & most famous hard rock bands & are considered pioneers of heavy metal. Despite their association with the sub-genre, Deep Purple has never been purely a heavy metal band, though many later heavy metal bands cite their influence. The group has frequently changed styles & lineups over the years, but has always included virtuoso players in its ranks & placed a high priority on musicianship. Some incarnations of Deep Purple have brought aspects of jazz to a rock context due to their frequent use of their songs as vehicles for extended & sophisticated solos. In May 1965, a band called Episode Six became popular on the British music scene & became particularly popular in the mid-sixties. It featured Ian Gillan on vocals, Graham Dimmock on guitar, Roger Glover on bass, Tony Lander on guitar, Sheila Dimmock on keyboards & Harvey Shields on the drums. Two years later, a band called The Flowerpot Men & their Garden was formed, formerly known as The Ivy League. It was concentrated on a trio of singers. Posters Of Deep Purple

The classic line-up of Deep Purple, like that of Yes, was always much more than the sum of its parts, so Perihelion, a near-as-damn-it reunion gig, has more going for it than cynics might contend. We get Ian Gillan , Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice, with Ritchie Blackmores guitar duties now handled by Steve Morse. The band takes a couple of numbers to warm up, with Gillans voice in particular taking a while to shake itself down & Morse tending to fumble & overplay in the first instance, but this soon passes & were off on a trip through the best of the Purple catalogue. Tracks include Woman from Tokyo & a superb rendering of Lazy, dedicated to the late Tony Ashton & introduced by a scorching Hammond solo from Jon Lord that quotes nicely from Ashton, Gardner & Dykes r n b classic Resurrection Shuffle.

Other highlights include the obligatory Smoke on the Water, the obligatory drum solo , & Gillan doing a few of his legendary vocalised guitar impressions. Listen out also for No-one Came, Fools & the wonderful Hey Cisco, dedicated to the long-retired actor who played the Lone Ranger in the classic TV series but was forbidden by the studio from earning the odd $200 to supplement his pension by opening supermarkets in costume. As Gillan explains, the band couldnt find a rhyme for Lone Ranger!

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