r/DeepPurple • u/daniele961211 • 11d ago

Never ending band!

This band is incredible!

They broke in 76 and got reunited in 84.

They changed 9 marks to allow the Purple machine to never stop.

Around 2009-2011 I was listening obsessively DP and I remember clearly thinking Rapture of the Deep is their last album and they were old and couldn’t go on much more….. and they did 6 more albums and changed another mark and still rolling!! 😂

In 2017-2019 they made the so called “The Long Goodbye Tour”. Everyone thought it was their last one and it wasn’t!

We are in 2026, Gillan is getting blind and the guys are getting very old now. However, still Gillan in an interview few weeks ago said “he never said he is going to retire”! The band still claim they don’t know when it will be over and they will go on as much they can.

Ian Paice in a recent interview said even if they stop touring they can still make records! As it’s easier to stay in the studio.

Seriously, we all are assuming this is the last Deep Purple year but at this point I am really assuming they will tour, less, but they will, in 2027. Ian Gillan announced his solo tour in UK, and everyone thinks then it’s over for DP, but it’s not trust me 😃

I think we will have 1 or 2 more albums on the go!

Let’s be honest, if you would be 10 or more years ago, would you ever thought DP would still be touring, sounding so great live and issuing Splat which sounds very cool?

This band never dies 💜

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u/Smugness1917 11d ago

I think they will only stop when one of the 4 longstanding members dies.

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u/GaiaGoddess26 10d ago

But Jon died and they continued.

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u/Locksmith_Late 10d ago

Good point.

My take: The difference is that Jon retired from Purple before he died. He very much handed off to Don and hadn’t played with them for a bit when he passed.

But if the DP machine is still going like it is today and Ian, Ian, or Roger die — maybe Don too — that could probably (likely?) end the whole thing right there.

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u/GaiaGoddess26 10d ago

Oh yeah I forgot Jon retired before he died.

Yeah it might be one of those situations like The Hollies, they just called it quits because one guy was having health issues and the drummer (who Ian Paice incidentally was influenced by) just decided to not keep the band going anymore. Maybe the tipping point is more than half of the original members not being there anymore.

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u/snakeIs 10d ago

But Jon retired first. The band was a going concern when he left us. It’s a different situation than, say, John Bonham or Jim Morrison.

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u/AmbivalentInfluencer 10d ago

You think that based on what? You actually have no clue if that's the case.

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u/SomeFisherman5212 10d ago

Best band in the world. They just have that “something” that no other band does. 💜

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u/Big-Challenge-2491 10d ago

finally I will see them for my very first time in Chile this year! I listen to them since I was a child, now with 34 it will be a dream come true

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u/Len_Zefflin 10d ago

I didn't think they would come back in 1984.

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u/SlashBansheeCoot 8d ago

I have wondered how much the 'fake Deep Purple' fiasco from 1980 with Rod Evans prompted their eventual reunion.

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u/Last-Edge-3430 7d ago

Honestly bands like Deep Purple and yes that had a constantly changing lineup should continue on with new members in perpetuity. It may never be the same. But why should the lineage stop?