WalmleyVilla Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 From the Beeb "From darkness to light" A brilliant musician and composer. RIP Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalmleyVilla Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Right, I'm off to YouTube to reminisce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Sad news. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 16, 2012 Moderator Share Posted July 16, 2012 RIP the Purp were never my favourite band of that era / genre but they certainly contributed a great deal and Lord was instrumental in that. As I saw somewhere on twatter earlier, Deep Purple from a time when heavy metal bands actually had a tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2012 Only three metal bands were worth a candle IMO - Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple (the mk 3 version particularly). Time for a bit of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 17, 2012 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2012 Only three metal bands were worth a candle IMO - Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple (the mk 3 version particularly). Time for a bit of Very similar to my take on it I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Currently got "Burn" on in the car...think I prefer the Hughes/Coverdale vocal combination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Only three metal bands were worth a candle IMO - Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple (the mk 3 version particularly). What ! No 'Free' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2012 Only three metal bands were worth a candle IMO - Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple (the mk 3 version particularly). What ! No 'Free' ?I don't regard Free as metal, more a straightforward bluesy rock band. Great, great band, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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