Deep Purple

Deep Purple helped turn the riff into architecture and virtuosity into physical confrontation. Born out of the psychedelic pop of 1968, the band found its definitive voice when organ, guitar and drums began fighting over the same fire.

From Mark I to Mark II and beyond, it went through brutal lineup changes, breaks and comebacks without losing its calling for precise excess. Its story is that of an English machine that figured out how to make the blues sound like an industrial accident.

Why listen to Deep Purple?

Because few groups made electricity feel so dangerous, elegant and inevitable.