The iconic cover version that launched a legendary hard rock band – but nearly turned them into one-hit-wonders

The band worked fast, releasing their debut album, Shades Of Deep Purple, in July 1968. It mixed organ-and-guitar-driven ...
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This is what Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore really thought about Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple were hard rock’s original Holy Trinity. During the late ’60s and early ’70s, this trio of trailblazing bands did more than any others to lay down the ...