Ian Gillan - The Autobiography of Deep Purple's Lead Singer

Ian Gillan - The Autobiography of Deep Purple's Lead Singer
Author: Ian Gillan
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1786063514

In 1970, Deep Purple burst on to the British rock scene with their hit "Black Night" and bestselling album "Deep Purple in Rock". This is the autobiography of their lead singer, Ian Gillan. Here he tells his life story, and that of the band he helped to make great. Stories of friction and violence, groupies and non-stop partying, drugs and alcohol, and how, finally, it all spiralled out of control to destroy the band. This book traces Gillan's career from his childhood in Hounslow and early days with bands such as Episode Six and The Javelins. It concentrates on the international fame he found with songs including "Smoke on the Water" and "Child in Time". His outrageous life continues with Black Sabbath and the Gillan band, with whom he toured worldwide, whilst also writing consistently bestselling albums and singles.

Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan
Author: Ian Gillan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2016-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781786061355

Highway Star

Highway Star
Author: Ia Gillan
Publisher: Lesser Gods
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781944713287

The iconic singer dishes on the highs and lows of a career fronting the seminal rock band, Deep Purple.

Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan
Author: Ian Gillan
Publisher: Blake Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9781857823202

In 1970, Deep Purple burst on to the British rock scene with their hit "Blackight" and bestselling album "Deep Purple in Rock". This is the autobiographyf their lead singer, Ian Gillan. Here he tells his life story, and that ofhe band he helped to make great. Stories of friction and violence, groupiesnd non-stop partying, drugs and alcohol, and how, finally, it all spiralledut of control to destroy the band.;This book traces Gillan's career from hishildhood in Hounslow and early days with bands such as Episode Six and Theavelins. It concentrates on the international fame he found with songsncluding "Smoke on the Water" and "Child in Time". His outrageous lifeontinues with Black Sabbath and the Gillan band, with whom he touredorldwide, whilst also writing consistently bestselling albums and singles.

Smoke on the Water

Smoke on the Water
Author: Dave Thompson
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1550226185

It is now 35 years since Deep Purple first came together and today -- 14 musicians, 17 albums, and millions of record sales later -- the group remains a monster. Smoke on the Water is the first book in more than 20 years to tell the story of this remarkable band, from their grandiose inception in 1968 to the release of their latest album in 2003. Drawing from candid interviews with band members, associates, and fans alike, it traces the group through some of the most turbulent times that any band has survived, placing the band's own music in vivid context and illustrating just how profoundly this one group helped change the world.

Please Kill Me

Please Kill Me
Author: Legs McNeil
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780802142641

Now in paperback, this first oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements brings the sound of the punk generation chillingly to life with 50 new pages of depraved testimony. "Please Kill Me" reads like a fast-paced novel, but the tragedies it contains are all too human and all too real. photos.

Child in Time

Child in Time
Author: Ian Gillan
Publisher: Music Book Services
Total Pages: 211
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9781886894006

A Hart Life

A Hart Life
Author: Colin Hart
Publisher: Wymer UK
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781908724045

Colin Hart, the former Deep Purple and Rainbow tour manager devoted over thirty years of his life to these great rock musicians. This is his story and indeed theirs. A tale of excess in terms of greed, petulance, anger and devotion. It is counter balanced by extremes of pure talent, showmanship and, of course musicianship. He was the constant 'man in the middle' through all of the break ups, make-ups and revolving door line-up changes. Joining them at twenty-four years old and leaving with a curt email dismissal thirty years later, he was there every step of their rock 'n' roll way. A story of two of the most innovative, often copied, rock bands; seen through the eyes, ears and emotions of their 'mother hen' (as Jon Lord described him). He was their minder, chauffeur, carer, provider, protector, father confessor & confidant. In truth he is the only one who can tell this tale of both bands as he was the only one there on the road throughout the life of, not one, but both gigantic bands.

Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography

Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography
Author: Joel McIver
Publisher: Jawbone Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1906002746

(Book). Vocalist, bassist and songwriter Glenn Hughes is a living, breathing personification of British rock, and the arc of his career and attendant lifestyle make for a compelling story. Starting with the Midlands beat combo Finders Keepers in the 1960s, he formed acclaimed funk-rock band Trapeze in the early '70s before joining Deep Purple at their commercial peak. Flying the world in Starship 1, the band's own Boeing 720 jet, Hughes enthusiastically embraced the rock superstar's lifestyle while playing on three Purple albums, including the classic Burn. When the band split in 1976 Hughes embarked on a breakneck run of solo albums, collaborations and even a brief, chaotic spell fronting Black Sabbath. All of this was accompanied by cocaine psychosis, crack addiction and other excesses, before Hughes survived a clean-up-or-die crisis, and embarked on a reinvigorated solo career enriched by a survivor's wisdom. In his autobiography, Hughes talks us through this whirlwind of a life with unflinching honesty and good humour, taking us right up to date with his triumphant re-emergence in current supergroup Black Country Communion.