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    Deep Purple formed in 1968 and were considered a pioneering hard rock and heavy metal band from Britain. They helped form the "Unholy Trinity" with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, influencing the development of heavy rock. Their iconic sound came from a Fender Stratocaster guitar and Hammond organ. Deep Purple received an Innovator Award, recognizing their opening of rock music to new styles. They sold over 130 million albums total during their 50 year career.

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    Deep Purple formed in 1968 and were considered a pioneering hard rock and heavy metal band from Britain. They helped form the "Unholy Trinity" with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, influencing the development of heavy rock. Their iconic sound came from a Fender Stratocaster guitar and Hammond organ. Deep Purple received an Innovator Award, recognizing their opening of rock music to new styles. They sold over 130 million albums total during their 50 year career.

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    Deep Purple formed in 1968 and were considered a pioneering hard rock and heavy metal band from Britain. They helped form the "Unholy Trinity" with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, influencing the development of heavy rock. Their iconic sound came from a Fender Stratocaster guitar and Hammond organ. Deep Purple received an Innovator Award, recognizing their opening of rock music to new styles. They sold over 130 million albums total during their 50 year career.

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    Deep purple was created in 1968, they were British.

    They were considered a


    hard rock, heavy metal band. They always were 5 members even if they changed
    a little in 50 years of existence.
    They formed with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath the « Unholy trinity »,
    which were the precursor bands to heavy rock. Their sound was characterized by
    a Fender Stratocaster which is still today a very known and appreciated guitar
    and an Orgue Hammond. It’s a very expensive electric orgue, its price can go up
    to 25k$, its sound is very iconic. Deep purple received the Innovator Award
    during the CR awards which proves that they really opened the gate to a new era
    of rock music. They sold 130million discs in total.

    The turmoil of their decades

    The 60s had landed the world and its groupie with a cultural hangover.
    The decade of free love, peaceful protest and sticking flowers in soldiers’ guns
    was over, and the grim 70s – oil shortages, over-generous sideburns, Margaret
    Thatcher, punk – was just getting into its stride. It was the decade of the record
    player and cassette recorder. It was a decade of strikes - postal workers, miners
    and dustmen. During the summer of 1976 the weather turned so dry that water
    supplies reached critical low levels.
    They experienced two very different Prime ministers ; first James
    Callaghan from 1976 to 1979 who was a part of the Labour movement, Labour
    being a party created by syndicalists. Whereas from 1979 to 1990, Margaret
    Thatcher had become the Prime Minister and had a very conservative way of
    thinking and acting.
    People that would create movements like the metal or punk one were from
    the very disadvantaged social cues and wanted some change. It was carried in
    the heavier and liberating music they wanted to listen to.
    Meanwhile, it’s not the only rebellious move from Deep Purple, they also
    wrote thoughtful lyrics like in The flight of the rat. This song accuses the queen
    of not paying attention to the misery of the British workers.
    Their influence

    Deep Purple has influenced the rock genre of music since its beginning.
    The influence of this band is still very present in a lot of music we hear. Some of
    the most famous bands of the world such as Metallica or Queen have been
    influenced by them.

    Their influence found itself especially in their famous guitar riffs, like the
    riff from Smoke On The Water, from Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head
    which came fourth in Radio 2's Greatest Guitar Riffs chart. But also find itself in
    very loud song and concerts. For the record, Deep Purple were cited in 1972 as
    the world's loudest band by the Guiness Book of World Records for a concert at
    the London Rainbow Theatre, the high of decibel being way upon the safe limit.
    Their song were long, loud and powerful in a time were people were going to
    turn themselves to clam, pop music, allowing to the other groups that followed
    them to be as loud and powerful as Deep Purple was. (But under the safe limit of
    course).

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