Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945 in
BreconBrecon is a long-established market town in southern Powys, mid Wales, with a population of roughly 8,000 with around 6,000 in the surrounding area...
,
WalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
) is a Welsh bassist,
keyboardistA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, songwriter, and
record producerIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
. Glover is best known as the bassist and songwriter for
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
bandRock band redirects here. For the video game series, see Rock Band A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music...
Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
.
Born near Brecon, Wales, Glover moved with his family to
St HelensSt Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000 of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census....
before settling in London, in the city's
South KensingtonSouth Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
area, at the age of ten. Around that time, Glover's interests started to shift towards
rock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
, and by the time he was thirteen, Glover began playing guitar.
He later moved to the North London district of
PinnerPinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. The area was in the county of Middlesex until 1965, when it was absorbed by the London Government Act 1963 into Greater London....
and while at Harrow County School for Boys Glover formed his first band, Madisons, with a group of friends, which later merged together with a rival band to become
Episode SixEpisode Six was a British rock group during the mid-sixties. The band wasn't well known but foreshadowed the arrival of Deep Purple in late 1960s...
, a band which later featured Glover's future Deep Purple bandmate, vocalist
Ian GillanIan Gillan , is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple...
.
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945 in
BreconBrecon is a long-established market town in southern Powys, mid Wales, with a population of roughly 8,000 with around 6,000 in the surrounding area...
,
WalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
) is a Welsh bassist,
keyboardistA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, songwriter, and
record producerIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
. Glover is best known as the bassist and songwriter for
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
bandRock band redirects here. For the video game series, see Rock Band A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music...
Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
.
Early career
Born near Brecon, Wales, Glover moved with his family to
St HelensSt Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000 of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census....
before settling in London, in the city's
South KensingtonSouth Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
area, at the age of ten. Around that time, Glover's interests started to shift towards
rock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
, and by the time he was thirteen, Glover began playing guitar.
He later moved to the North London district of
PinnerPinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. The area was in the county of Middlesex until 1965, when it was absorbed by the London Government Act 1963 into Greater London....
and while at Harrow County School for Boys Glover formed his first band, Madisons, with a group of friends, which later merged together with a rival band to become
Episode SixEpisode Six was a British rock group during the mid-sixties. The band wasn't well known but foreshadowed the arrival of Deep Purple in late 1960s...
, a band which later featured Glover's future Deep Purple bandmate, vocalist
Ian GillanIan Gillan , is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple...
. The two left Episode Six in 1969 to join Deep Purple.
Deep Purple and solo
After spending four years with Deep Purple, where the band saw their most successful releases in albums
Deep Purple in RockDeep Purple in Rock is an album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1970. It was their fourth studio album, and the first with the classic Mk II lineup. Deep Purple in Rock was their breakthrough album in Europe and would peak at #4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for months...
and
Machine HeadMachine Head is the sixth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel Montreux, Switzerland in December 1971 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in March 1972....
, Glover was dismissed by guitarist
Ritchie BlackmoreRichard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist, who was a founding member of hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. He left Deep Purple in 1993 due to a growing rift between Blackmore and other members in spite of renewed commercial success...
and became a record producer for such bands as
Judas PriestJudas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1969. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing. The band has gone through several drummers, though Scott Travis has held the position since...
,
NazarethNazareth is a Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, "Love Hurts".-Career:...
and
ElfElf was a blues-rock band founded in 1967 by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein . The band was originally called The Electric Elves, but was shortened to The Elves and finally Elf in mid-1970...
. He also released two of his solo albums,
Butterfly BallThis article refers to the concept album by Roger Glover, for the 1802 poem by William Roscoe see The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast...
in 1974 (spinning of a #1 hit in the Netherlands,
Love is all, as Roger Glover & Guests), and
ElementsElements is the second solo album from Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. It was released in 1978 from PolyGram Records. The album's main concept is based on the four elements.-Track listing:# "The First Ring Made of Clay" 7:45...
in 1978, before rejoining his former Deep Purple bandmate, Ritchie Blackmore, in his band
RainbowRainbow were an English rock band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf members; lead singer Ronnie James Dio , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, bassist Craig Gruber, and drummer Gary Driscoll...
, where he worked on five of the band's albums. He also performed with
David CoverdaleDavid Coverdale is an English rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake.-Pre-Whitesnake:...
in the initial version of his solo band, later to transform into
WhitesnakeWhitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid eighties Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues-rock influenced heavy metal to a more commercial hard rock style.They were recently...
. In 1984 he returned briefly to his solo career, recording his third solo album
Mask. During that year,
Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
reformed and Glover returned to his old band, where he performs to this day. He has sinced played with Ian Gillan during his brief solo tour in 2006. In 2002 he released his fourth solo album
Snapshot under the name Roger Glover & The Guilty Party. The album featured performances from
Randall BramblettRandall Bramblett is a musician and singer-songwriter, who has worked with such notable performers as Robbie Robertson, Steve Winwood, Widespread Panic, Hydra, Sea Level, Greg Allman and Roger Glover...
(who sang on most songs and co-wrote some of them) as well as Glover's daughter Gillian. A follow-up to
Snapshot was announced in 2007. The album, titled
Close-Up is set to premiere in 2009/2010.
Personal life
Glover currently resides in the United States with his girlfriend Myriam. Myriam gave birth to a girl, Lucinda, on 27 June 2009. Glover has been married (and divorced) twice, and has another daughter, musician Gillian Glover (born 1976), from his first marriage.
In 2004, ITV Wales aired a TV special about Roger Glover called "Roger Glover - Made in Wales" (produced by Craig Hooper) which features interviews from fellow musicians Ian Gillan and Ian Paice, as well as Glover's mother, Brenda, and his then-wife Lesley.
Discography
With Episode SixEpisode Six was a British rock group during the mid-sixties. The band wasn't well known but foreshadowed the arrival of Deep Purple in late 1960s...
- Put Yourself In My Place (1987)
- BBC Radio 1 Live 1998/1969 (1997)
- The Complete Episode Six (1991)
- Cornflakes and Crazyfoam (2002)
- Love, Hate, Revenge (2005)
- Compilation albums of songs recorded between 1964 and 1969
With Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra
The Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a concerto performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold in 1969, composed by Jon Lord...
(1969)
- Deep Purple in Rock
Deep Purple in Rock is an album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1970. It was their fourth studio album, and the first with the classic Mk II lineup. Deep Purple in Rock was their breakthrough album in Europe and would peak at #4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for months...
(1970)
- Fireball
Fireball is a hard rock album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971. It was their fifth studio album, and the second with the classic Mk II lineup. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It would become the first of the band's three UK #1 albums...
(1971)
- Machine Head
Machine Head is the sixth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel Montreux, Switzerland in December 1971 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in March 1972....
(1972)
- Made in Japan
Made in Japan is a double live album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in December 1972. Later released in April 1973 in the US. It was recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972.-Recording and release:...
(1972)
- Who Do We Think We Are
Who Do We Think We Are! is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in Rome and Frankfurt using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio...
(1973)
- Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by Deep Purple, released in October 1984. It represents the first album recorded by the reformed, and most successful and popular, 'Mark II' line-up....
(1984)
- The House of Blue Light
The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987. It is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II lineup....
(1987)
- Nobody's Perfect
Nobody's Perfect is a live album released in 1988 by Deep Purple. It was recorded on their The House of Blue Light tour during 1987/88. Recorded live on 6 September 1987 in Verona Italy, 22 August 1987 in Oslo Norway, 23 May 1987 in Irvine Meadows, 30 May 1987 in Phoenix and 26 February 1988 at...
(1988)
- Slaves & Masters
Slaves and Masters is the thirteenth studio album by Deep Purple, it was released in 1990. This is the only album to feature singer Joe Lynn Turner, who had replaced Ian Gillan the previous year...
(1990)
- The Battle Rages On
The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. It is the last album recorded with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who quit during the tour in November 1993....
(1993)
- Come Hell or High Water (1994)
- Purpendicular
Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by English rock band, Deep Purple. Recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida, February to October 1995, engineered by Darren Schneider and Keith Andrews...
(1996)
- Live at the Olympia '96
"Live at the Olympia '96" is a live double album by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded at the Olympia in Paris on June 17, 1996 during the Purpendicular tour and released in 1997....
(1997)
- Abandon
Abandon is an album by Deep Purple released in 1998.The album title is actually a pun from Ian Gillan - "A Band On" - and the album was followed by the "A Band On Tour"...
(1998)
- Total Abandon: Live in Australia (1999)
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a live album by British hard rock band Deep Purple, recorded on September 25 and September 26, 1999 at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the London Symphony Orchestra, and released on February 8, 2000 on Spitfire records....
(2000)
- Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy is a live album recorded by Deep Purple on the 30th of October 2000 and released in 2001. It includes most of a concert performed in Rotterdam, Holland during the 2000/2001 "Concerto Tour". The Concerto for Group and Orchestra itself was performed, but it does not...
! (2001)
- The Soundboard Series
The Soundboard Series is a live box set recorded and released by the band Deep Purple in 2001. The set contains six double CDs featuring recordings from six different concerts...
- Australasian Tour 2000/2001 (2001, box set)
- Bananas
Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on October 7, 2003. It includes "Contact Lost", a short, slow instrumental about the Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the sad news of the crash....
(2003)
- Rapture of the Deep
Rapture of the Deep is the 18th studio album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in November 2005. As of September 2009, this is the band's most recent studio album....
(2005)
- They All Came Down To Montreux
Live At Montreux 2006: They All Came Down To Montreux is the first live release by English hard-rock band Deep Purple's mk VIII lineup. This concert is recorded in Montreux, during 2006 Rapture of the Deep tour...
(2007)
With RainbowRainbow were an English rock band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf members; lead singer Ronnie James Dio , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, bassist Craig Gruber, and drummer Gary Driscoll...
- Down To Earth
Down To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow, released in 1979 . Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time Graham Bonnet was recruited. Also recruited were Ritchie Blackmore's ex-Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey, who would later...
(1979)
- Difficult to Cure
Difficult to Cure is the fifth album released by Rainbow, in 1981, and marked a further commercialisation of the band's sound. In an interview in Sounds , a UK music paper, Blackmore openly stated his liking for Foreigner and erstwhile vocalist Ronnie James Dio has referred to this period of...
(1981)
- Jealous Lover EP
Jealous Lover is a four track, twelve inch EP released by the hard rock band Rainbow in 1981. The EP reached #151 on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 albums chart. Tracks include two songs previously unavailable in the US, and two songs from their full length album "Difficult to Cure"...
(1981)
- Straight Between the Eyes
Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth LP released by Rainbow, released in 1982. A remastered CD reissue, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release, was released in May 1999....
(1982)
- Bent Out of Shape
Bent out of Shape was the last studio album released by Rainbow before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover took part in the Deep Purple reformation. It was originally released in 1983 as an LP and cassette. The first CD version to be released featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version...
(1983)
- Finyl Vinyl
Finyl Vinyl is a collection of live recordings and B-sides by Rainbow and was released in 1986, after the band had already ceased to be when Blackmore and Glover were part of the Deep Purple reformation...
(1986)
Solo
- The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
This article refers to the concept album by Roger Glover, for the 1802 poem by William Roscoe see The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast...
(1974)
- Elements
Elements is the second solo album from Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. It was released in 1978 from PolyGram Records. The album's main concept is based on the four elements.-Track listing:# "The First Ring Made of Clay" 7:45...
(1978)
- The Mask (1984)
- Accidentally on Purpose (1988, with Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan , is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple...
)
- Snapshot (2002)
- Close-Up (2009/2010)
As guest musician
- Jon Lord
Jon Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms. He has most famously been a member of Deep Purple, as well as of Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord,...
– Gemini SuiteGemini Suite Live is a recording of Jon Lord's classical/rock piece featuring the whole of Deep Purple Mk 2, recorded live during this one and only live performance in 1970...
(1970)
- Dave Cousins
Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
- Two Weeks Last Summer-Track listing:All songs written by Dave Cousins#"Two Weeks Last Summer" – #"October to May" – #"Blue Angel" – #:"Divided"#:"Half Worlds Apart"#:"At Rest"#"That's the Way It Ends" – #"The Actor" –...
(1972)
- Dan McCafferty
Dan McCafferty is the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth. McCafferty is one of the founding members of Nazareth, which was founded in 1968. He has appeared on all of Nazareth's albums. He has released two solo albums...
– Dan McCafferty (1975)
- Ian Gillan Band
The Ian Gillan Band was a jazz-rock fusion band formed by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan in 1975.-History:After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, Ian Gillan had retired from the music business to pursue other business ventures, including a motorbike manufacturing company and a hotel. These ventures all...
– Child In TimeChild In Time is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1976. The album took its title from the Deep Purple song "Child in Time", a version of which appears on side two of the LP. This was Ian Gillan's first release after leaving Deep Purple, and also features his...
(1976)
- Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan , is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple...
– Naked ThunderNaked Thunder is a 1990 solo album by Ian Gillan, released soon after his departure from Deep Purple in 1989. It features a varied selection of songs, with one of Gillan's most passionate and impressive performances in "Loving On Borrowed Time" and "No More Cane On The Brazos", a traditional tune...
(1990)
- Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan , is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple...
– Cherkazoo and Other Stories ('73/'75 sessions) (1992)
- Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule is a rock and jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project. They released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995...
– The Deep End, Volume 1After the death of founding member and bassist Allen Woody, Gov't Mule considered breaking up. Instead, remaining members Warren Haynes and Matt Abts recorded several songs with bass players admired by Woody. The Deep End, Volume 1, issued in 2001, was the first CD of material released from these...
(2001)
- Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule is a rock and jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project. They released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995...
– The Deepest End, Live In ConcertThe Deepest End, Live in Concert is a two disc live album and video by Gov't Mule, released on October 7, 2003. It was recorded in New Orleans on May 3, 2003.
...
(2003)
- Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan , is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple...
– Gillan's Inn (2006)
As producer
- Nazareth
Nazareth is a Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, "Love Hurts".-Career:...
– RazamanazRazamanaz was the 3rd studio album by album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, released in 1973.-Track listing:#"Razamanaz" – 3:52#"Alcatraz" – 4:23#"Vigilante Man" – 5:21...
(1973)
- Nazareth - Loud 'n' Proud
Loud 'n' Proud was the fourth studio album by album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, and their second to be released in 1973.-Track listing:#Go Down Fighting – 3:07...
(1974)
- Nazareth - Rampant
Rampant was the fifth studio album by album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, released in 1974.-Track listing:#Silver Dollar Forger, Pt...
(1974)
- Strapps – Strapps (1976)
- Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher was an Irish blues/rock guitarist. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland on March 2, 1948, he grew up in Cork City. He is best known for his solo albums throughout the 1970's and 1980's, and for his tenure in the band Taste during the late 1960s...
– Calling CardCalling Card is the sixth studio release by Irish singer/guitarist Rory Gallagher. A 1976 release, it was his second of four albums released on Chrysalis Records in the 1970s. Deep Purple/Rainbow bass guitarist Roger Glover co-produced with Gallagher: it was the only time that Gallagher worked...
(1976)
- Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1969. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing. The band has gone through several drummers, though Scott Travis has held the position since...
– Sin After SinSin After Sin is the third album by the British heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1977. It was the band's first album released by Columbia Records after terminating their contract with Gull Records...
(1977)
- David Coverdale
David Coverdale is an English rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake.-Pre-Whitesnake:...
- White SnakeWhite Snake is the first solo album by David Coverdale, released in 1977. Coverdale would use the album title as the name of his future band, first known as "David Coverdale's Whitesnake" and soon afterwards shortened to just Whitesnake...
(1977)
- David Coverdale - Northwinds
Northwinds is the title of the second solo album by David Coverdale, released in early 1978. The original release contained eight tracks, with two more tracks added on recent reissues...
(1978)
- Rainbow
Rainbow were an English rock band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf members; lead singer Ronnie James Dio , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, bassist Craig Gruber, and drummer Gary Driscoll...
- Down to EarthDown To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow, released in 1979 . Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time Graham Bonnet was recruited. Also recruited were Ritchie Blackmore's ex-Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey, who would later...
(1979)
- Michael Schenker Group
The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by the former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker...
– The Michael Schenker GroupThe Michael Schenker Group is the first album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group.Made #1 on KTUH's charts on the week of September 29, 1980.The song "Armed and Ready" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.-Original album:...
(1980)
- Rainbow - Difficult to Cure
Difficult to Cure is the fifth album released by Rainbow, in 1981, and marked a further commercialisation of the band's sound. In an interview in Sounds , a UK music paper, Blackmore openly stated his liking for Foreigner and erstwhile vocalist Ronnie James Dio has referred to this period of...
(1981)
- Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes
Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth LP released by Rainbow, released in 1982. A remastered CD reissue, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release, was released in May 1999....
(1982)
- Rainbow - Bent Out of Shape
Bent out of Shape was the last studio album released by Rainbow before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover took part in the Deep Purple reformation. It was originally released in 1983 as an LP and cassette. The first CD version to be released featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version...
(1982)
- Pretty Maids
Pretty Maids are a Danish heavy metal band from Horsens, Denmark. Formed in 1981 by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer, their sound can be defined as something between Europe and Running Wild....
– Jump the GunJump The Gun is the third album of the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids produced by Roger Glover and released in 1990.-Track listing:# "Lethal Heroes"# "Don't Settle For Less"# "Rock The House"# "Savage Heart"# "Young Blood"...
(1990)
- Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
- Slaves and Masters (1990)
- Dream Theater
Dream Theater are an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band...
- Made In Japan (live cover of the Deep Purple album) (2006)
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