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[[File:Deep_Purple_2081.jpg|frame|Deep Purple Mk2, circa ''Machine Head''. Left to Right: Ritchie Blackmore<ref>guitar</ref>, Ian Gillan<ref>vocals</ref>, Roger Glover<ref>bass</ref>, John Lord<ref>keyboards/organ</ref>, Ian Paice<ref>drums</ref>]]

''Nobody gonna beat my car, gonna break the speed of sound"''|"Highway Star"}}

 

 

The group is also known for their [[Revolving Door Band|constantly rotating line-up]]; the group has its roots in a proposed rock band called Roundabout, so named because musicians would get "on and off" the group as they pleased. This didn't quite work out, and while the group that eventually became Deep Purple is notable for its endless membership changes, each succesive group has been more or less a cohesive unit.

 

A list of the various line-ups, or "[[Fan Nickname|marks]]", can be found [[wikipedia:List of Deep Purple band members|here]].

 

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* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Many of their album (and song) titles, with ''Purpendicular'' and ''Abandon'' <ref>i.e., A Band On</ref> being two prominent examples.

* [[Album Title Drop]]: "Listen, Learn, Read On" from ''The Book of Taliesyn''.

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Ian Gillan.

* [[Downer Ending]]: Occurs in "Strange Kind Of Woman"...

I won my woman just before she died }}

* [[Epic Instrumental Opener]]: "Lazy." Nearly four and a half minutes of organ solo before the actual song starts. (And the rest of the song is only three minutes long!)

* [[Recycled Lyrics]]: "hard lovin' man" from "Bloodsucker", and reappearing on the track of the same name later on the same album.

** Lampshaded in the song Hungry Daze from their 1984 album Perfect Strangers, which recycles the first line of Smoke On The Water

* [[Revolving Door Band]]

* [[Rockers Smash Guitars]]: California Jam, 1974; Blackmore threw guitars into the audience and more infamously smashed a network video camera with his guitar.