Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on June 5 1970. It was the first studio album recorded by the Mark I I line up of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.
Deep Purple, also referred to as Deep Purple I I I, is the third studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1969 on Tetragrammaton Records in the United States and only in September 1969 on Harvest Records in the United Kingdom.
The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, recorded only three months after Shades of Deep Purple and released by Tetragrammaton Records in October 1968, just before their first U S tour. The name for the album was taken from the 14th century Book of Taliesin.
Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, and performer, widely regarded as a pioneer of shock rock and one of the most influential figures in the history of hard rock and heavy metal. Born Vincent Damon Furnier on February 4, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan, he built a legendary career by combining theatrical horror imagery with hard hitting rock music, redefining what a live rock performance could be.
W. A. S. P. is one of the most controversial, misunderstood, and enduring bands to emerge from the American heavy metal scene of the early 1980s. Formed in Los Angeles in 1982 by Blackie Lawless, the band became notorious almost instantly — not only for their aggressive sound, but for their provocative imagery, confrontational lyrics, and willingness to push boundaries at a time when heavy metal itself was already under scrutiny.
