Ian Gillan - Definition and Overview

Ian Gillan (August 19, 1945), heavy metal vocalist. Gillan was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England. After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, he went into brief retirement before forming the Ian Gillan Band. The early band sound had a distinct jazz-rock aspect which proved unpopular and was replaced by a more high powered hard rock sound as Gillan reformed the line up and shortened the groups name to Gillan. With the release of Mr Universe Ian Gillan was back in the UK charts and through several more line up changes released a string of hit singles and successful albums including Glory Road, Future Shock, Double Trouble and finally Magic.

Then he announced the band would fold as he needed to rest his damamged vocal chords. In 1983 he joined Black Sabbath to record the Born Again album before rejoining Deep Purple shortly after completing the Born Again tour in early 1984.

Discography

With Deep Purple

• Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)
• Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
• Fireball (1971)
• Machine Head (1972)
• Made in Japan (1972)
• Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
• Perfect Stangers (1984)
• The House of Blue Light (1987)
• The Battle Rages on (1993)
• Purpendicular (1996)
• Abandon (1998)
• Bananas (2003)

As Ian Gillan Band/Gillan

• Clear Air Turbulence
• Scarabus
• Live At The Budokan
• Gillan
• Mr. Universe
• Glory Road
• Future Shock
• Double Trouble
• Magic

With Black Sabbath

• Born Again (1983)

With Roger Glover

• Accidentally On Purpose

With The Javelins

• Sole Agency And Representation

On his own

• Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
• Naked Thunder
• Toolbox
• Dreamcatcher

External link

• Gillan (http://www.gillan.com)