I have to admit I enjoy hearing Rod singing these songs, and love the early Deep Purple sound. There's no doubt about it (as suggested in this video), Rod Evans was the original vocalist for Deep Purple, and they had a fair amount of success in the states during that time, It was a stupid thing to do though, if anything he should have avoided what the management were telling him and toured with a name that said "The original vocalist of Deep Purple performing the music of Deep Purple".
Would be interesting to know the legal issues behind this. Did Blackmore legally own Deep Purple name? If not Rod Evans had a crappy attorney. After all, he was an original member and the band was defunkt. Like Tony Iommi's "Black Sabbath" Seventh Star album. He found out later he didn't own the Sabbath name.
@kurtisthall65 There is a major difference in that Tony Iommi was a continuous presence in Black Sabbath, whereas Rod Evans was a member of Deep Purple for about two years before being replaced by Ian Gillan. The law's the law, but it's obvious Iommi had more of a leg to stand on than Evans' did. Also, Blackmore had been out of the band before they broke up so if any of the band members owned the name it would have been Paice and Lord at that time.
My first rock concert was seeing this fake Deep Purple somewhere south of Boston, MA in the summer of '80! I knew it only featured original vocalist Rod Evans but still it was a big deal to me as I was only 17 and never saw anyone famous up to that point. But watching this footage it is painfully apparent this was a travesty compared to the real deal!
@NEWWAVEPSY Fake Steppenwolf differs somewhat to fake Purple. Several previous members were involved in Steppenwolf, it's not as bad (although still an illegal use of the name).
I suppose the worst example of a fake band was the fake Fleetwood Mac which featured literally no one who had ever been in the band.
poor Rod, he really deserved a lot better than this, of the 5 albums he was on in his career, he sang amazingly on every track, this is just kind of depressing to see
this is so funny. theyre all so bad (except Rod). they have the skill of average high school musicians. that keyboard solo is so lame and they totally got lost at the end of it
me encanta este video, ojalá hubieran más temas de esta tocata, si se hubieran presentado en Chile fijo que iba, aunque fuera sólo para ver a Rod Evans, aunque en 1980 tal vez no hubiera dado cuenta que era una formación BOGUS
Estuve en este concierto con la ilusion de ver a Deep Purple. La banda que toco antes de ellos fue Black Oak Arkanzas. Jim Dandy trajo a un chavito de 16 años en la guitarra que tocaba de pocamadre. El Pinche Jim Dandy no paraba de decir "que bonitas Señorritas" Yo no veía ninguna, sólo vi pura banda mugrosa colgada de las porterias de Futbol Americano. La entarda fue un desmadre hubo portazo destruyendo las rejas de entrada. Al final todo un desmadre.
@Supernaut70 De acuerdo!, nos toco cargar con la epoca dificil: La intro del rock a mexico, no vivo allá pero segun leo, desde hace varios años se organizan conciertos con los mejores supergrupos mundiales de ayer y hoy, bien para la chaviza de ahora que no supieron o no se acuerdan que fué nuestra generacion la que se partió el eje por esuchar un poco de buen Rock. Gracias a nosotros comenzaron a ir los supergrupos a Mex!!
so sad that this happened and Rod was a willing part of it. It wasn't even good. The real Deep Purplw were right to come down hard on them like a ton of bricks.
An insult to the great name of Deep Purple and certainly an insult to the talents of Rod Evans.
I believe "Hush" was written by Joe South. If the song is played by Deep Purple with Joe South's permission, then who ever is the current singer of Deep Purple can sing it.
Well the guy presenting this obviously has no idea what he's talking about. "There wasn't any original members...Rod Evans claimed to be the vocalist of Deep Purple before Ian Gillan"? Rod Evans was an original member and was the vocalist before Ian Gillan, he sang on their first three albums, and they were a big artist in the USA whilst he fronted them.
@Burbridge92 And what does it matter that Ritchie Blackmore wasn't there? He'd already left the real band in the seventies and had been replaced by Tommy Bolin, the real band even released an album without him before breaking up, Ritchie Blackmore's absence is irrelevant. What is relevant is the absence of Ian Paice and Jon Lord, who were the continuous founding members upon Deep Purple's original breakup, had they joined the project Rod Evans could have fairly asserted that it was Deep Purple.
@Burbridge92 What Rod did was only wrong because he tried to pass it off as Deep Purple without any continuous members, and playing songs that were released after his departure from the band as if they were his own and claiming them to be his.
Even the forfeiting of future artist royalties(for the first 3 Deep Purple albums) didn't recoup the enormous legal expenses of HEC Enterprises(Deep Purple's 1968-76 management) in suing the fake Deep Purple or satisfy the damages awarded to HEC by the courts. If Rod Evans ever attempted to make music again, any and all profits would be confiscated(by the courts) to satisfy his debt to HEC. His retirement from music isn't voluntary. It's enforced.
@56dinosaur (courts don't confiscate or collect money) I don't know where you get these ideas from. The court simply SAYS WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG! Even if there was a JUDGEMENT AWARDING MONEY TO DEEP PURPLE'S LAWYERS, They only have 5 years to collect! (STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS). FURTHERMORE, ROD COULD SUE DP OVER THE RE-ISSUED 3 DP CD'S HE IS ON ALONG WITH THE LIVE ONE(bonus tracks). yes,the music on this vid is bad but Gillan singing HUSH (nobodys perfect) IS EVEN WORSE, (out of key!)
Neither Rod Evans or Nick Simper could sue for royalties from the CD reissues of the early Deep Purple recordings. After Nick Simper was fired by the group, he sued the group, and in the resulting settlement, he forfeited future artist & publishing royalties in exchange for a £10,000 lump sum. Rod Evans continued to receive roughly £20,000 per year royalties, until he started the fake Deep Purple. In the settlement of the fake Purple suit, Evans forfeited future royalties.
Rod got sued and lost he didn't have money to pay lawyer bills for Purple so lost all his royalties from first 3 albums. He then vanished and hasn't been heard of in 30 years. Some have stated that he is a nurse in San Francisco area but really, he's probably retired by now. When he was first ousted from Purple he had just gotten married to a rich lady. Nicky took cash in lieu of royalties and regrets it to this day. Love to see MkI reuinion with Rod and Nicky, Ritchie, Jon. It could happen.
One thing have to be said. Rod Evans was a great singer, one sad case of a underrated musician, I guess thats what lead him to do such a bogus Deep Purple and throw his carreer away,
But I still admire and respect u Rod, you are a legend!
Truth is, now Rod could easily front a band called Rod Evans' Purple (or similar), and no one would object. In 1980, tribute acts simply didn't exist. Also, Deep Purple themselves had a Number 1 compilation album that year (Deepest Purple), despite their having broken up. So the band was as big as ever. I also feel very sorry for Rod, who is a talent in his own right.
@MrDaoco Neither did Joe Lynn Turner who was in the band around 1990-91. He sang the same. At least Coverdale had respect enough to sing "They all came down to Montreux...".
Dear Captain Beyond: Please locate Rod Evans....and talk him into doing a reunion tour with your band again. This incident has come and gone. Rod, get a good entertainment lawyer to watch your back...sign the paperwork- and get back to doing what you did so well. Captain Beyond, that is. Forget this video disaster above....I have.
Bloody horrible, save some decent vocals from Evans. From 5:25 and onwards, the organ sounds completely twisted. And not in a good way. Also, the twat playing it reminds me of Manuel from Fawlty Towers.
If Rod would have been smart, he would have let go of his saying of old soldiers never die and continue on with his success as a heart surgery director. I sorta tolerated his work for Deep Purple, I really liked the amazing job he did for Captain Beyond but reforming a band that he got voted out of after a long time without signing ever since the Captain Beyond break up in the early 70s, a few random musicians sure did make a huge disaster... As if he did that!
Never seen a worse LOOKING band! And they sound like they look. Rod, I love you baby (like a lot of other Captain Beyond fans), but WTF were you thinking?????
Interesting to see the bogus band in action, even if it is pretty bad. Wonder if the rest of the set is out there somewhere? It's a pity Evans got sued, though. He was setup by the management. The rest of the band members were just 'employees' in the small print and couldn't be sued! Evans would have been better touring as Peep Durple, featuring Rod Evans ;-)
Ouch! Evans could have called it Smoke On The Water but not Deep Purple... That's just ouch! Losing credit for the Mk 1 albums for giving the band a bad name... Ouch! Getting sewed after trying to bring back the band that fired you... Double Ouch! I still say that Evans shouldn't have gotten sued. If there was someone remaking Deep Purple, it was better him than someone else... OUCH!
@thevinnymaster - I have to disagree. He should have been sued for doing this, he and the promoters who put it together. They didn't put a gun to his head (did they?) It was a total ripoff. Five years later the Mk 2 band got back together for real, and it was 100 times better than this. This is actually worse than I remembered.
I understand the same promoters put together a bogus Steppenwolf even before this (not that John kay and Steppenwolf are the real deal).
Rod sounds remarkably like David Coverdale on this song; maybe that's why somebody thought it would work. Sad!
I remember being young and stupid; going to a dive south of Longview, Texas, because STEPPENWOLF was playing there!! And it was probably the same guys in this band, except they found some guy who could snarl and sing to be "John Kay."
I am by myself right now, and I feel like having a riot myself. PATHETIC!!
While it was unfair on Evans to take all the blame for this, nobody forced him to get involved in the first place and it was very naive on his part. A pity, because he was a great singer.
And judging by this clip it's no wonder some of the shows almost ended in riots.
Oh si ya me acordé: El grupo Abridor fueron los DUG DUGS de Durango, luego siguió BLACK OAK ARKANSAS, y cerró DEEP PURPLE, caray! , esa tarde la nube estuvo a todo lo que se podia esa tarde, lástima pues el sonido estuvo pésimo, sin embargo para la chaviza era un gran logro tener y ver a estos supergrupos de cerca y en vivo, pues anteriormente había exceso de CENSURA.
@recharchic La censura gracias al pinche Gobierno. Nos dieron atole con el dedo con es pinche concierto. Yo estuve y la verdad lo único bueno fue Black Oak Arkanzas. Tanto pedo para cagar aguado cuando El falso Dep Purle aparecio.
Mis amigos y Yo asistimos al concierto ese día, precisamente lo que ahora es el Estadio donde juega Cruz Azul. Aquella vez hasta llevamos varias botellas de whisky escoces, y la pasamos estupendo, pero la verdad Deep Purple dejó mucho que desear, la organización también estuvo mal, por cierto recuerdo que tocaron otros dos grupos, alguien sabe quiénes eran?. Pues esa vez me puse una super-jarra......
There are more DP original members outside (Blackmore, Evans, Simper, Lord) than inside "Deep Purple" ! A MK I or III reunion would have more legitimity than "MK VIII"... Gillan, Glover, Airey, Morse and Paice aren't Deep Purple MARK II !!! For me, DP without Blackmore and Lord is a FAKE DEEP PURPLE...
Alright, maybe I was to hard on Rod. Its just sad that he was framed. Im sure he's a nice guy, and didnt want to do harm. He should come back, where could he be?
how is it that he was a horrible person for doing this when Ian gillan ( which i love ) is still touring with deep purple with who... The only original members that anyone cares about is Lord Gillan( not Founding member but the only one most people care about ) and blackmore) and how many of those people is he touring with ..... 0...... Rod evans Was the first singer for purple.. he just shouldnt have sung any of gillans songs..
It's true that in theory, the current incarnation of Deep Purple is about as legitimate as this one, but we choose to let that slide. I feel really bad for Rod, he doesn't deserve all this flack for making this mistake.
And let's be completely honest here... Does this sound THAT much worse than the Deep Purple that recorded the Last Concert in Japan album?
Of course the current Deep Purple is more legitimate than this one..the current DP has 3 members of the classic MK2 lineup..this has 1 member of MK1..
and he was fired because he wasn't good enough for DP !
I agree, and I must note that I was playing devil's advocate in my previous comment. It's a shame this ever happened, because Rod Evans was a damn fine singer in his own right, just not comparable to Ian Gillan.
If this was today, Evans would've done the wise thing and started a group with Simper and three solid backing musicians and called it something like Shades of Purple, playing songs from the first three albums.
Rod Evans CAN sing heavy rock. Listen to his Captain Beyond albums, as well as Mandrake Root, Painter, Hush, etc. He doesn't deserve to be castigated all these years after 1980. If he now formed a band called Rod Evans' Deep Purple Experience (or whatever), no one would give a monkey's. And do you know who is a big Rod Evans fan? Ian Gillan. Makes you think. Thanks for making this available!
This was of course a travesty, but has anyone noticed there's only one original member in the current "legitimate" Deep Purple as well? Gillan sings "Hush" every night and makes a nice living, and Rod is banned for life for making one stupid mistake. It's time to the rock community forgave him and hopefully someday the mystery of his wherabouts will be solved.
Rod Evans is awesome and i hope to see him come back one day.. i totally agree.. I love gillan lord blackmore and everyone else but I also think that Evans is awesome... Captain Beyond is in my top ten albums of all time
Apart from 'Smoke On The Water', the band apparently did 'Hush', 'Kentucky Woman', 'Mandrake Root', 'Black Night', 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Space Truckin', 'Highway Star', 'Burn', 'Stormbringer' and 'Lay Down, Stay Down'.
Hehe, they performed them basicly, according to reports from people that experienced this version of "Deep Purple".
Yes, the current Deep Purple and the previous MK.7 was/is great. Not many bands has kept it going for 42 years, even though they had a break from 76 to 84. Gillan's voice is not what it used to, but he sure can belt out most of the classics. He did 'Speed King' excellent in November last year when I saw them. They also look so happy on stage.
what a pitty that TRUE Deep Purple did not keep both Rod Evans AND Ian Gillan. David Coverdale might have had a nice voice but extremely poor style (may be not on his own account)
Silver is right. Rod was approached by a management company which specialized in questionably-reformed bands with big names and began to tour under the Deep Purple name accompanied by unknown session musicians. Rod just went with it and he got screwed over. He had to pay a huge fine and he no longer gets money from the 3 records he recorded with Deep Purple. Its a shame the management company didn't get fined or anything. Rod did nothing wrong and he shouldn't of got blamed for all this.
So the management company took no penalty for this sham? That is too bad. I blame them even more than Rod Evans, but he still should have known that this would not go over well at all.
Rod was cheated into this. This concert promotor guy got away with it. Stop flaming Rod for it. Rod took the heat for this. Rod will still be THE original Deep Purple singer and frontman in the 60's, and the music they made on the 3 first album (and covered for that matter) are top notch. Gillan is was and still is my favourite vocalist, but Rod comes as a good #2. I'm glad this was documented, even though it wasn't very well performed. Would love to hear 'Hush' etc. which they also played.
Your oppinion my oppinionated friend...I know all the Mk 1 songs you have mentioned very well indeed and apart from the fact that I like them very much cannot find anything "remarkable" about them!
"Rod Evans a remarkable musical talent!?!" Example please...He actually wasn't a bad (not great) late 60's pop singer. He was extremely lucky to have played with the extraordinary talent that is DP. Good luck to him!!
Don't talk shit. Rod Evans was an extraordinarily good singer. Listen to his singing in Deep Purple songs like "The Painer", "Anthem", "Bird Has Flown", and in the Captain Beyond albums. His voice is one of the most beautiful to ever exist in rock and roll.
Rod Evens is A remarkable musical talent and his vocal skills are incredible. His work on the first 3 Deep Purple albums as well as Captain beyond will forever make him a legend. So Sad to see him in this sham version a decision he payed dearly for. Well apparently Rod went on to become a doctor and Ian went on to write Dp songs about anal sex with strange women.
Good point sir that is the funniest thing i have heard all month... That is true.. if you think about it who is the winner??? Ian is still out jamming, drinking, partying, singing every night and Rod is out saving lives.. Hmmmmmm.. Captain Beyond is the best rock album ever.. perfect in everyway..
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Rod was totally wronged from thegetgo when Blackmore andthe rest of purple used his vocals from songs at the end of 69 that werent even meant for Rod to sing!Those songs were meant for his replacement ( Gillian).Rod thought he was the indefinite singer after all his vocals got them on the american charts.Mark 1 of purple was the most inventive musically and lyrically.The 70's Purple saw us listening to purple playing like a poor mans Sabbath,and why because he couldnt scream like a little girl.
Jesus terrible. This is tuned down several steps- around E or something lower. That's why it sounds like shit. Smoke isn't even a hard song to sing in the original key.
I think its tuned around F. E, well its sounds close, but it isnt quite that low. Still, its awful. If Rod had been on In Rock, Fireball, or Machine Head, those albums would have been horrible. He was no rock singer.
where the hell is this rod evans now?? still singing hahahahah?? well now he should reform, maybe black sabbath, ooor led zeppelin!! hahahahahha! yeah, who needs ozzy, gezzer, tony, and bill when rod is in action!!! what a guy
saddens me too.. But i still like Captain Beyond and the early purple. That ill never change but this still disappointments me.. At least he could have just sung the songs during his era of purple..
Three of the musicians you see here in this 1980 Deep Purple video were also in a "bogus" Steppenwolf band in 1979. In this 1980 bogus Deep Purple video, the lead guitar is Tony Flynn, on keyboards is Geoff Emery, and on drums is Dick Jurgens... all were playing together in a bogus Wolf the previous year.
I heard the same promoters were behind the fake Steppenwolf, but didn't know some of these guys were also involved in that. At least Rod Evans actually was in Deep Purple at one time, but this was still disappointing and a ripoff. Definitely the worst concert I ever paid to see,
I have a question, Deep Purple played before at the Toreo?, Im mean the real band I was to young to be there but my older friends where always talking about that
I have a question, Deep Purple played before at the Toreo?, Im mean the real band I was to young to be there but my older friends where always talking about that
That was a fucking Disaster. I've heard Garage Bands do a better version than that. I'm surprised the crowd didn't riot. I know they did in Quebec when The Bogus Purple Played there. Sad That Rod Evans had to get involved in this. Trying to Cash in on Purple Success after he was kicked out. I read that at one show he actually introduced BURN as "A song from OUR Burn Album".
The third deep purple album was one of the best in my opinion...and sadly we'll never hear those songs anymore....let me remember just one title....APRIL!
owen, if you know your Purple you can't be serious, Evans had no rights to the name and was sent walking, never to return and the DP we all know and love to this day flourished for nearly five years before splitting, the definitive DP, undeniably. What they do now is respectful of the legacy, I assure it.
Btw folks, I know where Mr.Evans lives, something many would like to find out.
yes sure..and i know who killed president kenenti... wtf are u talking about? :F "Btw folks, I know where Mr.Evans lives, something many would like to find out.
Mission accomplished, not trying to 'convince' anyone, just enlighten the interested... you couldn't sound more concerned... Rod's privacy should be respected, so just take comfort in knowing he's alive and doing well. Btw, brush up on your spelling, it needs work.
dude, my spelling is better than urs, and u just sound too sarcastic saying all this b**sh*ts , thinking u are some clever or w/e. ok if u want me to enlighten the interested... i know that Mr. Evans has passed away years ago...and dont say anything about my source...it s totally correct! now , brush up ur teeth , while i am brushing up my spelling, and go to sleep, and forget for once to be sarcastic... ok ty bb :>
I Am not ur son u fucking sarcastic morron. instead of playing it clever, u should get a life...and not saying bullshits for things u dont even know.. kk ty bb :>
They're musicianship is awful! I'd think a band trying to pull this scam would at least get some credible players with decent chops instead of tgese garage quality retards-too funny!
In Summer of 1980 I bought tickets at the old Ticketron for a show at the old DC area Capital Centre. The new Deep Purple was going to open up for the Joe Perry Project. I think this show was cancelled about a half hour after we got the tickets. I always wondered what story was and how this scam was pulled off. Rod Evans was good in Capt Beyond, he really f...d up getting involved in this, even though a lot of bands have done the same.
Tienen a Ian Gillan a Roger Glover y a Ian Paice, ahora, que si vamos al caso, no estas tan errado puesto que el unico que permanecio desde el MK1 es Ian Paice.
claro!! Evans tiene todo el derecho de cantar smoke on the water, asi como turner y cualquier persona que me digas pero no tiene el derecho de presentarse con el nombre de deep purple.
Big Noize toca canciones en las que sus miembros colaboraron, no le veo el problema. No se presentan con un nombre q no les corresponde
Whilst the whole thing was a ridiculous exercise and clearly a con, I don't know why everyone says there were no original members, as Evans *was* an original member of Deep Purple!
Also, according to the trial documents in 1980, there must be at least four 'original' members, in order for the band to be entitled to use the Deep Purple name, yet there are now only three - Paice, Gillan & Glover - who can claim to be original (and, as titustiti says, only Paice is really an original member!).
You don't get it, there were four mkII members in the band that Ritchie left, now only three but no break up occurred in order for the three to get back together and call it DP, which is how things just turn out when you stay together and someone retires but the others feel like carrying on. You don't stop and then try and come back with less original members later, which is what they would be doing if you were right.
I still have my ticket from the show they booked in Portland, had to save it.
The management people who set this up were the real villains. Evans was made the only shareholder, which meant he was the only one who could be sued. He was bankrupted by the real Purple and no longer gets royalities from the first three Purple albums.
@olhole It is a crime because one of the founding members who had nothing to do with the band since the late sixties decided he could use the name without any of the others, and without permission from any of the original members that had been going with the band until it's breakup. The current lineup of Deep Purple is not a crime because there's one original member still present, and he has been consistent throughout all of the lineups. Ian Paice should be allowed to carry on with Gillan and co
Me gusta la voz de Rod Evans, pienso que no luce o no se aprovecha lo suficiente en Captain Beyond. Igualmente los tres primeros albumes de DP son geniales y nos regalan canciones como Anthem donde la Rod Evans se sobra de calidad. Lo de México no fue una buena idea, pero bueno, seguro que quienes asistieron estarían informados desde antes sobre la formación; esto pasa con otras bandas célebres, Yardbirds y los mismos Iron butterfly entre otros. Yo igual hubiera asistido.
Yeah they really fall apart after the organ solo, It's sad that Rod Evans got so tied up in this (after all he can't be labeled an impostor) I've always found Purple's first three albums to be their most challenging, and Captain Beyond was awesome. It's just sad that this fiasco is (most likely) the last chapter in his career.
This is the reason why Rod Evans didn't get to sing on the classic Purple albums, like In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head etc. He's more like a pop singer.
This bogus shit was a BIG mistake from start to finish, and was the final nail in Rod Evans' "musical coffin".
The now infamous debacle captured on tape! Starting at about 4:40 they have a major trainwreck where no one seems to know where they're at in the song...yikes! Otherwise they like a typical top 40 band. The organist is pretty hot though. Rod Evans, if you're out there PLEASE reform th
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mistymagicrich 1 week ago
Pero fue Rod Evans, que mas quieren?
jersonmajin 2 weeks ago
the funny thing is todays deep purple also has one original member
turtlliwdnifuoyehthr 2 weeks ago
No wonder DP sacked him in '69...Rod Evans can't sing and never could!
MrTMarshy 2 weeks ago
cringeworthy
Evoken13 3 weeks ago
Smoke on the Water without a guitar solo. Even a cover band would play the proper guitar solo.
tuncvidinli 4 weeks ago
Sad and pathetic end for Rod Evans. Better he'd been caught shoplifting than done this and got sued for it.
RabbitsWedding 1 month ago 2
Smoke on the Water was written 3 years after Evans left so he certainly had no input on that song!
bruffie1 1 month ago
I have to admit I enjoy hearing Rod singing these songs, and love the early Deep Purple sound. There's no doubt about it (as suggested in this video), Rod Evans was the original vocalist for Deep Purple, and they had a fair amount of success in the states during that time, It was a stupid thing to do though, if anything he should have avoided what the management were telling him and toured with a name that said "The original vocalist of Deep Purple performing the music of Deep Purple".
Burbridge92 1 month ago
...this is really sad
ThePowerslave94 2 months ago
the guitarist didn even dare to make a guitar solo !
Googelbeast 3 months ago
Would be interesting to know the legal issues behind this. Did Blackmore legally own Deep Purple name? If not Rod Evans had a crappy attorney. After all, he was an original member and the band was defunkt. Like Tony Iommi's "Black Sabbath" Seventh Star album. He found out later he didn't own the Sabbath name.
kurtisthall65 3 months ago
@kurtisthall65 There is a major difference in that Tony Iommi was a continuous presence in Black Sabbath, whereas Rod Evans was a member of Deep Purple for about two years before being replaced by Ian Gillan. The law's the law, but it's obvious Iommi had more of a leg to stand on than Evans' did. Also, Blackmore had been out of the band before they broke up so if any of the band members owned the name it would have been Paice and Lord at that time.
Burbridge92 1 month ago
My first rock concert was seeing this fake Deep Purple somewhere south of Boston, MA in the summer of '80! I knew it only featured original vocalist Rod Evans but still it was a big deal to me as I was only 17 and never saw anyone famous up to that point. But watching this footage it is painfully apparent this was a travesty compared to the real deal!
captaineasychord1 5 months ago
crazy...
sandrorhoads 5 months ago
This Sucks compared to the real Deep Purple! p.s. Can someone please post some videos of the fake Steppenwolf?
NEWWAVEPSY 6 months ago
@NEWWAVEPSY Fake Steppenwolf differs somewhat to fake Purple. Several previous members were involved in Steppenwolf, it's not as bad (although still an illegal use of the name).
I suppose the worst example of a fake band was the fake Fleetwood Mac which featured literally no one who had ever been in the band.
Burbridge92 1 month ago
ROD EVANS!!! Biggest dumbass on the planet.
Drumguy1988 7 months ago
I've heard Gillan sing Evans' songs (early Mark II), but this the only time I've heard Evans do Gillan.
crownprinceofgroovy 7 months ago
@crownprinceofgroovy
Me too, and hopefully..the last!
QueenReigns1 7 months ago
@crownprinceofgroovy Gillan still sings songs from the Evans' era occassionally, Hush is on the setlist of the current tour.
Burbridge92 1 month ago
al guitarrista hasta lo vistieron como richie blackmore..... chale....
GeorgeFrehley 8 months ago
For his part in this abomination Rod lost claim to all the royalties in Deep Purple
Obelisk2290 8 months ago
poor Rod, he really deserved a lot better than this, of the 5 albums he was on in his career, he sang amazingly on every track, this is just kind of depressing to see
Adamboms 8 months ago
and why the hell would they film this? the video evidence is absolutely damning
ACDC7369 9 months ago
@ACDC7369 there was also a fake fleetwood mac
Obelisk2290 8 months ago
this is so funny. theyre all so bad (except Rod). they have the skill of average high school musicians. that keyboard solo is so lame and they totally got lost at the end of it
ACDC7369 9 months ago
WTF BS I say shoot them all, they suck royal donkeys and totally off key
capitolemiproducer 9 months ago
Раритет!
vlad4579z 9 months ago
me encanta este video, ojalá hubieran más temas de esta tocata, si se hubieran presentado en Chile fijo que iba, aunque fuera sólo para ver a Rod Evans, aunque en 1980 tal vez no hubiera dado cuenta que era una formación BOGUS
POOZITUNGA 10 months ago
Estuve en este concierto con la ilusion de ver a Deep Purple. La banda que toco antes de ellos fue Black Oak Arkanzas. Jim Dandy trajo a un chavito de 16 años en la guitarra que tocaba de pocamadre. El Pinche Jim Dandy no paraba de decir "que bonitas Señorritas" Yo no veía ninguna, sólo vi pura banda mugrosa colgada de las porterias de Futbol Americano. La entarda fue un desmadre hubo portazo destruyendo las rejas de entrada. Al final todo un desmadre.
Supernaut70 10 months ago
@Supernaut70 De acuerdo!, nos toco cargar con la epoca dificil: La intro del rock a mexico, no vivo allá pero segun leo, desde hace varios años se organizan conciertos con los mejores supergrupos mundiales de ayer y hoy, bien para la chaviza de ahora que no supieron o no se acuerdan que fué nuestra generacion la que se partió el eje por esuchar un poco de buen Rock. Gracias a nosotros comenzaron a ir los supergrupos a Mex!!
recharchic 10 months ago
so sad that this happened and Rod was a willing part of it. It wasn't even good. The real Deep Purplw were right to come down hard on them like a ton of bricks.
An insult to the great name of Deep Purple and certainly an insult to the talents of Rod Evans.
holydiver73 10 months ago
this would make a great movie so long as they don't get marky mark to act in it
whitemanik1 1 year ago
I believe "Hush" was written by Joe South. If the song is played by Deep Purple with Joe South's permission, then who ever is the current singer of Deep Purple can sing it.
kkeidel 1 year ago
Well the guy presenting this obviously has no idea what he's talking about. "There wasn't any original members...Rod Evans claimed to be the vocalist of Deep Purple before Ian Gillan"? Rod Evans was an original member and was the vocalist before Ian Gillan, he sang on their first three albums, and they were a big artist in the USA whilst he fronted them.
Burbridge92 1 year ago
@Burbridge92 And what does it matter that Ritchie Blackmore wasn't there? He'd already left the real band in the seventies and had been replaced by Tommy Bolin, the real band even released an album without him before breaking up, Ritchie Blackmore's absence is irrelevant. What is relevant is the absence of Ian Paice and Jon Lord, who were the continuous founding members upon Deep Purple's original breakup, had they joined the project Rod Evans could have fairly asserted that it was Deep Purple.
Burbridge92 1 year ago
@Burbridge92 What Rod did was only wrong because he tried to pass it off as Deep Purple without any continuous members, and playing songs that were released after his departure from the band as if they were his own and claiming them to be his.
Burbridge92 1 year ago
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whitemanik1 1 year ago
Even the forfeiting of future artist royalties(for the first 3 Deep Purple albums) didn't recoup the enormous legal expenses of HEC Enterprises(Deep Purple's 1968-76 management) in suing the fake Deep Purple or satisfy the damages awarded to HEC by the courts. If Rod Evans ever attempted to make music again, any and all profits would be confiscated(by the courts) to satisfy his debt to HEC. His retirement from music isn't voluntary. It's enforced.
56dinosaur 1 year ago
@56dinosaur (courts don't confiscate or collect money) I don't know where you get these ideas from. The court simply SAYS WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG! Even if there was a JUDGEMENT AWARDING MONEY TO DEEP PURPLE'S LAWYERS, They only have 5 years to collect! (STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS). FURTHERMORE, ROD COULD SUE DP OVER THE RE-ISSUED 3 DP CD'S HE IS ON ALONG WITH THE LIVE ONE(bonus tracks). yes,the music on this vid is bad but Gillan singing HUSH (nobodys perfect) IS EVEN WORSE, (out of key!)
whitemanik1 1 year ago
@whitemanik1
Neither Rod Evans or Nick Simper could sue for royalties from the CD reissues of the early Deep Purple recordings. After Nick Simper was fired by the group, he sued the group, and in the resulting settlement, he forfeited future artist & publishing royalties in exchange for a £10,000 lump sum. Rod Evans continued to receive roughly £20,000 per year royalties, until he started the fake Deep Purple. In the settlement of the fake Purple suit, Evans forfeited future royalties.
56dinosaur 1 year ago
Rod got sued and lost he didn't have money to pay lawyer bills for Purple so lost all his royalties from first 3 albums. He then vanished and hasn't been heard of in 30 years. Some have stated that he is a nurse in San Francisco area but really, he's probably retired by now. When he was first ousted from Purple he had just gotten married to a rich lady. Nicky took cash in lieu of royalties and regrets it to this day. Love to see MkI reuinion with Rod and Nicky, Ritchie, Jon. It could happen.
patrickmichels 1 year ago
This lineup had only one original member of DP, but as of 2010 the 'real' DP has only TWO origrnal members!
jonsilence 1 year ago
@jonsilence Actually now only with one. Paice is now the only original member left. Lord retaired back in 2005 leaving just one.
TheGrabsplatter 1 year ago
@jonsilence Actually now only with one. Paice is now the only original member left. Lord retired back in 2005 leaving just one.
TheGrabsplatter 1 year ago
One thing have to be said. Rod Evans was a great singer, one sad case of a underrated musician, I guess thats what lead him to do such a bogus Deep Purple and throw his carreer away,
But I still admire and respect u Rod, you are a legend!
fdscasti 1 year ago
Truth is, now Rod could easily front a band called Rod Evans' Purple (or similar), and no one would object. In 1980, tribute acts simply didn't exist. Also, Deep Purple themselves had a Number 1 compilation album that year (Deepest Purple), despite their having broken up. So the band was as big as ever. I also feel very sorry for Rod, who is a talent in his own right.
GreenerHill 1 year ago
If you're gonna put a bogus band together, make sure the guys can at least play.
biancoveli1976 1 year ago
Oh, Rod, you didn't "come out to Montreux", and neither did the rest of these clowns...
MrDaoco 1 year ago
@MrDaoco Neither did Joe Lynn Turner who was in the band around 1990-91. He sang the same. At least Coverdale had respect enough to sing "They all came down to Montreux...".
SilverTounge85 1 year ago
aunque en aquellos tiempos fue BOGUS,ahora es historico
pepetrueno1967 1 year ago
Sad......... just sad.
DLRisVH 1 year ago
During the "keyboard solo" in the middle it sounds like the band got completely lost.
Rod's a great singer, but this"band" sucks.
sertail 1 year ago
Dear Captain Beyond: Please locate Rod Evans....and talk him into doing a reunion tour with your band again. This incident has come and gone. Rod, get a good entertainment lawyer to watch your back...sign the paperwork- and get back to doing what you did so well. Captain Beyond, that is. Forget this video disaster above....I have.
thugpassion65 1 year ago
Bloody horrible, save some decent vocals from Evans. From 5:25 and onwards, the organ sounds completely twisted. And not in a good way. Also, the twat playing it reminds me of Manuel from Fawlty Towers.
frederikolsen 1 year ago
@frederikolsen Haha! Very funny.
GreenerHill 1 year ago
Pretty woeful. Rod's a great singer but the band is very ordinary!
This may have been the spark that caused Deep Purple's reformation in 1984, who still continue to this day, so it wasn't all bad!!
Thanks for posting this bit of rock history.
thomasnonsense 1 year ago
If Rod would have been smart, he would have let go of his saying of old soldiers never die and continue on with his success as a heart surgery director. I sorta tolerated his work for Deep Purple, I really liked the amazing job he did for Captain Beyond but reforming a band that he got voted out of after a long time without signing ever since the Captain Beyond break up in the early 70s, a few random musicians sure did make a huge disaster... As if he did that!
thevinnymaster 1 year ago
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ohh it's a shame because Rod Evans was a great singer... lalena and anthem are amazing!
aaronreyesramos 1 year ago
ohh it's a shame because Rod Evans was a great singer... lalena and anthem are amazing!
aaronreyesramos 1 year ago
ohh it's a shame because Rod Evans was a great singer... lalena and anthem are amazing!
aaronreyesramos 1 year ago
Never seen a worse LOOKING band! And they sound like they look. Rod, I love you baby (like a lot of other Captain Beyond fans), but WTF were you thinking?????
jonsilence 1 year ago
glad i didnt pay for this
Obelisk2290 1 year ago
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rhart123 1 year ago
This is horrible!
Dannymusic1999 1 year ago
poor Rod Evans
Kingdelfrong 1 year ago
Interesting to see the bogus band in action, even if it is pretty bad. Wonder if the rest of the set is out there somewhere? It's a pity Evans got sued, though. He was setup by the management. The rest of the band members were just 'employees' in the small print and couldn't be sued! Evans would have been better touring as Peep Durple, featuring Rod Evans ;-)
tonyrome67 1 year ago
awful performance with vocals and all instruments, too.
palg123 1 year ago
soo AWFUL!!! ...because of this scam Rod Evans got Sued out of his royalties for the 1st 3 albums ...and well deserved
mrhiway420 2 years ago
Man, these guys suck big time.
I heard about this, what a joke!
moonchair761 2 years ago
Ouch! Evans could have called it Smoke On The Water but not Deep Purple... That's just ouch! Losing credit for the Mk 1 albums for giving the band a bad name... Ouch! Getting sewed after trying to bring back the band that fired you... Double Ouch! I still say that Evans shouldn't have gotten sued. If there was someone remaking Deep Purple, it was better him than someone else... OUCH!
thevinnymaster 2 years ago
@thevinnymaster - I have to disagree. He should have been sued for doing this, he and the promoters who put it together. They didn't put a gun to his head (did they?) It was a total ripoff. Five years later the Mk 2 band got back together for real, and it was 100 times better than this. This is actually worse than I remembered.
I understand the same promoters put together a bogus Steppenwolf even before this (not that John kay and Steppenwolf are the real deal).
rhart123 1 year ago
@rhart123
Yes, the PROMOTERS should have been sued, I agree. However, they weren't. Rod Evans alone was sued. That was the point I was making.
tonyrome67 1 year ago
My God in Heaven! This is embarrassing!
Marceloco26 2 years ago 2
Rod sounds remarkably like David Coverdale on this song; maybe that's why somebody thought it would work. Sad!
I remember being young and stupid; going to a dive south of Longview, Texas, because STEPPENWOLF was playing there!! And it was probably the same guys in this band, except they found some guy who could snarl and sing to be "John Kay."
I am by myself right now, and I feel like having a riot myself. PATHETIC!!
misteraytch 2 years ago 2
deep purple Fake !!!
GrandiLive 2 years ago
While it was unfair on Evans to take all the blame for this, nobody forced him to get involved in the first place and it was very naive on his part. A pity, because he was a great singer.
And judging by this clip it's no wonder some of the shows almost ended in riots.
kubrick767 2 years ago 5
Oh si ya me acordé: El grupo Abridor fueron los DUG DUGS de Durango, luego siguió BLACK OAK ARKANSAS, y cerró DEEP PURPLE, caray! , esa tarde la nube estuvo a todo lo que se podia esa tarde, lástima pues el sonido estuvo pésimo, sin embargo para la chaviza era un gran logro tener y ver a estos supergrupos de cerca y en vivo, pues anteriormente había exceso de CENSURA.
recharchic 2 years ago
@recharchic La censura gracias al pinche Gobierno. Nos dieron atole con el dedo con es pinche concierto. Yo estuve y la verdad lo único bueno fue Black Oak Arkanzas. Tanto pedo para cagar aguado cuando El falso Dep Purle aparecio.
Supernaut70 10 months ago
Mis amigos y Yo asistimos al concierto ese día, precisamente lo que ahora es el Estadio donde juega Cruz Azul. Aquella vez hasta llevamos varias botellas de whisky escoces, y la pasamos estupendo, pero la verdad Deep Purple dejó mucho que desear, la organización también estuvo mal, por cierto recuerdo que tocaron otros dos grupos, alguien sabe quiénes eran?. Pues esa vez me puse una super-jarra......
recharchic 2 years ago
Morse and Airey aren't DP original members...
titustiti 2 years ago
Right! the original members are Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod evans and Nick Simper. But the classic line-up is the Mk 2.
24capella 2 years ago
There are more DP original members outside (Blackmore, Evans, Simper, Lord) than inside "Deep Purple" ! A MK I or III reunion would have more legitimity than "MK VIII"... Gillan, Glover, Airey, Morse and Paice aren't Deep Purple MARK II !!! For me, DP without Blackmore and Lord is a FAKE DEEP PURPLE...
titustiti 2 years ago
No fue NI LA SOMBRA DEL MKII !
fuck69boy 2 years ago
Damn! He knew it was illegitimate. I feel ashamed for this.
You listen Captain Beyond and later this... =/
wateronthesmoke 2 years ago
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wateronthesmoke 2 years ago
Alright, maybe I was to hard on Rod. Its just sad that he was framed. Im sure he's a nice guy, and didnt want to do harm. He should come back, where could he be?
seventhsamuel 2 years ago
how is it that he was a horrible person for doing this when Ian gillan ( which i love ) is still touring with deep purple with who... The only original members that anyone cares about is Lord Gillan( not Founding member but the only one most people care about ) and blackmore) and how many of those people is he touring with ..... 0...... Rod evans Was the first singer for purple.. he just shouldnt have sung any of gillans songs..
mrjcoolness 2 years ago
Or called the band Deep Purple...
DoomMetalSludge 2 years ago
It's true that in theory, the current incarnation of Deep Purple is about as legitimate as this one, but we choose to let that slide. I feel really bad for Rod, he doesn't deserve all this flack for making this mistake.
And let's be completely honest here... Does this sound THAT much worse than the Deep Purple that recorded the Last Concert in Japan album?
YngtchieMusic 2 years ago
@YngtchieMusic
Of course the current Deep Purple is more legitimate than this one..the current DP has 3 members of the classic MK2 lineup..this has 1 member of MK1..
and he was fired because he wasn't good enough for DP !
seventiesclassic 1 year ago
I agree, and I must note that I was playing devil's advocate in my previous comment. It's a shame this ever happened, because Rod Evans was a damn fine singer in his own right, just not comparable to Ian Gillan.
If this was today, Evans would've done the wise thing and started a group with Simper and three solid backing musicians and called it something like Shades of Purple, playing songs from the first three albums.
I know I would've wanted to see a show like that.
YngtchieMusic 1 year ago
Rod Evans CAN sing heavy rock. Listen to his Captain Beyond albums, as well as Mandrake Root, Painter, Hush, etc. He doesn't deserve to be castigated all these years after 1980. If he now formed a band called Rod Evans' Deep Purple Experience (or whatever), no one would give a monkey's. And do you know who is a big Rod Evans fan? Ian Gillan. Makes you think. Thanks for making this available!
Hedgeweed 2 years ago
This was of course a travesty, but has anyone noticed there's only one original member in the current "legitimate" Deep Purple as well? Gillan sings "Hush" every night and makes a nice living, and Rod is banned for life for making one stupid mistake. It's time to the rock community forgave him and hopefully someday the mystery of his wherabouts will be solved.
UncleSusanAcoustic 2 years ago 2
Rod Evans is awesome and i hope to see him come back one day.. i totally agree.. I love gillan lord blackmore and everyone else but I also think that Evans is awesome... Captain Beyond is in my top ten albums of all time
mrjcoolness 2 years ago 2
Apart from 'Smoke On The Water', the band apparently did 'Hush', 'Kentucky Woman', 'Mandrake Root', 'Black Night', 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Space Truckin', 'Highway Star', 'Burn', 'Stormbringer' and 'Lay Down, Stay Down'.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago
@SilverTounge85
Hi Silver..now when you say they " Did " those songs..what exactly do you mean ? lol
seventiesclassic 1 year ago
@seventiesclassic
Hehe, they performed them basicly, according to reports from people that experienced this version of "Deep Purple".
Yes, the current Deep Purple and the previous MK.7 was/is great. Not many bands has kept it going for 42 years, even though they had a break from 76 to 84. Gillan's voice is not what it used to, but he sure can belt out most of the classics. He did 'Speed King' excellent in November last year when I saw them. They also look so happy on stage.
SilverTounge85 1 year ago
Original founding member and bassist Nicky Simper was apparently approached as well, but he declined to join this.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago
what a pitty that TRUE Deep Purple did not keep both Rod Evans AND Ian Gillan. David Coverdale might have had a nice voice but extremely poor style (may be not on his own account)
egalite09 2 years ago
este fue un fraude de javier navarro quien escribia en la revista conecte, preguntenle a pako gruexxo, el andaba bien enojado por esta transa
62guily 2 years ago
Silver is right. Rod was approached by a management company which specialized in questionably-reformed bands with big names and began to tour under the Deep Purple name accompanied by unknown session musicians. Rod just went with it and he got screwed over. He had to pay a huge fine and he no longer gets money from the 3 records he recorded with Deep Purple. Its a shame the management company didn't get fined or anything. Rod did nothing wrong and he shouldn't of got blamed for all this.
Yardbirdsfan 2 years ago 4
So the management company took no penalty for this sham? That is too bad. I blame them even more than Rod Evans, but he still should have known that this would not go over well at all.
rhart123 1 year ago
Rod was cheated into this. This concert promotor guy got away with it. Stop flaming Rod for it. Rod took the heat for this. Rod will still be THE original Deep Purple singer and frontman in the 60's, and the music they made on the 3 first album (and covered for that matter) are top notch. Gillan is was and still is my favourite vocalist, but Rod comes as a good #2. I'm glad this was documented, even though it wasn't very well performed. Would love to hear 'Hush' etc. which they also played.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago 8
Your oppinion my oppinionated friend...I know all the Mk 1 songs you have mentioned very well indeed and apart from the fact that I like them very much cannot find anything "remarkable" about them!
leostrater 2 years ago
"Rod Evans a remarkable musical talent!?!" Example please...He actually wasn't a bad (not great) late 60's pop singer. He was extremely lucky to have played with the extraordinary talent that is DP. Good luck to him!!
leostrater 2 years ago
Don't talk shit. Rod Evans was an extraordinarily good singer. Listen to his singing in Deep Purple songs like "The Painer", "Anthem", "Bird Has Flown", and in the Captain Beyond albums. His voice is one of the most beautiful to ever exist in rock and roll.
bessadale 2 years ago 4
amen .. im just sad hes gone
mrjcoolness 2 years ago
@bessadale - I would much rather have seen a Captain Beyond concert than this. At least I'd have gotten what I paid to see.
rhart123 1 year ago
@bessadale Captain Beyond!!!!!!
ACDC7369 8 months ago
watch and listen to captain beyond! Great imaginative concept album!!
gorgonslave 2 years ago
Rod Evens is A remarkable musical talent and his vocal skills are incredible. His work on the first 3 Deep Purple albums as well as Captain beyond will forever make him a legend. So Sad to see him in this sham version a decision he payed dearly for. Well apparently Rod went on to become a doctor and Ian went on to write Dp songs about anal sex with strange women.
doctordel 2 years ago 3
Good point sir that is the funniest thing i have heard all month... That is true.. if you think about it who is the winner??? Ian is still out jamming, drinking, partying, singing every night and Rod is out saving lives.. Hmmmmmm.. Captain Beyond is the best rock album ever.. perfect in everyway..
mrjcoolness 2 years ago
Do you have more of this? These videos are halarious. Terrible singing, detuned intruments, and just crap.
seventhsamuel 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Rod was totally wronged from thegetgo when Blackmore andthe rest of purple used his vocals from songs at the end of 69 that werent even meant for Rod to sing!Those songs were meant for his replacement ( Gillian).Rod thought he was the indefinite singer after all his vocals got them on the american charts.Mark 1 of purple was the most inventive musically and lyrically.The 70's Purple saw us listening to purple playing like a poor mans Sabbath,and why because he couldnt scream like a little girl.
krugin72 2 years ago
I might be crazy, but I am sooo happy to see this. I've read about this for years! Thanks for posting!
astrofist 2 years ago 9
hahahaha, at the end you can see the begining of crazy train, recorded in the same VHS.
In that times usually they only bring to mexico the cheap and ugly things (with notable exceptions like queen)
GeorgeFrehley 2 years ago
TRASH
DoomMetalSludge 2 years ago
Jesus terrible. This is tuned down several steps- around E or something lower. That's why it sounds like shit. Smoke isn't even a hard song to sing in the original key.
JohnHKart 2 years ago 2
I think its tuned around F. E, well its sounds close, but it isnt quite that low. Still, its awful. If Rod had been on In Rock, Fireball, or Machine Head, those albums would have been horrible. He was no rock singer.
seventhsamuel 2 years ago
wow that was... horrible... man, I am so glad they fired him, if he sang on the studio version of the song, I wouldn't even like it at all...
ranger1944omaha 2 years ago
patetico......
luis77pk 2 years ago
aaaaahhhhh where are thos jolly times when rod used to wear those hot yellow pants!! hahahahahahahahah
imiocic 2 years ago
where the hell is this rod evans now?? still singing hahahahah?? well now he should reform, maybe black sabbath, ooor led zeppelin!! hahahahahha! yeah, who needs ozzy, gezzer, tony, and bill when rod is in action!!! what a guy
imiocic 2 years ago
sweet jesus what the hell is this????? hahahahahahahahah!!! my two-year-old neighbour plays better than these lowlifes!!!!
imiocic 2 years ago
faaaaaaar better than the real deep purple hehehehehehehehehehehh!!! rod in my heart heheheheheh!!!! just joking people :)
imiocic 2 years ago
What the HELL was he thinking??
statsmedisteren 2 years ago
I have such a huge pity of Rod... he's one of the greatest rock voices of all time, and ended up doing this... it saddens me deeply...
bessadale 2 years ago 7
saddens me too.. But i still like Captain Beyond and the early purple. That ill never change but this still disappointments me.. At least he could have just sung the songs during his era of purple..
mrjcoolness 2 years ago 3
Three of the musicians you see here in this 1980 Deep Purple video were also in a "bogus" Steppenwolf band in 1979. In this 1980 bogus Deep Purple video, the lead guitar is Tony Flynn, on keyboards is Geoff Emery, and on drums is Dick Jurgens... all were playing together in a bogus Wolf the previous year.
kevinscollier 2 years ago
I heard the same promoters were behind the fake Steppenwolf, but didn't know some of these guys were also involved in that. At least Rod Evans actually was in Deep Purple at one time, but this was still disappointing and a ripoff. Definitely the worst concert I ever paid to see,
rhart123 1 year ago
I have a question, Deep Purple played before at the Toreo?, Im mean the real band I was to young to be there but my older friends where always talking about that
morfo1010 2 years ago
I have a question, Deep Purple played before at the Toreo?, Im mean the real band I was to young to be there but my older friends where always talking about that
morfo1010 2 years ago
This sounds like what me and my friends were pumping out of our garage when i was younger.... pathetic.
Glasshouse27 2 years ago
The Guitarist in the Bogus Purple Tony Flynn was also Involved in a Bogus Steppenwolf.
Drumguy1988 2 years ago
That was a fucking Disaster. I've heard Garage Bands do a better version than that. I'm surprised the crowd didn't riot. I know they did in Quebec when The Bogus Purple Played there. Sad That Rod Evans had to get involved in this. Trying to Cash in on Purple Success after he was kicked out. I read that at one show he actually introduced BURN as "A song from OUR Burn Album".
Drumguy1988 2 years ago
i dont rly think that Rod Evans tried to take avantage of DP's success m8... US managers found him...and no1 knows why this happened anyway
PsyChoChiRcuS 2 years ago
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Drumguy1988 2 years ago
sad...sad...sad...
The third deep purple album was one of the best in my opinion...and sadly we'll never hear those songs anymore....let me remember just one title....APRIL!
kristolaos 2 years ago
owen, if you know your Purple you can't be serious, Evans had no rights to the name and was sent walking, never to return and the DP we all know and love to this day flourished for nearly five years before splitting, the definitive DP, undeniably. What they do now is respectful of the legacy, I assure it.
Btw folks, I know where Mr.Evans lives, something many would like to find out.
My source is correct, thtat's for certain.
blackster 2 years ago
yes sure..and i know who killed president kenenti... wtf are u talking about? :F "Btw folks, I know where Mr.Evans lives, something many would like to find out.
My source is correct, thtat's for certain."
u totally convinced every1 by that xD
PsyChoChiRcuS 2 years ago
Mission accomplished, not trying to 'convince' anyone, just enlighten the interested... you couldn't sound more concerned... Rod's privacy should be respected, so just take comfort in knowing he's alive and doing well. Btw, brush up on your spelling, it needs work.
blackster 2 years ago
dude, my spelling is better than urs, and u just sound too sarcastic saying all this b**sh*ts , thinking u are some clever or w/e. ok if u want me to enlighten the interested... i know that Mr. Evans has passed away years ago...and dont say anything about my source...it s totally correct! now , brush up ur teeth , while i am brushing up my spelling, and go to sleep, and forget for once to be sarcastic... ok ty bb :>
PsyChoChiRcuS 2 years ago
Shut up and get a lebotemy while you're at it, you need it PSYCHO! (you're on the wrong page, son)
blackster 2 years ago
I Am not ur son u fucking sarcastic morron. instead of playing it clever, u should get a life...and not saying bullshits for things u dont even know.. kk ty bb :>
PsyChoChiRcuS 2 years ago
Where does Rod Evans live then? I heard he lives in California.
seventhsamuel 2 years ago
What a waste. Good thing Rod got his MD.
aalton 3 years ago
They're musicianship is awful! I'd think a band trying to pull this scam would at least get some credible players with decent chops instead of tgese garage quality retards-too funny!
jimjim22205 3 years ago 5
What musicianship???
Noiseferatu 2 years ago
In Summer of 1980 I bought tickets at the old Ticketron for a show at the old DC area Capital Centre. The new Deep Purple was going to open up for the Joe Perry Project. I think this show was cancelled about a half hour after we got the tickets. I always wondered what story was and how this scam was pulled off. Rod Evans was good in Capt Beyond, he really f...d up getting involved in this, even though a lot of bands have done the same.
jimjim22205 3 years ago
2008's Deep Purple isn't fake... Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Ian Paice are from the most famous MK of the band.
RitchieAldrich 3 years ago
Te equivocas amigo.
Tienen a Ian Gillan a Roger Glover y a Ian Paice, ahora, que si vamos al caso, no estas tan errado puesto que el unico que permanecio desde el MK1 es Ian Paice.
Deep Purple mas conocido: MK2
Deep Purple original: MK1
facundo98 3 years ago
Me hubiera gustado verlos en Chile en su momento, después de todo los Deep Purple´s actuales tambien tienen 1 solo integrante original
POOZITUNGA 3 years ago
¿Por qué siempre lo eliminan de youtube?
después de todo estos son los abuelos de BIG NOIZE, Evans tiene tanto derecho a cantar SMOKE ON THE WATER como Joe Lynn Turner ¿o no?
frankisstainer 3 years ago
@frankisstainer
claro!! Evans tiene todo el derecho de cantar smoke on the water, asi como turner y cualquier persona que me digas pero no tiene el derecho de presentarse con el nombre de deep purple.
Big Noize toca canciones en las que sus miembros colaboraron, no le veo el problema. No se presentan con un nombre q no les corresponde
urbanoide270106 11 months ago
Whilst the whole thing was a ridiculous exercise and clearly a con, I don't know why everyone says there were no original members, as Evans *was* an original member of Deep Purple!
Also, according to the trial documents in 1980, there must be at least four 'original' members, in order for the band to be entitled to use the Deep Purple name, yet there are now only three - Paice, Gillan & Glover - who can claim to be original (and, as titustiti says, only Paice is really an original member!).
owenpetard 3 years ago 3
You don't get it, there were four mkII members in the band that Ritchie left, now only three but no break up occurred in order for the three to get back together and call it DP, which is how things just turn out when you stay together and someone retires but the others feel like carrying on. You don't stop and then try and come back with less original members later, which is what they would be doing if you were right.
I still have my ticket from the show they booked in Portland, had to save it.
blackster 2 years ago
The management people who set this up were the real villains. Evans was made the only shareholder, which meant he was the only one who could be sued. He was bankrupted by the real Purple and no longer gets royalities from the first three Purple albums.
owenpetard 3 years ago 2
2008 'DEEP PURPLE' is fake too... Ian Paice is actually the only original member of the band !
titustiti 3 years ago
@titustiti
Deep Purple 2008.....going on 2011 is NOT fake.
They grew out of pervious Deep Purple lineups
that were legitimate, with studio albums to their name.
Steve Morse has been with dP since 1995,
and Don Airey since 2002.....
That's what they call evolution, dude.
But this 1980 lineup....a crime.
olhole 1 year ago
@olhole It is a crime because one of the founding members who had nothing to do with the band since the late sixties decided he could use the name without any of the others, and without permission from any of the original members that had been going with the band until it's breakup. The current lineup of Deep Purple is not a crime because there's one original member still present, and he has been consistent throughout all of the lineups. Ian Paice should be allowed to carry on with Gillan and co
Burbridge92 1 year ago
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whitemanik1 1 year ago
Me gusta la voz de Rod Evans, pienso que no luce o no se aprovecha lo suficiente en Captain Beyond. Igualmente los tres primeros albumes de DP son geniales y nos regalan canciones como Anthem donde la Rod Evans se sobra de calidad. Lo de México no fue una buena idea, pero bueno, seguro que quienes asistieron estarían informados desde antes sobre la formación; esto pasa con otras bandas célebres, Yardbirds y los mismos Iron butterfly entre otros. Yo igual hubiera asistido.
vangelisideras 3 years ago
Yeah they really fall apart after the organ solo, It's sad that Rod Evans got so tied up in this (after all he can't be labeled an impostor) I've always found Purple's first three albums to be their most challenging, and Captain Beyond was awesome. It's just sad that this fiasco is (most likely) the last chapter in his career.
rdevicsaint 3 years ago 6
good points
VincePalamara 3 years ago
I agree, it's very sad but true.
What a waste of talent.
Noiseferatu 3 years ago
I like Rod Evans voice. This IS still a very cool historical find; no doubt about it. Rod, we miss you!
VincePalamara 3 years ago 4
This is still a neat historical find
VincePalamara 3 years ago
Gracias Facundo por subir este video (tantas veces removido de YTB).
Saludos desde Rosario-Argentina
Foro Internacional de Deep Purple 6 Relativos en Castellano.
w w w . forodeeppurple . c o m
ritchierod 3 years ago
Yikes :(
Tireon 3 years ago
This is the reason why Rod Evans didn't get to sing on the classic Purple albums, like In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head etc. He's more like a pop singer.
This bogus shit was a BIG mistake from start to finish, and was the final nail in Rod Evans' "musical coffin".
IHIKML 3 years ago
u dont know anything about music m8...
PsyChoChiRcuS 2 years ago
Gracias por subirlo facundo!Algo tristemente historico.
Saludos desde el DP Foro!
Josephdpbrex 3 years ago
The now infamous debacle captured on tape! Starting at about 4:40 they have a major trainwreck where no one seems to know where they're at in the song...yikes! Otherwise they like a typical top 40 band. The organist is pretty hot though. Rod Evans, if you're out there PLEASE reform th