Ian Gillan
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The chaotic story of Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the booze-fuelled union of two rock legends
By Malcolm Dome published
Black Sabbath’s Born Again: flawed classic or total disaster? Ian Gillan has opinions

How Ian Gillan put Deep Purple behind him and launched a new chapter of his career with Gillan
By Dave Ling published
Ian Gillan reinvented himself as a NWOBHM-era star with Gillan

The albums that found Ian Gillan riding NWOBHM's slipstream into the charts, together at last
By Johnny Sharp published
Deep Purple survivor Ian Gillan’s career-reviving vehicle rides again across seven discs on 1978-1982

Ritchie Blackmore once asked former Deep Purple bandmate Ian Gillan to join Rainbow
By Classic Rock published
Gillan responded by asking Blackmore to join his solo band

Every Deep Purple album ranked, from worst to best
By Geoff Barton published
Updated Deep Purple's albums ranked, from patchy Purple to purple patches, from iconic albums to the one Ritchie Blackmore dubbed "cattle grazing" to the one with the new chap

The chaotic story of Ian Gillan’s erratically brilliant solo career
By Geoff Barton published
Jazz-funk, solo hits and near-bankruptcy – this is the turbulent story of Ian Gillan’s post-Deep Purple career

Ian Gillan says Black Sabbath were more "important" than Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin
By Liz Scarlett published
Ian Gillan on the "unholy trinity" of British rock bands, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, and why the Brummie Rock Gods were the "most important" of them all

Ian Gillan: The Day I Left Deep Purple
By Ian Gillan last updated
On June 29 1973, Ian Gillan left Deep Purple and no-one said a word. The singer tells Classic Rock the full, sad story
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