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Ian Gillan (August 19, 1945), Rock music vocalist. Ian Gillan is considered to be one of the foremost rock vocalists, who introduced into the rock music the vocal belting technique. In his prime he possessed a very wide vocal range with seemingly effortless and fluid movement throughout it and with remarkable force and precision in the upper register.

Gillan was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England. He joined legendary band Deep Purple in 1969. 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 lineup 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 damaged vocal cords. In 1983 he joined Black Sabbath to record the Born Again album before rejoining a reunited Deep Purple shortly after completing the Born Again tour in early 1984. He left Purple again in 1989, but rejoined for good in 1992. He remains in the band today.

Gillan is now working on a project to document his 40-year career, tentatively called Gillan's Inn. Tony Iommi, Jeff Healey, various members of Deep Purple and many others will be featured on this 2006 DVD project.

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 Strangers (1984)
• The House of Blue Light (1987)
• The Battle Rages On (1993)
• Purpendicular (1996)
• Abandon (1998)
• Bananas (2003)
• Rapture of the Deep (2005)

Live with Deep Purple

• Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)

• Made in Japan (1972)

• Deep Purple in Concert - BBC Sessions 70/72 (1980)

• Scandinavian Nights - Live in Stockholm '70 (1988)

• Nobody's Perfect (1988)

• In the Absence of Pink - Knebworth '85 (1991)

• Gemini Suite Live '70 (1993)

• Come Hell or High Water (1994)

• Live at the Olympia '96 (1997)

• Total Abandon - Live in Australia '99 (1999)

• Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Concerto's 30th Anniversary (2000)

• Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy (2001)

As Ian Gillan Band

• Child in Time (1976)

• Clear Air Turbulence (1976)

• Scarabus (1977)

• Live At The Budokan (1978)

As Gillan

• Gillan [aka The Japanese Album] (1978)

• Mr. Universe (1979)

• Glory Road (1980)

• Future Shock (1980)

• Double Trouble (1981)

• Magic (1982)

With Black Sabbath

• Born Again (1983)

With Roger Glover

• Accidentally On Purpose (1988)

As Garth Rockett & the Moonshiners

• Garth Rockett & The Moonshiners Live At The Ritz (1990)

As Ian Gillan

• Naked Thunder (1991)

• Toolbox (1992)

• Cherkazoo And Other Stories - '73/'75 solo sessions (1992)

• Dreamcatcher (1998)

With The Javelins

• Sole Agency And Representation (1994)

Others

• Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

External links

• Official site
• Deep Purple Fan Site
• Foro Deep Purple en Español

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