Deep Purple: In Rock | Full Music Documentary | Ritchie Blackmore | Jon Lord | Ian Gillan

The long-awaited look at heavy metal and modern hard rock pioneer band, Deep Purple and their breakthrough album, IN ROCK. It was the first studio album from the Mark II lineup of Deep Purple, and with Ritchie Blackmore firmly in the driving seat, backed up by Gillan’s intense vocals, this album is seen by many fans as the ultimate in hard rock. Deep Purple is an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, but their musical approach has changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the “unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies“. They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as “the globe’s loudest band“ for a 1972 concert at London’s Rainb