Ian Gillan
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Ian Gillan is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice.
Gillan performing live with Deep Purple in Germany, July 2022
Gillan onstage with Deep Purple in Hamburg, 1971
Gillan in Barcelona, 1983
Gillan performing live with Deep Purple at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, 1985
Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath were an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabba
Ian Gillan
…away from the music business, he resumed his music career with solo bands the Ian Gillan Band and Gillan, before a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath in 1983. The following year, Deep Purple reformed and two more successful albums followed before he left in 1989. He returned to the group in 1992, and…
Black Sabbath in 1970. From left to right: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne.
The Crown in Birmingham, where the band played their first show
Black Sabbath at Piccadilly Circus, London in 1970 (left to right: Iommi, Ward, Osbourne, Butler)
Black Sabbath original line-up in 1973 (left to right: Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward)