Deep Purple consolidated their standing as one of the planet's fastest rising hard-rock propositions with the July 9, 1971 release of Fireball.The album followed the previous year's watershed In ...

You can't argue with commercial success, and Fireball was all of that and more. It was a good sized hit in the United States but in their home country, it elevated the band to superstar status as ...

Like many British rock bands that came of age in the late ‘60s, Deep Purple has had a long and turbulent history. ... ‘Fireball’ (1971), ‘Machine Head’ (1972), ...

Life in Deep Purple has never been dull. Whether it's Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore exchanging barbs (and worse) band members being written out band history, or that grand piano purchased for ...

How Deep Purple created their best hit 'Smoke on the Water' ... Fireball, had to be fitted in around a busy schedule of live dates, from the autumn of 1970 until the summer of 1971.

Lord co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of their biggest hits, including “Smoke on the Water,” “Black Night” and “Strange Kind of Woman.” ...

Deep Purple: Chapter 5. The Mark II line-up returned with their second release ... Music Review: Deep Purple - Fireball. Published: Nov. 25, 2011, 11:23 a.m. Deep Purple: Chapter 5.