Editing Deep Purple (section)

==History==
===Beginnings (1967–1968)===
In 1967, former [[The Searchers (band)|Searchers]] drummer [[Chris Curtis (musician)|Chris Curtis]] contacted London businessman [[Tony Edwards (manager)|Tony Edwards]], in the hope he would manage a new group he was putting together, to be called Roundabout. Curtis' vision was a "supergroup" where the band members would get on and off, like a musical roundabout. Impressed with the plan, Edwards agreed to finance the venture with his two business partners [[John Coletta]] and Ron Hire, who composed Hire-Edwards-Coletta Enterprises (HEC).<ref name="Thompson">{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Thompson (author)|year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzzCw6xs9roC&pg=PA27 |title=Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=9781550226188 |access-date=18 January 2011}}</ref>

The first recruit to the band was classically trained [[Hammond organ]] player [[Jon Lord]], Curtis' flatmate, who had most notably played with [[the Artwoods]] (led by [[Art Wood]], brother of future [[Faces (band)|Faces]] and [[Rolling Stones]] guitarist [[Ronnie Wood]], and including [[Keef Hartley]]).<ref>Eder, Bruce. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p15491/biography The Artwoods] Allmusic. Retrieved 12 December 2011</ref> Lord was then performing in a backing band for the vocal group [[The Flower Pot Men (band)|The Flower Pot Men]], along with bassist [[Nick Simper]] and drummer [[Carlo Little]] (Simper had previously been in [[Johnny Kidd and the Pirates]], and survived the 1966 car crash that killed Kidd). Lord alerted the two that he had been recruited for the Roundabout project, after which Simper and Little suggested guitarist [[Ritchie Blackmore]], whom Lord had never met.<ref name="darker">{{cite web |url=http://www.nicksimper.com/nick_simper_interview_july83.htm |title=Nick Simper Interview from "Darker than Blue", July 1983 |access-date=15 January 2014 |last=Robinson |first=Simon |date=July 1983 |work=Darker than Blue |publisher=Nick Simper official website |archive-date=20 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120144157/http://www.nicksimper.com/nick_simper_interview_july83.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Simper had known Blackmore since the early 1960s when his first band, the Renegades, debuted around the same time as one of Blackmore's early bands, the Dominators.<ref>Thompson, Dave (2004). "Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story" p.5. ECW Press</ref>

HEC persuaded Blackmore to travel in from [[Hamburg]] to audition for the new group. He was making a name for himself as a studio session guitarist, and had also been a member of [[The Outlaws (UK band)|the Outlaws]], [[Screaming Lord Sutch|Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages]], and [[Neil Christian|Neil Christian & the Crusaders]], the latter band prompting Blackmore's move to Germany. Curtis' erratic behaviour and lifestyle, fuelled by his use of [[LSD]], caused him to display a sudden lack of interest in the project he had started, forcing HEC to dismiss him from Roundabout. However, HEC was now intrigued with the possibilities Lord and Blackmore brought and persuaded Blackmore to return from Hamburg a second time. Lord and Blackmore began the recruitment of additional members, retaining Tony Edwards as their manager.<ref name="Curtis">[[Dave Thompson (author)|Thompson, Dave]]. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-curtis-p67960/biography Chris Curtis Biography] AllMusic. Retrieved 12 December 2011</ref> Lord convinced Nick Simper to join on bass, but Blackmore insisted they leave Carlo Little behind in favour of drummer [[Bobby Woodman]].<ref name="darker"/> Woodman was the former drummer for [[Vince Taylor]]'s Play-Boys (for whom he had played under the name Bobbie Clarke). The band, still calling themselves Roundabout, started rehearsing and writing in [[Cadogan Gardens]] in South Kensington.

In March 1968, Lord, Blackmore, Simper and Woodman moved into Deeves Hall, a country house in [[South Mimms]], Hertfordshire.<ref>Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton (1999). "Rock stars encyclopedia" p.279. DK Publishing.</ref><ref>Frame, Pete (2000). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=GHPVGbDS0KsC&pg=PT65 Pete Frame's Rocking Around Britain]" p.54. Music Sales Group, 2000</ref> The band would live, write and rehearse at the house; it was fully kitted out with the latest [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall amplification]]<ref name="Bloom"/> and, at Lord's request, a [[Hammond organ|Hammond C3]] organ.<ref name="Thompson"/> According to Simper, "dozens" of singers were auditioned (including [[Rod Stewart]] and Woodman's friend Dave Curtiss)<ref name="Thompson"/> until the group heard [[Rod Evans]] of club band the Maze, and thought his voice fitted their style well. Tagging along with Evans was his band's drummer [[Ian Paice]]. Blackmore had seen an 18-year-old Paice on tour with the Maze in Germany in 1966, and had been impressed by his drumming. The band hastily arranged an audition for Paice, given that Woodman was vocally unhappy with the direction of the band's music.<ref name="darker"/> Both Paice and Evans won their respective jobs, and the line-up was complete.<ref name="autogenerated1983">Welch, Chris. "The Story of Deep Purple", in ''Deep Purple: HM Photo Book'', copyright 1983, Omnibus Press.</ref>

During a brief tour of Denmark and Sweden in April, in which they were still billed as Roundabout, Blackmore suggested a new name: Deep Purple, after his grandmother's favourite song, "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" by [[Peter DeRose]].<ref name="Curtis"/><ref name="Bloom">{{cite book |author=Jerry Bloom |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcKcrWE8aWgC&pg=PT163 |title=Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore |publisher=Omnibus Press 2008 |isbn=9781846097577 |quote=Blackmore has stated; "It was a song my grandmother used to play on the piano."}}</ref> The group had resolved to choose a name after everyone had posted one on a board in rehearsal. Second to Deep Purple was "Concrete God", which the band thought was too harsh to take on,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tOpB23GGxAIC&pg=PA53 Rock Formations: Categorical Answers to How Band Names Were Formed] p.53. Cidermill Books. Retrieved 29 April 2011</ref> while other names suggested included "Orpheus" and "Sugarlump".<ref>Tyler, Kieron [http://www.deep-purple.net/archive/68-76history/roundabout.htm On The Roundabout With Deep Purple] Retrieved 29 April 2011</ref>

===Mark I (1968–1969)===
[[File:Deep Purple (1968).jpg|thumb|left|Deep Purple Mark I in 1968. Standing left to right: [[Nick Simper]], [[Ian Paice]], [[Rod Evans]]; seated left to right: [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Jon Lord]].]]
In May 1968, the band moved into [[Pye Records|Pye]] Studios in London's [[Marble Arch]] to record their debut album, ''[[Shades of Deep Purple]]'', which was released in America in July by [[Tetragrammaton Records]], and in Britain in September by [[EMI|EMI Records]].<ref name="Thompson2004">Thompson, Dave (2004). "Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story" pp.41–42. ECW Press. Retrieved 19 February 2012</ref> [[Vanilla Fudge]] was a notable influence on the band, with Blackmore claiming that the group started out wanting to be a "Vanilla Fudge clone".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/blackmore/rb199102xx.html |title=Ritchie Blackmore, Interviews |publisher=Thehighwaystar.com |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> The group had success in North America with a cover of [[Joe South]]'s "[[Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)|Hush]]", and by September 1968, the song had reached number 4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the US and number 2 in the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' chart, pushing the ''Shades'' LP up to No. 24 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s pop albums chart.<ref name="Miles">Miles, Barry (2009) [https://books.google.com/books?id=r8xbaIlrUREC&dq=deep+purple+hush+-+4+billboard&pg=PA264 The British Invasion: The Music, the Times, the Era] p.264. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5854&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=9cp51krv5nv1bedge0rfmb88d3 The RPM 100: Deep Purple] Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 November 2011</ref> The following month, Deep Purple were booked to support [[Cream (band)|Cream]] on the US leg of their ''[[Goodbye (Cream album)|Goodbye]]'' tour.<ref name="Miles"/>

The band's second album, ''[[The Book of Taliesyn]]'', was recorded quickly and released in North America in October 1968 to coincide with the tour. The album included [[Neil Diamond]]'s "[[Kentucky Woman]]", which cracked the Top 40 in both the US (No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' chart) and Canada (No. 21 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' chart),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-book-of-taliesyn-mw0000195135/awards |title=The Book of Taliesyn Billboard Singles |access-date=2 February 2014 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5889&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=5qm7edenekrvgo1m1n5r72q651 |title=Top Singles – Volume 10, No. 16, December 16, 1968 |access-date=2 February 2014 |date=16 December 1968 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]}}</ref> though sales for the album were not as strong (No. 54 in US, No. 48 in Canada).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-book-of-taliesyn-mw0000195135/awards |title=The Book of Taliesyn Billboard Albums |access-date=2 February 2014 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6057&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=ngdhb0m5j11o0j9v279v54u2e0 |title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 11, No. 2, March 10, 1969 |access-date=2 February 2014 |date=10 March 1969 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219155222/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6057&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=ngdhb0m5j11o0j9v279v54u2e0 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Book of Taliesyn'' would not be released in the band's home country until the following year and, like its predecessor, it failed to have much impact on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. During the late 1968 US tour, the band made several high-profile television appearances, including ''[[Playboy After Dark]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Playboy After Dark - Aired Order - All Seasons - TheTVDB.com |url=https://thetvdb.com/series/playboy-after-dark/allseasons/official |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=thetvdb.com}}</ref> and even ''[[The Dating Game]]'' (where, in addition to the band performing, Lord appeared as a contestant).<ref>{{cite web|first=Kieron| last=Tyler| url=http://www.deep-purple.net/archive/68-76history/roundabout.htm|title=On The Roundabout With Deep Purple| website=Deep Purple Appreciation Society| access-date =8 March 2024}}</ref>

Early in 1969, the band released the non-album single "Emmaretta", named after Emmaretta Marks, at that time a cast member of the musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'', whom Evans was trying to seduce.<ref>Thompson, Dave (2004). ''Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story'', p. 324. ECW Press</ref> By March of that year, the band had completed recording for their third album, ''[[Deep Purple (album)|Deep Purple]]''. The album included the track "April", which featured strings and woodwind, showcasing Lord's classical antecedents such as [[Bach]] and [[Rimsky-Korsakov]].

Deep Purple's North American record label, Tetragrammaton, delayed production of the ''Deep Purple'' album until after the band's 1969 American tour ended. This, as well as lackluster promotion by the nearly broke label, caused the album to sell poorly, finishing well out of the ''Billboard'' Top 100. Soon after ''Deep Purple'' was finally released in late June 1969, Tetragrammaton went out of business, leaving the band with no money and an uncertain future. Tetragrammaton's assets were eventually assumed by [[Warner Bros. Records]], who would release Deep Purple's records in the US throughout the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bsnpubs.com/la/tetragrammaton/tetragrammaton.html|title=Tetragrammaton Album Discography}}</ref>

During the 1969 American tour, Lord and Blackmore met with Paice to discuss their desire to progress the heavy rock side of the band further. Having decided that Evans and Simper would not fit well with the style they envisioned, both were replaced that summer.<ref>Joel Whitburn (2007). ''The Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album That Made the Billboard 200 Chart'', p. 227. Record Research Inc., 2007</ref> Paice stated, "A change had to come. If they hadn't left, the band would have totally disintegrated." Both Simper and Blackmore noted that Rod Evans already had one foot out of the door. Simper said that Evans had met a girl in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and had eyes on being an actor, while Blackmore explained, "Rod just wanted to go to America and live in America."<ref name="Rosen Interview 1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-xzGcPwjw Steve Rosen Interview with Ritchie Blackmore, 1974] Retrieved from YouTube "Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar God|Part 1/5" on 14 January 2014.</ref> Evans and Simper would go on to co-form the bands [[Captain Beyond]] and [[Warhorse (British band)|Warhorse]] respectively.

===Mark II (1969–1973)===
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Deep Purple Mark II was formed in Hanwell Community Centre in West London in the summer of 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/hcc// |title=Deep Purple: specials/hcc/index.html|website=Thehighwaystar.com}}</ref> In search of a new vocalist, Blackmore set his own sights on 19-year-old singer [[Terry Reid]]. Though he found the offer "flattering", Reid was still bound by an exclusive recording contract with his producer [[Mickie Most]] and more interested in his solo career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/interview-singer-and-guitarist-terry-reid-455709.html |work=The Independent |title=Interview: Singer and guitarist Terry Reid |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502125422/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/interview-singer-and-guitarist-terry-reid-455709.html |archive-date=2 May 2008}}</ref> Blackmore had no other choice but to look elsewhere. The band sought out singer [[Ian Gillan]] from [[Episode Six (band)|Episode Six]], a band that had released several singles in the UK without achieving any great commercial success. Six's drummer [[Mick Underwood]] – an old comrade of Blackmore's from his days in [[The Outlaws (band)|the Outlaws]] – introduced the band to Gillan and bassist [[Roger Glover]]. According to Nick Simper, "Gillan would join only with Roger Glover."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=4459&type=1&lang=EN |title=Rockpages.gr interview with Nick Simper |last=Anasontzis |first=George |publisher=Rockpages |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901130712/http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=4459&type=1&lang=EN |archive-date=1 September 2014}}</ref> This effectively killed Episode Six, which gave Underwood a persistent feeling of guilt that lasted nearly a decade, until Gillan recruited him for [[Gillan (band)|his new post-Purple band]] in the late 1970s. According to Blackmore, Deep Purple was only interested in Gillan and not Glover, but Glover was retained on the advice of Ian Paice.<ref name="Rosen Interview 1"/>

{{Quote box|width=28%|align=left|quote="He turned up for the session...he was their bass player.  We weren't originally going to take him until Paicey said, 'he's a good bass player, let's keep him.' So I said okay."|source =— Ritchie Blackmore on the hiring of Roger Glover.<ref name="Rosen Interview 1"/>}}

Mark II's first release was a [[Roger Greenaway]]–[[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]] tune titled "[[Hallelujah (Deep Purple song)|Hallelujah]]".<ref name="Hallelujah"/> At the time of its recording, Nick Simper still thought he was in the band and had called John Coletta to inquire about the recording dates for the song. He then found that the song had already been recorded with Glover on bass. The remaining original members of Deep Purple then instructed management to inform Simper that he had been officially replaced.<ref>{{cite news |title=Simper recalls pain of Purple sacking |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-nick-simper-pain-of-sacking |access-date=21 March 2020 |agency=Louder Sound.com}}</ref> Despite television appearances to promote the "Hallelujah" single in the UK, the song flopped.<ref name="Hallelujah"/> Blackmore had told the British weekly music newspaper ''[[Record Mirror]]'' that the band "need to have a commercial record in Britain", and described the song as "an in-between sort of thing"—a compromise between the type of material the band would normally record, and openly commercial material.<ref name="Hallelujah">Bloom, Jerry (2008). ''Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore'', p. 128. Omnibus Press, 2008</ref>

[[File:Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore 1970.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Ritchie Blackmore in [[Hannover]], Germany, 1970]]

In September 1969, the band gained some much-needed publicity in the UK with the ''[[Concerto for Group and Orchestra]]'', a three-movement epic composed by Lord as a solo project and performed by the band at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], conducted by [[Malcolm Arnold]].<ref name="Miles"/> Alongside ''[[Days of Future Passed]]'' by [[the Moody Blues]] and ''[[Five Bridges]]'' by [[the Nice]], it was one of the first collaborations between a rock band and an orchestra. This live album became their first release with any kind of chart success in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Deep Purple The Official Charts Company |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=24 December 2011}}</ref> Gillan and Blackmore were less than happy at the band being tagged as "a group who played with orchestras", both feeling that the ''Concerto'' was a distraction that would get in the way of developing their desired hard-rocking style. Lord acknowledged that while the band members were not keen on the project going in, at the end of the performance "you could have put the five smiles together and spanned the [[River Thames|Thames]]." Lord would also write the ''[[Gemini Suite Live|Gemini Suite]]'', another orchestra/group collaboration in the same vein, for the band in late 1970, although the band's recording of the piece would not be released until 1993. In 1975, Blackmore stated that he thought the ''Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' was not bad but that the ''Gemini Suite'' was horrible and very disjointed.<ref>{{cite web |author=Steven Rosen |url=http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |work=Guitar International |year=1975 |title=Ritchie Blackmore Interview: Deep Purple, Rainbow and Dio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222064521/http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref> Roger Glover later noted that Jon Lord had appeared to be the leader of the band in the early years.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Highway Star: Deep Purple's Roger Glover Interviewed |work=The Quietus |date=20 January 2011 |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/05569-deep-purple-interview}}</ref>

[[File:Rockband Deep Purple in der Ostseehalle zum Auftakt ihrer Deutschlandtournee (Kiel 22.124).jpg|thumb|left|Deep Purple Mark II live in Germany in 1970]]

Shortly after the orchestral release, Mark II began a hectic touring and recording schedule that was to see little respite for the next four years. The second album, and first studio album, of the Mark II era, released in 1970, was ''[[Deep Purple in Rock|In Rock]]'' (a name supported by the album's [[Mount Rushmore]]-inspired cover), which contained the then-concert staples "[[Speed King]]", "Into The Fire" and "[[Child in Time]]". The non-album single "[[Black Night]]", released around the same time, finally put Deep Purple into the UK Top Ten.<ref name="Roberts">Roberts, David (2006). [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]. London: Guinness World Records Limited</ref> The interplay between Blackmore's guitar and Lord's distorted organ, coupled with Gillan's powerful, wide-ranging vocals and the rhythm section of Glover and Paice, now started to take on a unique identity that separated the band from its earlier albums.<ref name="Charlton">Charlton, Katherine (2003). ''Rock Music Styles: A History''. p. 241. McGraw Hill.</ref> Along with Zeppelin's ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' and Sabbath's ''[[Paranoid (album)|Paranoid]]'', ''In Rock'' codified the budding [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] genre.<ref name="Wasler"/>

On the album's development, Blackmore stated: "I got fed up with playing with classical orchestras, and thought, 'well, this is my turn.' Jon was into more classical. I said, 'well you've done that, I'll do rock, and whatever turns out best we'll carry on with.'"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KS3P8AjJCc Steve Rosen Interview with Ritchie Blackmore, 1974] Retrieved from YouTube "Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar God|Part 2/5" on 14 January 2014.</ref> ''In Rock'' performed well, especially in the UK where it reached No. 4, while the "Black Night" single reached No. 2 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], and the band performed the song live on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref>Jerry Bloom (2007). ''Black Knight'', p. 139. Music Sales Group.</ref><ref name="OCC"/> In addition to increasing sales in the UK, the band were making a name for themselves as a live act, particularly with regard to the sheer volume of their shows and the improvisational skills of Blackmore and Lord. Said Lord, "We took from jazz, we took from old fashioned rock and roll, we took from the classics. Ritchie and myself...used to swap musical jokes and attacks. He would play something, and I'd have to see if I could match it. That provided a sense of humour, a sense of tension to the band, a sense of, 'what the hell's going to happen next?' The audience didn't know, and nine times out of ten, neither did we!"<ref name="Thompson"/>

A second Mark II studio album, the creatively progressive ''[[Fireball (album)|Fireball]]'', was issued in the summer of 1971, reaching number 1 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="OCC">[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/DEEP-PURPLE "Deep Purple: UK Charts"]. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2015</ref> The title track "[[Fireball (Deep Purple song)|Fireball]]" was released as a single, as was "[[Strange Kind of Woman]]", not from the album but recorded during the same sessions (although it replaced "Demon's Eye" on the US version of the album).<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/fireball-r5331/review Deep Purple: Fireball], [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 12 November 2011</ref> "Strange Kind of Woman" became their second UK Top 10 single, reaching No. 8.<ref name="OCC"/>

[[File:Territethoteldesalpes.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]] outside [[Montreux]] where ''[[Machine Head (album)|Machine Head]]'' – excluding "[[Smoke on the Water]]" – was recorded in December 1971]]

Within weeks of ''Fireball''{{'}}s release, the band were already performing songs planned for the next album. One song (which later became "[[Highway Star (song)|Highway Star]]") was performed at the first show of the ''Fireball'' tour, having been written on the bus to a show in Portsmouth, in answer to a journalist's question: "How do you go about writing songs?"<ref>{{cite web |date=15 September 2005 |title=Highway Stars |url=http://www.stevemorse.com/interviews/200310guitarmagazine.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050915142246/http://www.stevemorse.com/interviews/200310guitarmagazine.html |archive-date=15 September 2005 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> On 24 October 1971 during the US leg of the Fireball tour, the band was set to play the [[Auditorium Theatre]] in Chicago when Ian Gillan contracted [[hepatitis]], forcing the band to play without him, with bassist Glover singing the set. After this, the rest of the US dates were cancelled and the band flew home.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/FAQ/history.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions |website=Thehighwaystar.com|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>

In early December 1971, the band travelled to Switzerland to record ''[[Machine Head (album)|Machine Head]]''. The album was due to be recorded at the [[Montreux Casino]] using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]], but a fire during a [[Frank Zappa]] and [[the Mothers of Invention]] concert, caused by a man firing a flare gun into the ceiling, burned down the Casino. This incident famously inspired the song "[[Smoke on the Water]]". The album was later recorded in a corridor at the nearby empty [[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]], with the exception of the music track to "Smoke on the Water". That was recorded at a vacant theatre called The Pavillon before the band was asked to leave.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deep Purple revient sur le lieu où est né "Smoke on the Water" |url=https://www.tdg.ch/culture/musique/deep-purple-revient-smoke-the-water/story/29995483 |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=Tribune deGeneve}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Deep Purple created their best hit 'Smoke on the Water' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/deep-purple-montreux-jazz-festival-lake-geneva-1971-a8418926.html |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/heavy-metal/deep-purple-release-machine-head/ Deep Purple release 'Machine Head'] BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2011</ref> On recording "Smoke on the Water", Blackmore stated to [[BBC Radio 2]]: "We did the whole thing in about four takes because we had to. The police were banging on the door. We knew it was the police, but we had such a good sound in this hall. We were waking up all the neighbours for about five miles in Montreux, because it was echo-ing through the mountains. I was just getting the last part of the riff down, we'd just finished it, when the police burst in and said 'you've got to stop'. We had the track down."<ref name="BBC 2019"/>

Continuing to progress the musical direction of the previous two albums, ''Machine Head'' was released in late March 1972 and became one of the band's most famous releases. It was the band's second No. 1 album in the UK while re-establishing them in North America, hitting No. 7 in the US and No. 1 in Canada.<ref name="OCC"/> It included tracks that became live classics, such as "Highway Star", "[[Space Truckin']]", "[[Lazy (Deep Purple song)|Lazy]]" and "Smoke on the Water", the last of which remains Deep Purple's most famous song.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/machine-head-r5332/charts-awards Billboard – Machine Head], [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 12 November 2011</ref> They continued to tour and record at a rate that would be rare thirty years on; when ''Machine Head'' was recorded, the group had only been together three-and-a-half years, yet it was their sixth studio album and seventh album overall.

[[File:Ian Gillan (1972).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Ian Gillan on stage in [[Clemson, South Carolina]], 1972]]

In January 1972, the band returned to tour the US once again. They then headed over to play Europe before resuming US dates in March. While in America, Blackmore contracted hepatitis, and the band attempted one show in [[Flint, Michigan]], without a guitarist before attempting to acquire the services of [[Al Kooper]], who rehearsed with the band before bowing out, suggesting [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] guitarist [[Randy California]] instead. California played one show with the group, in [[Quebec City]], Quebec on 6 April, but the rest of this tour was cancelled as well.<ref>[https://www.thehighwaystar.comFAQhistory.html] {{dead link|date=October 2019}}</ref>

The band returned to the US in late May 1972 to undertake their third North America tour (of four total that year). A Japan tour in August of that year led to a double live album, ''[[Made in Japan (Deep Purple album)|Made in Japan]]''. Originally intended as a Japan-only release, its worldwide release became an instant hit, reaching platinum status in five countries, including the US. It remains one of rock music's most popular and highest selling live albums.<ref name="Made in Japan"/>

Mark II continued to work and released the album ''[[Who Do We Think We Are]]'' in 1973. Spawning the hit single "[[Woman from Tokyo]]", the album hit No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 15 in the US chart, while achieving gold record status faster than any Deep Purple album released up to that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/deep%20purple |title=The Official Charts Company – Who Do We Think We Are |date=5 May 2013 |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/who-do-we-think-we-are-mw0000196958/awards |title=Who Do We Think We Are on ''Billboard'' |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> However, internal tensions and exhaustion were more noticeable than ever. Following the successes of ''Machine Head'' and ''Made in Japan'', the addition of ''Who Do We Think We Are'' made Deep Purple the top-selling artists of 1973 in the US.<ref>"Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story". p.154.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum database |website = [[Recording Industry Association of America]]|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Deep+Purple#search_section |access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>

Gillan admitted in a 1984 interview that the band were pushed by management to complete the ''Who Do We Think We Are'' album on time and go on tour, although they badly needed a break.<ref>''Deep Purple: The Interview''. Interview picture disc, 1984, Mercury Records.</ref> The bad feelings, including tensions with Blackmore, culminated in Gillan quitting the band after their second tour of Japan in the summer of 1973, followed by the dismissal of Glover, at Blackmore's insistence.<ref>Peter Buckley (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=glover+left+deep+purple+1973&pg=PT286 ''The Rough Guide to Rock''] p.279. Rough Guides. Retrieved 1 March 2012</ref><ref>Mike Clifford, Pete Frame (1992). ''The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock'', p.41. Harmony Books. Retrieved 1 March 2012</ref><ref>Whitburn, Joel (2008). ''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2006'', p.227. Record Research</ref> In interviews later, Lord called the end of Mark II while the band was at its peak "the biggest shame in rock and roll; God knows what we would have done over the next three or four years. We were writing so well."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnv3pJNaoc8 |title=Deep Purple People |date=8 July 1995 |series=[[Rock Family Trees]] |publisher=BBC 2 |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>

===Mark III (1973–1975)===
[[File:Deep Purple (1975).jpg|thumb|right|Collage of Deep Purple Mark III in 1974, with [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]] (left), [[David Coverdale]] (top), Jon Lord (middle), Ian Paice (bottom), Ritchie Blackmore (right).]]
The band hired Midlands bassist/vocalist [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]], formerly of [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]]. According to Paice, Glover told him and Lord a few months before his official termination that he wanted to leave the band, so they had started to drop in on Trapeze shows. After acquiring Hughes, they debated continuing as a four-piece, with Hughes as bassist and lead vocalist.<ref>Liner notes for the 30th anniversary edition of Burn.</ref><ref name="vanderlee">{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=6690 |title=Van der Lee, Matthijs. ''Burn'' review at |publisher=Sputnikmusic.com |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> According to Hughes, he was told the band was bringing in [[Paul Rodgers]] of [[Free (band)|Free]] as a co-lead vocalist, but by that time Rodgers had just started [[Bad Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=46 |title=The Glenn Hughes Interview |publisher=Vintage Rock.com |access-date=29 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403093124/http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=46 |archive-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> "They did ask", Rodgers recalled, "and I spoke to all of them at length about the possibility. Purple had toured Australia with Free's final lineup. I didn't do it because I was very much into the idea of forming Bad Company."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Dave |last=Ling |title=My classic career |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #12 |date=March 2000 |page=90}}</ref> Instead, auditions were held for lead vocal replacements. They settled on [[David Coverdale]], an unknown singer from [[Saltburn-by-the-Sea|Saltburn]] in north-east England, primarily because Blackmore liked his masculine, blues-tinged voice.<ref name="vanderlee" />

''[[Burn (Deep Purple album)|Burn]]'', the first album by Deep Purple Mark III, was released in February 1974 to great success, reaching No. 3 in the UK and No. 9 in the US, and was followed by another world tour.<ref name="OCC"/> The [[Burn (Deep Purple song)|title track]], which opens the album and would open most concerts during the Mark III and IV eras, was a conscious effort by the band to embrace the progressive rock movement, which was popularised at the time by bands such as [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[King Crimson]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] and [[Gentle Giant]]. Another notable song from the album was a slow-burning blues number called "[[Mistreated (song)|Mistreated]]".

[[File:Jam I ad.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Deep Purple co-headlined the [[California Jam]] in 1974. They played to over 250,000 people at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in Ontario, Southern California.]]

Mark III embarked on a spring tour that included shows at [[Madison Square Garden]], New York, on 13 March, and [[Nassau Coliseum]] four days later.<ref>''Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story''. p.158.</ref> The band co-headlined (with [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]) the [[California Jam]] festival at [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in [[Ontario, California|Ontario]], southern California, on 6 April 1974. Attracting over 250,000 fans, the festival also included 1970s rock giants [[Black Sabbath]], [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Seals & Crofts]] and [[Earth, Wind & Fire]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Deep Purple's Glenn Hughes digs into his past |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/deep-purples-glenn-hughes-digs-into-his-past-20170914-gyhfnv.html |access-date=25 September 2019 |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Portions of the show were telecast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Television in the US, exposing the band to a wider audience. During the show, Blackmore doused his amplifiers with petrol and set them on fire, blowing a hole in the stage.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFlvPYpdNI |title=Ritchie Blackmore celebrating The California Jam (Part 2) |date=2015-12-22 |last=Deep Purple Official |access-date=2025-03-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> A month later, the band's 22 May performance at the [[Gaumont State Cinema]] in [[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]], London, was recorded and later released in 1982 as ''[[Live in London (Deep Purple album)|Live in London]]''.

Hughes and Coverdale brought vocal harmonies and elements of funk and blues, respectively, to the band's music, a sound that was even more apparent on the late 1974 release ''[[Stormbringer (album)|Stormbringer]]''.<ref name="vanderlee" /> Along with the title track, the ''Stormbringer'' album had a number of songs that received significant radio play, such as "Lady Double Dealer", "The Gypsy" and "[[Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple song)|Soldier of Fortune]]", and the album reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 20 on the US ''Billboard'' chart.<ref name="OCC"/> Blackmore publicly disliked most of the album, however, derisively calling it "shoeshine music" out of distaste for its funk and soul elements.<ref>"History" track on the "Deep Purple: History and Hits" DVD.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Deep Purple – Stormbringer |work=Coffeerooms on Music |url=http://www.coffeerooms.com/onmusic/2009/04/deep-purple-stormbringer.html |date=1 April 2009 |author=Mike Jefferson |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411093155/http://www.coffeerooms.com/onmusic/2009/04/deep-purple-stormbringer.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ritchie Blackmore Interview |work=Guitar International |url=http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |author=Steven Rosen |year=1975 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222064521/http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref> A new live album, ''[[Made in Europe]]'', culled from three shows on the ''Stormbringer'' tour, was assembled during the summer of 1975, but would not see release until late 1976. After the show in [[Stuttgart]]-[[Böblingen]], Blackmore announced on 26 March 1975 to his co-musicians in a room of the Arabella Hotel in [[Munich]] that he was quitting the band. Lord, Paice, Coverdale and Hughes were speechless as a few weeks time later, the band were supposed to go into the studio to record their next album.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HQGEE2gg4/ Deep Purple Classic, an unofficial Deep Purple Facebook page > post "This week 50 years ago with Deep Purple Mark 3. Munich, Germany. Ritchie announces he is quitting the band." on 27 March 2025]</ref> Blackmore's departure from Deep Purple, de facto leading to the end of Mark III, was announced on 21 June 1975. Blackmore then formed his own band with [[Ronnie James Dio]] of [[Elf (band)|Elf]], called [[Rainbow (rock band)|Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]], shortened to Rainbow after the [[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow|first album]].<ref>Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton (1991). ''Rock Movers & Shakers, Volume 1991, Part 2''. p.419. ABC-CLIO, 1991</ref>

===Mark IV (1975–1976)===
[[File:Deep Purple (UK Tour 1976).JPG|thumb|right|Deep Purple Mark IV in 1976. Standing left to right: David Coverdale, Ian Paice; seated left to right: Glenn Hughes, [[Tommy Bolin]], Jon Lord]]
Following Blackmore's departure, the group considered disbanding but decided to continue and find another guitarist. [[Clem Clempson]] ([[Colosseum (band)|Colosseum]], [[Humble Pie]]), [[Zal Cleminson]] ([[The Sensational Alex Harvey Band]]), [[Mick Ronson]] ([[The Spiders From Mars]]) and [[Rory Gallagher]] were considered, and the final choice was American [[Tommy Bolin]].<ref>Thompson, Dave (2004). ''Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story'', pp.179–180.</ref> There are at least two versions of the Bolin recruitment story: Coverdale claims to have been the one who suggested auditioning Bolin.<ref>liner notes in the ''Deep Purple'' 4-CD boxed set:</ref> "He walked in, thin as a rake, his hair coloured green, yellow and blue with feathers in it. Slinking along beside him was this stunning Hawaiian girl in a crochet dress with nothing on underneath. He plugged into four [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]] 100-watt stacks and...the job was his." But in an interview published by ''[[Melody Maker]]'' in June 1975, Bolin claimed that he came to the audition following a recommendation from Blackmore.<ref>{{cite web |author=Deep Purple Appreciation Society |url=http://www.deep-purple.net/interviews/tommy-bolin.htm |title=1975 Tommy Bolin interview |publisher=Deep-purple.net |date=28 June 1975 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> Bolin had been a member of many late-1960s bands – Denny & The Triumphs, American Standard, and [[Zephyr (band)|Zephyr]], which released three albums from 1969 to 1972. Before he joined Deep Purple, Bolin's best-known recordings had been made as a session musician on [[Billy Cobham]]'s 1973 [[jazz fusion]] album ''[[Spectrum (Billy Cobham album)|Spectrum]]'', and as lead guitarist on two post-[[Joe Walsh]] [[James Gang]] albums: ''[[Bang (James Gang album)|Bang]]'' (1973) and ''[[Miami (James Gang album)|Miami]]'' (1974). He had also played with [[Dr. John]], [[Albert King]], [[the Good Rats]], [[Moxy (band)|Moxy]] and [[Alphonse Mouzon]], and was busy working on his first solo album, ''[[Teaser (Tommy Bolin album)|Teaser]]'', when he accepted the invitation to join Deep Purple.<ref name="Talevski"/>
[[File:Tommy Bolin with a Yamaha SX.jpg|thumb|left|Tommy Bolin in 1975.]]
The resulting album from Deep Purple Mark IV, ''[[Come Taste the Band]]'', was released in October 1975, one month before Bolin's ''Teaser'' album. Despite mixed reviews and middling sales (#19 in the UK and #43 in the US), the collection revitalised the band once again, bringing a new, extreme funk edge to their [[hard rock]] sound.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g8fd|title=BBC – Music – Review of Deep Purple – Come Taste the Band: 35th Anniversary Edition |first=Greg |last=Moffitt }}</ref> Bolin's influence was crucial, and with encouragement from Hughes and Coverdale, the guitarist developed much of the album's material. Despite Bolin's talents, his personal problems with hard drugs began to surface. During the ''Come Taste the Band'' tour, many fans openly booed Bolin's inability to play solos like Ritchie Blackmore, not realising that Bolin was physically hampered by his addiction. At this same time, as he admitted in interviews years later, Hughes was suffering from cocaine addiction.<ref name=MkIV-story>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liGRWQECxZc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406074106/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liGRWQECxZc| archive-date=6 April 2017|title=Gettin' Tighter: The Story Of Deep Purple Mk. IV |publisher=YouTube |access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> 

The last show on the tour was on 15 March 1976 at the [[Liverpool Empire Theatre]].<ref>Bloom, Jerry (2008) [https://books.google.com/books?id=1f53kihTyRMC&dq=deep+purple+liverpool+empire&pg=PA198 Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore] p.198. Omnibus Press. Retrieved 23 October 2011</ref> At the end of the concert, Coverdale walked off in tears and handed in his resignation. He was told there was no band left to quit, as Lord and [[Ian Paice]] had already decided to break up the band.<ref name="UCR197212"/> The break-up was made public in July 1976, with then-manager Rob Cooksey issuing a statement: "The band will not record or perform together as Deep Purple again".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LzzCw6xs9roC&dq=deep+purple+liverpool+empire&pg=PA191 Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story] p. 191. Retrieved 23 October 2011</ref> ''[[Last Concert in Japan]]'', a live album of the last concert on the Japanese leg of the tour, was issued in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/jouni/discos/live12.html|title=Deep Purple album discography}}</ref>

Bolin went on to record his second solo album, ''[[Private Eyes (Tommy Bolin album)|Private Eyes]]''. On 4 December 1976, after a show in Miami supporting [[Jeff Beck]], Bolin was found unconscious by his girlfriend and bandmates. Unable to wake him, she hurriedly called paramedics, but it was too late. The official cause of death was multiple-drug intoxication. Bolin was 25 years old.<ref name="Talevski">Nick Talevski (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&dq=deep+purple+-+bolin+died&pg=PA43 Knocking on Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries] p.42-43. Omnibus Press, 2006</ref>

===Band split (1976–1984)===
After the break-up, most of the members of Deep Purple went on to have considerable success in a number of other bands, including [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] (1975–1984, Ritchie Blackmore and, from 1979, Roger Glover),  [[Whitesnake]] (1978–present, David Coverdale, Jon Lord until 1984, and Ian Paice during 1979–1982) and [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]] (1978–1982, Ian Gillan). Ian Gillan also joined [[Black Sabbath]] from late 1982 to early 1984 (Glenn Hughes would also join Sabbath for a short time later in the 1980s). The then-defunct Deep Purple began to gain a type of mystical status, with fan-driven reissues and newly assembled live and compilation albums being released throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deep Purple #4 June 1975 – March 1976 |url=http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/mk4.htm |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> This fuelled a number of promoter-led attempts to get the band to reform, especially with the revival of the hard rock market in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1980, a [[Bogus Deep Purple|touring version of the band]] surfaced with Rod Evans, who had left Captain Beyond at the end of 1973, as the only member who had ever been in Deep Purple, eventually ending in successful legal action from the legitimate Deep Purple camp over unauthorised use of the name. Evans was ordered to pay damages of US$672,000 for using the band name without permission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aprilskies/65/dp1980.html |year=1998 |work=Captain Beyond website |title=Rod Evans: The Dark Side of the Music Industry |author=Hartmut Kreckel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313204251/http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aprilskies/65/dp1980.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref>

===Mark II reunion (1984–1989)===
[[file:Deep Purple (1985).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Deep Purple Mark II during their reunion tour at the [[Cow Palace]], San Francisco, 1985. Pictured left to right: Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Richie Blackmore (out of shot: Jon Lord).]]
In April 1984, eight years after the demise of Deep Purple, a full-scale (and legal) reunion took place with the "classic" Mark II line-up of 1969–1973: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.<ref>Billboard (18 May 1985). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HCUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=deep+purple+reunion+1984&pg=PA219 Deep Purple: 'Surprise Of The Year'] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. p.41. Retrieved 2 March 2012</ref><ref>Pete Prown, Harvey P. Newquist (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&dq=deep+purple+reunion+1984&pg=PA65 Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists] p.65. Hal Leonard Corporation. Retrieved 2 March 2012</ref> The reformed band signed a worldwide deal with [[PolyGram]], with [[Mercury Records]] releasing their albums in the US, and [[Polydor Records]] in the UK and other countries. The album ''[[Perfect Strangers (album)|Perfect Strangers]]'' was recorded in [[Vermont]] and released in October 1984. The album was commercially successful, reaching number 5 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and number 12 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the US.<ref name="OCC"/><ref name="AllMusic.com"/> The album included the singles and concert staples "Knockin' At Your Back Door" and "[[Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple song)|Perfect Strangers]]".<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5343 Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers], [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 2 March 2012</ref> ''Perfect Strangers'' became the second Deep Purple album to go platinum in the US, following ''Machine Head'' (''Made in Japan'' would also finally hit platinum status in the US in 1986, the same year ''Machine Head'' increased to double platinum).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udiscovermusic.com/purples-momentous-mk-ii-reunion |title=Deep Purple & A Momentous Mark II Reunion |publisher=udiscovermusic.com |access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Deep Purple Open-Air Mannheim Maimarktgelände 29.06.1985.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|Promotional poster for the band's concert in Mannheim, Germany in 1985 during their [[Perfect Strangers Tour]]]]
The reunion tour followed, starting in Australia and winding its way across the world to North America, then into Europe by the following summer. Financially, the tour was also a tremendous success. In the US, the 1985 tour out-grossed every other artist except [[Bruce Springsteen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/lord/jl19890100.html |title=Jon Lord Interview at www.thehighwaystar.com |publisher=Thehighwaystar.com |date=12 February 1968 |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref> The UK homecoming saw the band headline the 1985 [[Knebworth Festival|Knebworth Fayre]] in June, where the weather was bad (torrential rain and {{convert|6|in|cm}} of mud) in front of 80,000 fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knebworthhouse.com/rock/rockconcerts.htm |title=Knebworth House – Rock Concerts |work=KnebworthHouse.com. |access-date=23 October 2011 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713161656/http://www.knebworthhouse.com/rock/rockconcerts.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The gig was called the "Return of the Knebworth Fayre".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deep-purple.net/gallery/knebworth/knebworth-1985.htm |title=Deep Purple – Knebworth 1985 |work=DeepPurple.net. |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>

Mark II followed ''Perfect Strangers'' with ''[[The House of Blue Light]]'' in 1987, which was supported by another world tour (interrupted after Blackmore broke a finger on stage while trying to catch his guitar after throwing it in the air). A new live album ''[[Nobody's Perfect (Deep Purple album)|Nobody's Perfect]]'', which was culled from several shows on this tour, was released in 1988. In the UK a new Mark II version of "Hush" was also released in 1988 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Deep Purple.

===Mark V (1989–1992)===
Gillan was fired in 1989; his relations with Blackmore had again soured, and their musical differences had diverged too far. Originally, the band intended to recruit [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] frontman [[Jimi Jamison]] as Gillan's replacement. After two weeks of sessions with the band, however, Jamison announced he could not join Deep Purple owing to complications with [[Scotti Brothers Records]], his record label.<ref name="aor.nu">{{cite web |url=http://www.aor.nu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=108 |title=Interview: Jimi Jamison |publisher=aor.nu |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190412/http://www.aor.nu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=108 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="picturedwithtin.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.picturedwithin.com/interviews/tbro_int.html |title=25 Years of Deep Purple The Battle Rages On...:Interview with Jon Lord |publisher=pictured within.com |access-date=15 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517061304/http://www.picturedwithin.com/interviews/tbro_int.html |archive-date=17 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eventually, after auditioning several high-profile candidates, including [[Brian Howe (singer)|Brian Howe]] ([[White Spirit (band)|White Spirit]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Bad Company]]), [[Doug Pinnick]] ([[King's X]]), Australians [[Jimmy Barnes]] ([[Cold Chisel]]) and [[John Farnham]] ([[Little River Band]]), Terry Brock (Strangeways, [[Giant (band)|Giant]]) and Norman "Kal" Swan ([[Tytan (band)|Tytan]], [[Lion (band)|Lion]], [[Bad Moon Rising (band)|Bad Moon Rising]]),<ref name="Thompson2004pp259">{{cite book |title=Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story |year=2004 |author=Dave Thompson |page=259}}</ref> the band agreed on [[Joe Lynn Turner]], who had previously been a member of Rainbow with Blackmore and Glover. This Mark V line-up recorded just one album, ''[[Slaves and Masters]]'' (1990), and undertook a world tour for most of 1991. The album achieved modest success, reaching number 45 in the UK and number 87 in the US ''Billboard'' chart,<ref name="AllMusic.com">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4061/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} |title=Billboard album listings for Deep Purple |publisher=AllMusic.com}}</ref> with some fans and critics feeling the music was closer in style to Rainbow than to Deep Purple.

===Second Mark II reunion (1992–1993) and Mark VI (1993–1994)===
With the tour complete, the band set to work on another album, the early sessions of which would see Turner being forced out. 1993 was going to be Deep Purple's 25th anniversary year, with Lord, Paice and Glover (and the record company) wanting Gillan back for another Mark II reunion to celebrate this milestone. Although Blackmore preferred Turner to remain in the group, he grudgingly relented, after requesting and eventually receiving $250,000 in his bank account<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=1453&type=1&lang=EN |title=Ian Gillan Interview |author=George Anasontzis |work=Rockpages.gr |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022044109/http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=1453&type=1&lang=EN |archive-date=22 October 2008 }}</ref> and Mark II completed the aptly titled ''[[The Battle Rages On...]]'' in 1993.

Blackmore still disagreed with the decision, which created more tension between himself and the rest of the band, especially Gillan. Of particular contention was that Gillan had reworked much of the material that had been written with Turner for the new album. Blackmore felt that Gillan's rewrites had made the songs less melodic than they had been in their original versions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gillan |first1=Ian |last2=Cohen |first2=David |year=1993 |title=Child in Time: The Life Story of the Singer from Deep Purple |publisher=Smith Gryphon Limited |isbn=1-85685-048-X |chapter=Chapter 14}}</ref> The band began a European tour, which was documented on the live album ''[[Come Hell or High Water]]'', released in 1994. A live home video of the same name was also released, covering a show in [[Birmingham]], England that displayed a very disgruntled Blackmore, who did not perform many of the guitar parts and who at one point threw a cup of water at a cameraman, for unknown reasons. The complete show was eventually released in 2006 as ''Live at the NEC'' but was quickly withdrawn after Gillan publicly complained, feeling it represented a bad time in the group's history:<ref name="BBC Deep Purple"/> "It was one of the lowest points of my life – all of our lives, actually".<ref name="BBC Deep Purple">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6400545.stm Deep Purple live album withdrawn] BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2012</ref>

Blackmore left Deep Purple for the second and final time after a show in [[Helsinki]], Finland in November 1993.<ref name="BBC Deep Purple"/> [[Joe Satriani]] was drafted to complete the Japanese dates in December and stayed on for a European summer tour in 1994. He was asked to join permanently, but his commitments to his contract with [[Epic Records]] prevented this. The band unanimously chose [[Dixie Dregs]]/[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] guitarist [[Steve Morse]] as Satriani's successor in August 1994.<ref>Daniel Bukszpan, Ronnie James Dio (2003).[https://books.google.com/books?id=YaDDsg0H35gC&dq=steve+morse+1994+deep+purple&pg=PT46 The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal] p.56. Barnes & Noble Publishing. Retrieved 1 March 2012</ref>
{{quote box|width=27%|align=right|quote="Musically, it was very satisfying. The setlist was straight out of classic rock heaven. And the band were just great. Their timing was just fantastic."|source=— Guitarist [[Joe Satriani]] on his brief period with Deep Purple.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Rahul |title=Joe Satriani Interview |publisher=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/music/2004/06/satriani_interview.shtml |access-date=2007-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/music/2004/06/satriani_interview.shtml |archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref>}}

===Mark VII (1994–2002)===
Morse's arrival revitalised the band creatively, and in 1996 a new album titled ''[[Purpendicular]]'' was released, showing a wide variety of musical styles. Though in the [[post-grunge]] mid '90s it was no surprise that it never made chart success on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.<ref name="AllMusic.com"/> This Mark VII line-up then released a new live album ''[[Live at The Olympia '96]]'' in 1997. With a revamped set list to tour, Deep Purple enjoyed successful tours throughout the rest of the 1990s, releasing the harder-sounding ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]'' in 1998, and touring with renewed enthusiasm.
In 1999, Lord, with the help of a Dutch fan, who was also a musicologist and composer, [[Marco de Goeij]], painstakingly recreated the ''[[Concerto for Group and Orchestra]]'', the original score having been lost. It was once again performed at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in September 1999, this time with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by Paul Mann.<ref name="Buckley"/> The concert also included songs from each member's solo careers, as well as a short Deep Purple set, and the occasion was commemorated on the 2000 album ''[[In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra]]''.<ref name=Buckley>Buckley, Peter (2003). The rough guide to rock. p.280. Rough Guides. Retrieved 23 October 2011</ref> 2001 saw the release of the [[box set]] ''[[The Soundboard Series]]'', containing concerts from the 2001 Australian Tour plus two from Tokyo, Japan.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/soundboard-series-australian-tour-2001-mw0000466653 "Soundboard Series: Australian Tour 2001"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2012</ref> Much of the next few years was spent on the road touring. The group continued forward until 2002 when founding member Lord (who, along with Paice, was the only member to be in all incarnations of the band) announced his amicable retirement from the band to pursue personal projects (especially orchestral work). Lord left his Hammond organ to his replacement, rock keyboard veteran [[Don Airey]], who had helped Deep Purple out when Lord's knee was injured in 2001. Airey had previously worked with Glover as a member of Rainbow from 1979 to 1982.

===Mark VIII (2002–2022)===
In 2003, the new Mark VIII line-up released ''[[Bananas (Deep Purple album)|Bananas]]'', their first studio album in five years, and began touring in support. [[EMI Records]] refused a contract extension with Deep Purple, possibly because of lower sales. Despite this, ''In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra'' sold more than ''Bananas''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/interviews/artist,2377.sm?id=70 |date=10 November 2005 |author=Garry Sharpe-Young |title=Roger Glover interview |work=[[Rockdetector]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209140852/http://www.rockdetector.com/interviews/artist%2C2377.sm?id=70 |archive-date=9 February 2006 }}</ref>

[[File:Roger Glover Steve Morse 2005.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Roger Glover and [[Steve Morse]] playing the intro to "[[Highway Star (song)|Highway Star]]" at the [[Molson Amphitheatre]], Toronto, 2005]]
The band played at the [[Live 8]] concert in [[Park Place (Ontario)|Park Place]] ([[Barrie]], Ontario) in July 2005, and in October released their next album, ''[[Rapture of the Deep]]'', which was followed by the [[Rapture of the Deep tour]]. Both ''Bananas'' and ''Rapture of the Deep'' were produced by [[Michael Bradford]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBEEAAAAMBAJ&q=deep+purple+michael+bradford&pg=PA12 |date= 15 June 2002 |title=deep purple michael bradford |page=12 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref> In 2009 Ian Gillan said, "Record sales have been steadily declining, but people are prepared to pay a lot for concert tickets."<ref name="Gillan talks money">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/4980681/Deep-Purples-Ian-Gillan-talks-money.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/4980681/Deep-Purples-Ian-Gillan-talks-money.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Deep Purple's Ian Gillan talks money |author=Mark Anstead |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=12 March 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In addition, Gillan stated: "I don't think happiness comes with money."<ref name="Gillan talks money"/>

Deep Purple did concert tours in 48 countries in 2011.<ref name="New Studio Album Next Year"/> [[The Songs That Built Rock Tour]] used a 38-piece orchestra, and included a performance at [[The O2 Arena|the O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] in London.<ref>[http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/gig-of-the-week-deep-purple/ "Gig Of The Week: Deep Purple"]. Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 7 February 2014</ref> Until May 2011, the band members had disagreed about whether to make a new studio album, because it would not really make money any more. Roger Glover stated that Deep Purple should make a new studio album "even if it costs us money."<ref>{{cite news |title=Deep Purple's Roger Glover Says Band Disagrees on the Importance of Recording New Albums |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-new-album-disagreement/ |author=Matt Wardlaw |date=3 June 2011 |work=[[Contactmusic.com]]}}</ref> In early 2011, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes told [[VH1]] they would like to reunite Mark III for the right opportunity, such as a benefit concert.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glenn Hughes Up For Deep Purple Mk. III Reunion |date=2 May 2011 |website=Blabbermouth.net |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=157546 |access-date=15 December 2011 |archive-date=8 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508100037/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=157546 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This did not happen however, as Ritchie Blackmore was difficult to contact and was not interested, as he was busy with his current band Blackmore's Night. The band's chief sound engineer of nine years of tours, Moray McMillin, died in September 2011, aged 57.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lsionline.co.uk/news/story/Moray-McMillin-loses-battle-with-cancer/LRX62E |title=Moray McMillin loses battle with cancer |work=LSI Online |author=Lee Baldock |date=22 September 2011 |access-date=27 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208112344/http://www.lsionline.co.uk/news/story/Moray-McMillin-loses-battle-with-cancer/LRX62E |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref> After a lot of songwriting sessions in Europe,<ref name=TitleAnnounced/> Deep Purple decided to record through the summer of 2012, and the band announced they would release their new studio album in 2013.<ref name="New Studio Album Next Year">{{cite news |title=Deep Purple To Release New Studio Album Next Year |date=22 January 2012 |website=Blabbermouth.net |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=168624 |access-date=5 March 2013 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105023733/http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=168624 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Steve Morse announced to French magazine ''Rock Hard'' that the new studio album would be produced by [[Bob Ezrin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Album producer chosen? |work=Darker Than Blue |url=http://darkerthanblue.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/album-producer-chosen/ |date=13 April 2012 |author=Mathieu Pinard}}</ref>

[[File:Deep Purple - MN Gredos - 01.jpg|thumb|right|Glover and Morse in 2013 in Spain]]
On 16 July 2012 the band's co-founding member and former organ player, Jon Lord, died in London, aged 71.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18864409 "Jon Lord, founder of Deep Purple, dies aged 71"]. BBC News. Retrieved 16 July 2012</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/deep-purple-keyboardist-jon-lord-dead-at-71-20120716 Deep Purple Keyboardist Jon Lord Dead at 71] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221816/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/deep-purple-keyboardist-jon-lord-dead-at-71-20120716 |date=7 November 2017 }}. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 July 2012</ref> In December 2012 Roger Glover stated that the band had completed work on 14 songs for a new studio album, with 11 or 12 tracks set to appear on the final album to be released in 2013.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130221061458/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183331 "Deep Purple: Quality Toulouse Footage Available – Dec. 7, 2012"]. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 24 December 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/deep_purple_confirm_new_album.html "Deep Purple Confirm New Album"]. Ultimate Guitar.</ref> On 26 February 2013 the title of the band's nineteenth studio album was announced as ''[[Now What?!]]'', which was recorded and mixed in [[Nashville]], Tennessee, and released on 26 April 2013.<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-completes-recording-new-album/ "DEEP PURPLE Completes Recording New Album"]. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 10 December 2017</ref> The album contains the track "[[Vincent Price (song)|Vincent Price]]", named after the [[Vincent Price|horror actor]] who had worked with both Gillan and Glover earlier in their careers.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://hub.contactmusic.com/deep-purple/news/ian-gillan-new-song-vincent-price-is-just-a-bit-of-fun_3691430|title=Ian Gillan: 'New Song Vincent Price Is Just A Bit Of Fun'|magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=16 April 2017|date=29 May 2013|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402170208/http://hub.contactmusic.com/deep-purple/news/ian-gillan-new-song-vincent-price-is-just-a-bit-of-fun_3691430|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Deep Purple at Wacken Open Air 2013 26.jpg|thumb|left|Deep Purple live at Wacken Open Air in 2013. Left to right: Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, [[Don Airey]], Ian Gillan.]]
On 25 November 2016, Deep Purple announced ''[[Infinite (Deep Purple album)|Infinite]]'' as the title of their twentieth studio album,<ref name=TitleAnnounced>{{cite web |title=Deep Purple: New Album Title Revealed – Feb. 26, 2013 |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=186740 |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Roadrunner Records |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-date=26 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226054216/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx%3Fmode%3DArticle%26newsitemID%3D186740 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was released on 7 April 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-unveils-infinite-album-artwork-releases-time-for-bedlam-single/ |title=Deep Purple Unveils 'InFinite' Album Artwork, Releases 'Time For Bedlam' Single |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=14 December 2016 |access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> In support for the album, Deep Purple embarked on 13 May 2017 in Bucharest, Romania on [[The Long Goodbye Tour]]. At the time of the tour's announcement in December 2016, Paice told the Heavyworlds website it "may be the last big tour", adding that the band "don't know". He described the tour as being long in duration and said: "We haven't made any hard, fast plans, but it becomes obvious that you cannot tour the same way you did when you were 21. It becomes more and more difficult. People have other things in their lives, which take time. But never say never."<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ian-paice-deep-purple-hasnt-decided-yet-if-long-goodbye-will-be-bands-last-big-tour/ Ian Paice: Deep Purple Hasn't Decided Yet If 'Long Goodbye' Will Be Band's Last Big Tour] – Blabbermouth.net. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.</ref> On 3 February 2017, Deep Purple released a video version of "Time for Bedlam", the first track taken from the new album and the first new Deep Purple track for almost four years.<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-unveils-infinite-album-artwork-releases-time-for-bedlam-single/ "DEEP PURPLE Unveils 'InFinite' Album Artwork, Releases 'Time For Bedlam' Single"]. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 10 December 2017</ref>

On 29 February 2020, a new track, "Throw My Bones" was released online, with a new album ''[[Whoosh!]]'' planned for release in June.<ref name="ultimateclassicrock Deep Purple 'Whoosh!">{{cite news |title=Deep Purple Announce New Album 'Whoosh!' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-whoosh/ |date=29 February 2020 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date= 29 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="loudersound Deep Purple 'Whoosh!">{{cite news |title=Deep Purple announce new album Whoosh! and European tour |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-announce-new-album-whoosh-and-european-tour |date=29 February 2020 |website=Louder Sound |access-date= 11 March 2020}}</ref> The release of the full-length album would later be postponed to 7 August 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Deep Purple push back release of new album Whoosh! |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-push-back-release-of-new-album-whoosh |access-date=14 April 2020 |work=Louder Sound}}</ref> A review in ''[[NME]]'' said the album sounded nothing like contemporary music of 2020, but suggested that "maybe that's a good thing".<ref name="nme">{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Leonie |title=Deep Purple – 'Whoosh!' review: rockers' 21st record is stupidly fun and outrageously silly |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/deep-purple-whoosh-album-review-2722807 |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=NME |date=6 August 2020}}</ref> Gillan confirmed in an interview on 4 August 2020 that he and the other members of Deep Purple have no immediate plans to retire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-has-no-plans-to-retire-weve-got-a-bit-to-go-yet-says-ian-gillan/|title=DEEP PURPLE Has No Plans To Retire: 'We've Got A Bit To Go Yet,' Says IAN GILLAN|work=Blabbermouth|date=4 August 2020|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

On 6 October 2021, the band had announced the title of their covers album, ''[[Turning to Crime]]'' which was released on 26 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Corey |title=Deep Purple Announce 'Turning to Crime' Covers Album |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-turning-to-crime-album/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=13 October 2021 |language=en |date=6 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Henne |first1=Bruce |title=Deep Purple Stream New Album 'Turning To Crime' |url=https://www.antimusic.com/news/2021/November/27Deep_Purple_Stream_New_Album_Turning_To_Crime.shtml |website=antiMusic |access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>

===Mark IX (2022–present)===
[[File:2022 Lieder am See - Deep Purple - by 2eight - 7DS2746.jpg|right|thumb|Deep Purple live in Germany, July 2022. Left to right: Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Don Airey, [[Simon McBride]].]]
In March 2022, Morse announced that he had to take a hiatus from the band after his wife was diagnosed with cancer. The band, who had recently returned to live performances, continued touring with [[Simon McBride]], formerly of [[Sweet Savage]], standing in for Morse who at that point officially remained in the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/deep_purples_steve_morse_announces_hiatus_from_the_band_following_wifes_cancer_diagnosis.html |title=Deep Purple's Steve Morse Announces Hiatus From the Band Following Wife's Cancer Diagnosis &#124; Music News @ |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |date=31 March 2022 |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> On 23 July 2022, it was announced that Morse would be leaving permanently in order to focus on caring for his wife as she battled cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/steve-morse-officially-quits-deep-purple-to-care-for-ailing-wife|title=Steve Morse Officially Quits Deep Purple To Care For Ailing Wife |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=23 July 2022|date=23 July 2022}}</ref> Later that September, McBride was made an official member of the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-officially-welcomes-guitarist-simon-mcbride-as-permanent-member|title=Deep Purple Officially Welcomes Guitarist Simon McBride As Permanent Member |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=16 September 2022|date=16 September 2022}}</ref>

[[File:2022 Lieder am See - Deep Purple - by 2eight - 9SC7190.jpg|thumb|left|Glover, Gillan and McBride performing in 2022]]
In June 2022, Gillan announced that the band had planned to work on their twenty-third studio album after the conclusion of the ''Whoosh!'' tour: "Deep Purple has got a writing session booked in March 2023, which I believe is to get started on thinking about our next record."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=46544|title=Deep Purple – To Start Writing Next Album In 2023|publisher=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]|access-date=29 June 2022|date=29 June 2022}}</ref>

Titled ''=1 More Time'', a 2024 tour was announced on 19 March of that year.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/music/deep-purple-announce-one-more-time-uk-tour-with-reef-buy-tickets-3603449 Deep Purple announce ‘One More Time’ UK tour with Reef]. ''NME''. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024</ref> [[Jefferson Starship]] were special guests on the Europe dates, and [[Reef (band)|Reef]] were special guests for the UK shows.<ref>[https://deeppurple.com/blogs/news/1-more-time-tour =1 More Time Tour]. ''Deep Purple''. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.</ref> On 24 April 2024, it was announced the forthcoming release of a new studio album - the band's twenty-third one and the first with McBride - whose title ''[[=1]]'' and track listing were revealed, and the release date stated as 19 July of that year.<ref>{{cite web | website=deep-purple.com | url=https://deep-purple.com/it-all-adds-up-to-1/ | title=It all adds up to 1 – Deep Purple | date=24 April 2024 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/deep-purple-s-ian-gillan-we-were-a-drinking-band-i-smoked-my-first-joint-at-38/ar-BB1kLc6G Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: 'We were a drinking band – I smoked my first joint at 38']. ''The Telegraph''. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.</ref> It was the fifth Deep Purple album that Bob Ezrin had produced. The first single "Portable Door" was released on 30 April.<ref name="loudersound.com Portable Door">{{cite web |last= Lewry |first= Fraser |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-portable-door |title=''Classic Rock'' > article "Deep Purple launch first music with new guitarist Simon McBride" |date= 30 April 2024 |website=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]] |accessdate= 8 June 2024}}</ref> A second single, "Pictures of You", was released on 5 June 2024. A third single, "Lazy Sod" was released on 5 July 2024.<ref name="loudersound.com Pictures Of You">{{cite web |last= Lewry |first= Fraser |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-pictures-of-you |title=''Classic Rock'' > article "Watch Deep Purple's video for new single 'Pictures Of You'" |date= 6 June 2024 |website=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]] |accessdate= 8 June 2024}}</ref>

In a May 2025 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Brasil]]'', Ian Paice confirmed that Deep Purple have begun working on new material for their next album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2025/05/21/very-very-close/|title=The Highway Star — Very, very close|website=thehighwaystar.com|date=21 May 2025|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Miranda|first1=Igor|url=https://rollingstone.com.br/musica/deep-purple-fala-a-rs-sobre-show-no-brasil-longevidade-alice-cooper-e-black-sabbath/|title=Deep Purple fala à RS sobre show no Brasil, longevidade, Alice Cooper e Black Sabbath|website=[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Brasil]]|date=7 May 2025|access-date=23 May 2025|language=pt}}</ref>