Bolin lost the use of his left arm and couldn’t play anything other than ... injuring over 200 people. 19. Deep Purple got their name from a song by Bing Crosby, a favourite of Ritchie Blackmore ...

including ‘Fireball’ and ‘Machine Head,’ which spawned the classic song ‘Smoke on the Water’ in 1972. By the end of the decade, Deep Purple would lose guitarist Ritchie Blackmore ...

Former Deep Purple bandmates Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore have had a long and frequently tempestuous relationship. Gillan ...