What was everyone else up to in 1980?
While Rod Evans tried to create a Deep Purple of his own the other ex-members
of Deep Purple were keeping themselves busy in the summer of 1980.
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie had recruited Graham Bonnett to replace Ronnie James Dio in his band
Rainbow. Rainbow headlined the first "Monsters Of Rock" concert at Castle Donington,
England in August 1980.
David Coverdale
David was fronting his own band Whitesnake, a band that was very successful in Europe at this time.
Ian Gillan
Ian fronted his band "Gillan" and had just released an album called "Glory Road".
A limited edition of the album featured the bonus LP "For Gillan fans only".
Roger Glover
Roger was playing bass in Ritchie Blackmore's band Rainbow.
Glenn Hughes
Glenn had been very quiet since Deep Purple broke up in 1976. He was battling
drug abuse, and had released a solo album Play Me Out in 1977 and appeared on
a couple of sessions.
Jon Lord
Jon played in Whitesnake with David Coverdale and Ian Paice.
Ian Paice
Paice was the drummer in David Coverdale's band Whitesnake.
Nick Simper
Nick had declined Evans' offer to join the bogus Purple.
In the news
What else happened in the summer of 1980?
| June 1 |
Start of Musicians' Union strike in protest against BBC cuts |
| June 8 |
US computer sent out second false war alert in a week |
| June 22 |
Liberals won Japanese general election |
| June 23 |
Sanjay Gandhi, son of Indian PM, died in plane crash |
| June 30 |
Ms. Vigdis Finnbogadottir elected head of state in Iceland |
| July 3 |
Mr. George Howard appointed chairman of BBC |
| July 17 |
Military coup in Bolivia |
| July 19 |
Opening of 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow |
| July 22 |
Lifting of arms embargo on Chile |
| July 23 |
Dispute between Musicians' Union and BBC settled |
| July 30 |
New Hebrides became independent nation of Vanuatu |
| August 4 |
UK Queen Mother's 80th birthday |
| August 31 |
Polish government agreed to establish independent trade unions
and recognise right to strike |
Thanks to Rasmus Heide
and Jouni Filip Maho |
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