Bogus Deep Purple 1. They have money and we do not, and I wonder, now as they won the lawsuit, what the hell will they do with the name? In the litigation as a founding member he should have had the right to move forward since no one at the time was using Deep Purple. Rod was one of the great voices of the 6. With the help of agents at William Morris Rod was able to meet with several HIT producers of the day, an album was in the works, great plans were being made and Rod would have had a 2nd bit at the apple. I think most of the animosity came from Ritchie Blackmore who I believe had a deep dislike for Rod. Then there were the English business men who really owned the Deep Purple Business.!
I had to go and appear in court because it had to be stopped because it just wasn’t Deep Purple. He (Rod - ed.) was an idiot.
He was misled by people that wanted to cash in on the name, with no regard to quality. They didn't care that it could hurt the name, the reputation that we spent years in building. We felt very sad about that. Had we not fought them according to American law for six months they could have recorded as Deep Purple, which would have been the worst lie. We just didn't know what we were getting into. I though the group was more legitimate. He probably wanted to make some money out of it, which he felt he might not have done in the beginning.
But that's all over and now the lawyers are in and that's been stopped. I think it quickly fizzled when they were threatened with legal action. It was an unusual move for Rod, because I like Rod as a person - but I suppose it was worth trying. Newquist and Jeffrey L.
They played Smoke On the Water and all our best known things until they were booed off the stage. Can you imagine what might happen if we didn? By next month there'd be thirty bands calling themselves Led Zeppelin, and maybe fifty more who called themselves the Beatles. The worst part of the whole thing is the damage it might do to our reputation. If we do get back together and decide to tour, what happens if word gets around saying, 'Oh yeah, I saw them last year at Long Beach, and they weren't anything like I remembered.' The name Deep Purple still means a lot to most rock and roll fans, and I mean to see that it stays that way. It's more than what we want to do. We will be doing a sixty percent of Deep Purple and we will be changing.
We don't want to do something like the Who with Tommy. It is another concept. We want to write songs about what happens in our way, we mean.
Of course we change the sound by the new techniques that are used now, as the Polymoog and different effects in the studio, but no doubt it will be a turn towards Heavy Metal. I was the founding singer of the group and when I decided to form a new one with the guitarist Tony Flynn, we saw that we had abandoned that great name and decided to use it.
Before this we spoke with Ritchie Blackmore, of Rainbow, and with the people of Whitesnake. It's like a bunch of guys putting together a group and calling it Led Zeppelin.
Whether Ritchie gives his blessing or not is of no real consequence to me as my blessing to him forming Rainbow would be of no consequence to Ritchie. I mean, if he doesn't like it I'm sorry, but we're trying. Those two guys (Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover - ed.) – who are with a band called Rainbow – want to get back. They see a successful thing, and they want part of it. The band has envolved into something more modern, with new faces and sounds reflecting the 8. We’ve got a younger look.
Those original guys would be 3. The band has been in hibernation for several years, and has reemerged.?
I only blame Rod for being silly. He should have known it was going to be difficult to get away with a fake Deep Purple.
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After all - he was doing it in public. There are no injunctions, no restraining orders and no box- office attachments. Deep Purple has to prove themselfes as Deep Purple.
It would be distracting to have the individual names on the ad. It’s not a bogus situation, Deep Purple never really broke up.
There was just a constant changing of people. This band does all the original Deep Purple hits. The only chance to stop that band was to sue Rod, as he was the only one receiving money, all others were on wages.. Surely Rod did get involved with some very bad people!
In respect of that money - what price would you place on your reputation and on the right of the public not to be sold something under false pretences? And also you should be aware that these people were informed on several occasions that they were breaking the law, and yet they continued to do it. Sueing them was the last option there was to try to stop them. I did not enjoy having to appear in court against a guy I'd once worked with - but he who steals my purse steals trash; he who steals my good name takes everything I have. Even tough Rod was in the band originally, it's not really the band people know. In all respects we are the same product.
I wasn't really anything more than a hired player (because the band would have looked pretty silly without a drummer, I guess..). I got a letter from Geoff Emery, who is some sort of record industry executive now. I haven't heard of Rod, Tony or Tom but there seems to be a lot of interest in getting hold of them. Rod is a very nice fellow. One of the quirks of the Deep Purple experience for me, was that the son of my Dad's original William Morris booking agent turned out to be the agent for the Rod Evans' Deep Purple! And, of course, we'll never be paid the damages.
Rod Evans just doesn't have the money. He no longer receives the royalities from those first three albums though.