Nick Simper

Nicholas Simper ( born November 3, 1945 in Norwood Green, Southall ) is a British bass player. Simper was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968. Early as 1969, he was replaced by Roger Glover.

Biography

His first band " The Renegades " Simper founded in 1960 in the school. Then he went to the "Delta Five" and landed at the end of 1964 "Buddy Britten & The Regents ". Here he took his first single titled " She's About a Mover ". About the stations " Simon Raven Cult" ( end of 1965 ) and " Cyrano & The Bergerac " ( early 1966 ) came Simper in May 1966 for him first professional band "Johnny Kidd & The Pirates ". The career of this band to Johnny Kidd but was on October 7, 1966, a sudden end given, as Johnny Kidd was killed in a car accident. Simper also sat in the car accident, but escaped with a broken arm and a few scratches. Without Johnny Kidd, the " Pirates" survived only until May 1967 and then they broke up. With Johnny Kidd the only single was released in collaboration with Nick Simper "Send For That Girl".

Looking for a new employer Nick Simper was in " Screaming Lord Sutch " find, which he joined in May 1967. About the only lasting a few weeks at the station backing of Billie Davis Nick Simper finally ended in October 1967 with "The Flower Pot Men ". There he met Jon Lord know. The troupe, which was compiled by former " Searchers " drummer Chris Curtis, had had great success with the single " Let's Go to San Francisco ". As Jon Lord and Nick Simper got in there, but none of the musicians was more to the band, who had recorded the hit.

At this time there were only Lord and Simper members of the group. As they desperately sought a guitarist and Nick had met with " Screaming Lord Sutch " such named Ritchie Blackmore, it was engaged. The foundation stone of " Roundabout " was laid.

After Ritchie Blackmore still got to complete the band a well-known drummer named him Ian Paice in the band, which still brought also equal to a singer named Rod Evans, the basic formation of Deep Purple was formed.

After the first three LPs from "Deep Purple" Nick Simper and Rod Evans had to Blackmore's instigation, left the band and were replaced by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. Nick Simper got after his exit at "Deep Purple" a severance payment in the amount of 10,000 pounds. He then joined for short periods of " Marsha Hunt Band" and again " Screaming Lord Sutch " before he formed his own band " War Horse " in August 1970. This took two LPs, which due to its past sold relatively well as Purple- member, but not nearly reached the hoped-for success. In between was called up briefly, " Iron Horse ".

In May 1974, however, the band broke up and Nick Simper increasingly disappeared from the scene. He worked as a session and studio musician. In the same year appeared a single entitled " St. Louis " under the name Nick Simpers Dynamite on. In April 1978 founded his new band Nick Simper Simpers Fandango, but also this formation took only two LPs.

Simper looked after, among other things, for example, in formations such as " Rosco Gordon ," " Quatermass II" and some other projects.

Discography

Deep Purple

Warhorse

  • War Horse (1970 )
  • Red Sea (1972 )

Nick Simpers Fandango

  • Slipstream (1979 )
  • Future Times (1980 )

Rosco Gordon

  • Rosco Rocks Again ( 1982)

Quatermass II

  • Long Road (1997)

Other Projects

  • The Flowerpot Men - "Let's Go to San Francisco " (1967)
  • Screaming Lord Sutch - " Hand of Jack the Ripper" (1971 )
  • Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - "The Best of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates " (1978)
  • Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - " Rarities " (1983)
  • Wee Willie Harris and the Alabama Slammers (2000)

Source

A Life In Purple - The ultimate DEEP PURPLE - Bible by Ingo Jansen

Ian Gillan Steve Morse • • • Roger Glover, Don Airey • Ian Paice

Rod Evans • Ritchie Blackmore • Nick Simper • Jon Lord • David Coverdale • Glenn Hughes Tommy Bolin • • Joe Lynn Turner

Shades of Deep Purple • The Book of Taliesyn • Deep Purple • Deep Purple in Rock • Fireball • Machine Head • Who Do We Think We Are • Burn • Stormbringer • Come Taste the Band • Perfect Strangers • The House of Blue Light • Slaves and Masters • The Battle Rages On • Purpendicular • Abandon • Bananas • Rapture of the Deep • Now What?

Concerto for Group and Orchestra • Made in Japan • Made in Europe • Last Concert in Japan • Nobody's Perfect • Come Hell or High Water • Live at The Olympia '96 • Total Abandon: Live in Australia • Live at the Royal Albert Hall • Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy • The Soundboard Series • Live at Montreux 2006 • Live at Montreux 2011

Anthem • Black Night • Strange Kind of Woman • Fireball • Highway Star • Smoke on the Water • Burn • Stormbringer

Discography

  • Deep Purple Member
  • Bass player
  • Briton
  • English
  • Born in 1945
  • Man
Bass guitar Johnny Kidd & the Pirates Warhorse (British band) Iron Horse Bicycles Deep Purple (Album) Fireball (Album) Machine Head (Album) Burn (Deep Purple album) Stormbringer (album) Perfect Strangers (Album) Slaves and Masters Abandon (Album) Bananas (Album) Made in Japan (Deep Purple album) Fireball (song) Highway Star (song) Burn (Deep Purple song) Deep Purple discography
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