Rod Evans
Rod Evans ( born January 19, 1947 in Slough ) is a British rock singer.
Life
At age 13, Rod Evans sang in the first band, a school band called The Horizons. About the stations Jumping Jimmy tape and MI5 he came in 1967 to The Maze, where he met Ian Paice, who had also tumbled at MI5. His friendship with Paice should affect for Rod Evans 1968 positively. When Ian Paice joined the band Roundabout and had this no singer, Ian took over his friend Rod. Shortly after, the band was renamed Deep Purple.
The Story of Rod Evans in Deep Purple reads just like the bassist Nick Simper from. After the first three LPs, Shades Of Deep Purple, The Book Of Taliesyn and Deep Purple and their initial successes in the U.S., the two were replaced by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. Evans and Simper did not fit into the concept of Deep Purple, began to fuel uncompromising as guitarist Ritchie Blackmore Rock.
Almost three years Rod Evans was swallowed by the earth, until 1972 the eponymous LP was released under the name of Captain Beyond. After another not necessarily well-received album Sufficiently Breathless is Rod Evans 1973 withdrew completely out of the business.
1980 was Rod Evans with unknown accompanists as Deep Purple in the U.S. on tour. After a few performances in which the audience were angry and felt cheated, John Coletta and Tony Edwards their sheer injunction which prohibited Evans to operate under the name Deep Purple. Then he called the band New Deep Purple. Now Coletta and Edwards gave an ad in the Los Angeles Times on: " When tomorrow's appearance by Deep Purple in the Long Beach Arena following members will not be there: Blackmore, Coverdale, Gillan, Glover, Hughes, Lord and Paice. "
Discography
Deep Purple
- Shades of Deep Purple (1968 )
- The Book of Taliesyn (1968 )
- Deep Purple (1969 )
Solo
Hard To Be Without You / You Can not Love A Child Like A Woman (1971 )
Captain Beyond
- Captain Beyond (1972 )
- Sufficiently Breathless (1973 )