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24 Carat Purple

About Me

The band consists of a bunch of seasoned professionals who, having (almost) finally given up on the idea of being invited to join the great band themselves, decided to get together and form as authentic a tribute as possible with one line-up!After all, it's takes some doing, trying to encapsulate the music of a band who have been going for over 40 years, had multiple line-up changes and someone with true schizophrenic tendencies to try and emulate the vocals of Rod Evans, Ian Gillan, David Coverdale AND Glenn Hughes (oh......and he who should not be mentioned in the hallowed terms of Deep Purple, but we don't "do" that album anyway)!So, with the original compilation album title of 24 Carat Purple in mind, and the fact that they are quite possibly the best Deep Purple tribute band you're ever likely to see, what other name could they use?Deep Purple have been going forever.........Long live 24 Carat Purple!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/10/2006
Band Website: www.24caratpurple.co.uk
Band Members: GARRY RANDALL - Drums, shouting, comedy relief!ROB SAS - The Man in Black, strat abuse, disapproving glances, trainee ego maniac! Smooth Dancer!PETER HARTLEY - Bass guitar, minor BVs (otherwise described as hoovering)ROB POYTON -The Phantom Organ Grinder (real Hammond....and real organ!)IAN GRANT - Vocals...vocals.......and yet more vocals!! Check out my personal profile via our top "friends" list or at.........................................myspace.com/iangr antrocks
Influences: Deep Purple!
Sounds Like: Errrrr, hopefully we sound a little like Deep Purple?? We did do some studio recordng recently, but a bizarre incident occurred where the Fostex hard drive got wiped when there was a powercut for about 2 seconds and before we had a chance to back up the disk! DOH!!We therefore roughly recorded a recent rehearsal, via a couple of mics in the rehearsal room, so we at least have something to play whilst doing some more studio stuff!
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Good Ol Boys & 24 Carat Purple

Unfortunately, Rainbow Rising have pulled out of the gigs at The Mick Jagger Centre on 6th Sept and The Elgiva on 13th Sept. The great news is that The Good Ol' Boys have taken their place for the Mic...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:12:00 GMT

24 Carat Purple & Rainbow Rising Double Headers

Attention fans of Classic Rock! To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Deep Purple, 24 Carat Purple & Rainbow Rising are doing 2 double headers on: Sat 6th Sept at The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:03:00 GMT

Blackmore’s Night Tributes in the UK

BLACKMORES NIGHT: UK Tribute Band update 17/2/08CARTOUCHE: Blackmore's Night Tribute Band (Based Brighton, U.K.) Martin says:We are currently looking for a keyboard player - interested?We would also l...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:59:00 GMT

New website

Hey y'all Check out 24 Carat Purple's new website..... www.24caratpurple.com Comments welcome. Hope to see y'all at a gig soon. Cheers 24CP
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:33:00 GMT

Deep Purple 40th Anniversary

2008 will be the 40th anniversary of the formation of Deep Purple.  We're planning a few shows specifically to celebrate this major milestone in the history of one of rock music's most influentia...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:16:00 GMT

New Keyboard Player Required

Due to family commitments i.e. becoming a father for the first time and musical commitments to Pink Fraud, Phil is no longer able to commit to 24 Carat Purple and we're therefore reluctantly looking f...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:07:00 GMT

Gigs & friends

Well, I've been spending a lot of time browsing.......looking for people with similar musical interests who may interested in coming to one of our gigs, or our sister band, Pink Fraud. If I've sent or...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:49:00 GMT