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Deep Purple β€” The Battle Rages On…

  • intothewellsabyss
  • Jul 2, 2023
  • 2 min read

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30 years ago today, β€œThe Battle Raged On”!



On this day (July 2) in 1993, Deep Purple released their fourteenth full-length studio album, β€œThe Battle Rages On...” via Giant Records/BMG (released via RCA on July 19th, 1993 in Europe).



Background:

It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up, which reunited for a second time (the first reunion being for 1984's Perfect Strangers). Even though Mike DiMeo was initially chosen as the singer for the album after Joe Lynn Turner was fired, Ian Gillan eventually returned to the band in late 1992 and had to rework much of the material already existing for it, which had been intended for Joe Lynn Turner and DiMeo.



After his firing Turner would admit Ritchie Blackmore referred to the album as "The cattle grazes on". Blackmore became infuriated at the non-melodic elements and left the band for good after a show on November 17 in Helsinki, Finland.



American guitarist Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for the remainder of the tour. A handful of working tracks written during β€œThe Battle Rages On...” sessions would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner under different song titles.




Links to Artists, Albums, and Music Videos:

Click this link to listen to β€œThe Battle Rages On...” via Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-battle-rages-on/952365090


Click this link to listen to β€œThe Battle Rages On...” via Spotify: The Battle Rages On https://open.spotify.com/album/0bYajtRIqIDLyEeZTNST2t


Click this link to follow Deep Purple on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialdeeppurple



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