The Purple Underground | it

I Deep Purple sono un'importante, fondamentalmente hard rock, band britannica. Tra i primi a portare di fronte al pubblico di massa del Rock un virtuosismo ed una capacità e pulizia tecniche che, se oggi sono solo di maniera, a suo tempo hanno rappresentato una delle più importanti evoluzioni nella storia della musica. Alla genialità e all'abilità tecnica dei Deep Purple si deve infatti l'unione di approccio e sonorità classiche al tempo e al ritmo tipici del Blues e del Rock and Roll. Nel maggio del 1965, una band di nome Episode Six attirò l'attenzione del pubblico nella scena del rock...

There is more than one artist called London Underground 1.A side project of STANDARTE's drummer/vocalist Daniele Caputo, this fairly recent Italian trio took their name from the very style of music that was played in the London underground during the late 60's. Caputo is joined by bassist Marco Piaggesi and keyboard player Gianluca Gerlini. Bassist Stefano Gabbani eventually replaced Piagesi and then guitarist Gianni Vergelli also joined in. Their style is similar to STANDARTE albeit much less heavy, and the guitars are used sparingly, leaving room for Gerlini to shine on the Hammond organ, Mellotron and Moog. Their albums feature...

Shock-G could probably be called DU's center, their driving force, along with his Humpty Hump alter-ego. DJ Fuze, Money B, Schmoovy Schmoov, Chopmaster J, were some of the group's main members, and they were joined by many friends on their albums over the years. Their third single, The Humpty Dance, from their 1990 debut album called Sex Packets, was their biggest commercial hit. It helped Sex Packets go platinum by the end of the year. Tupac Shakur (then simply 2Pac) got his start with the Underground's second release, 1991's This Is An EP Release. He went on to quite an...

There is more than one artist represented here: 1. Purple Haze is an alias of Sander Van Doorn, and is best known for the 2005 trance smash hit Adrenaline. 2. Purple Haze is the name of a co-ed a cappella group from Northwestern University. They were created in 1997 and have since produced 5 albums: "Three Seconds..." (1999), "Hooray for Everything" (2000), "Out of the Band" (2002), "Streaked" (2004) and "Rutherford P. Haze" (2006). They have been featured four times on the annual national compilation "BOCA" (Best of College A Cappella). 3. Purple Haze were a garage/proto-punk/psychedelic band from Canada...