The Purple Underground | pt
O Deep Purple é uma banda de rock inglesa formada em Hertford, Hertfordshire. Em 1967, Chris Curtis, ex-baterista do The Searchers, teve a idéia exótica de reunir vários músicos muito talentosos num grupo chamado Roundabout (carrossel). Eles se revezariam em torno do baterista, como num carrossel. Depois que a idéia foi comprada pelo produtor Tony Edwards, o primeiro músico a topar a idéia foi o tecladista Jon Lord, colega de Curtis nos The Flowerpot Men, onde também tocava o baixista Nick Simper.
Era o final dos anos 60, e Curtis estava metido até o pescoço no espírito da época. Certa...
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...
