He was influenced by Elvis Presley by hearing his records at home and at the local youth club. He began attending Hounslow College and stayed there through his early teenage years. His parents separated after Audrey discovered Bill had had an affair that started while he was stationed in the army during World War II. He was fond of animals in his early life, and enjoyed reading Dan Dare comic strips. He grew up moving between council flats before settling in a three-bedroom semi-detached on a council estate in Cranford, Middlesex. One of Gillan's earliest musical memories was of his mother playing " Blue Rondo à la Turk" on the piano. His father, Bill, was a storekeeper at a factory in London, who came from Govan, Glasgow and left school at 13, while his mother, Audrey, came from a family where she was the eldest of four children, who all enjoyed music and singing, and whose father had been an opera singer and amateur pianist. Gillan was born on 19 August 1945 at Chiswick Maternity Hospital. 2.8 Reunion of Deep Purple, 1984––present.His solo career outside of Deep Purple was given a comprehensive overview with the Gillan's Inn box set in 2006.
More recently, he has performed solo concerts concurrently with his latter career in Deep Purple, and his work and affinity with Armenia, combined with his continued friendship with Tony Iommi since his brief time in Black Sabbath, has led him to form the supergroup WhoCares with Iommi. In addition to his main work-performing with Deep Purple and other bands during the 1970s and 1980s-he sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), performed in the charity supergroup Rock Aid Armenia, and engaged in a number of business investments and ventures, including a hotel, a motorcycle manufacturer, and music recording facilities at Kingsway Studios. He returned to the group in 1993, and has remained its lead singer ever since. The following year, Deep Purple reformed and two more successful albums followed before he left in 1989. After a short time away from the music business, he resumed his music career with solo bands the Ian Gillan Band and Gillan, before a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath in 1983. He resigned from the band in June 1973, having given a lengthy notice period to their managers.
He first found widespread commercial success after joining Deep Purple in 1969. Initially influenced by Elvis Presley, Gillan started and fronted several local bands in the mid-1960s, and eventually joined Episode Six when their original singer left. He is the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple and is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice. Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer and songwriter.
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