Favourite Deep Purple Spinoff band!

[Charger]

I am pretty sure this is gonna be quite the obvious one but I still thought it would be appropriate to have an official ranking as well.

So like we all know there are quite a few "big" bands that came from members of Deep Purple over the years...I chose 5 of the most popular here and ones that have released several albums, not just one album solo projects or collaborations.


I think my ranking would go something like:
Rainbow (Dio era only obviously)
Gillan
Blackmore's Night
Whitesnake

Don't care about Hughes so those don't rank for me.


So come on people let's get those votes in!

[Tyr66]

1- First place to Rainbow, because of the Dio era. Rising and Long Live Rock 'n Roll are so much above the others.
Down To Earth, although different, remains a good album. The "Survivor" era that followed is more than questionable despite some good titles.
2- I discovered Gillan much later which made me appreciate it differently than other discoveries of my adolescence. 5 quality albums in a very short time. Colin Towns is so underrated. very very good band.
3- in third place Whitesnake. First unforgettable albums, Ready an 'Willing, Come on' Get it, Saints and Sinners , Slide It In. 1987 is a turning point to something more commercial, very '80's. But we must not underestimate the enormous work of John Sykes who remains a guitarist so recognizable and unique. I loved this album when it was released. His participation in the group from his arrival boosted and invigorated the group. Just watch the videos of Rock In Rio 85. Amazing performance.
The Hair Metal suite, including the 1987 tour was a farce Today, Coverdale unable to sing is laughable with his pre-recorded tapes and all his band backing vocals. Shame.
I never listened to Hughes/ Turner project because of my rejection of JLT.
Not sure Black Country Communion is eligible.
Blackmore's Night: I only know The Village Lantern. Good album but the passion didn't work ...

[Charger]

Not sure Black Country Communion is eligible.

Yeah I know...I wasn't sure about that one...I remembered it had Joe Satriani but is was John Bonamassa instead!

[AnnoMundi]

I can only vote for Rainbow 1st place and 2nd Whitesnake

Don't like Coverdale in Deep Purple, but Whitesnake is okay.

[Ted Sallis]

I voted for Rainbow; I'm really a fan only of the Dio-era of the band.  I'm admittedly not very familiar with the other choices provided.

Ted

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I'm the one who voted BCC, I thought it might need some love! The 1st and 4th albums are as good as the best Dio-Rainbow albums (Rising and Long Live... I never much cared for the first one) and would be a close 2nd on this poll.

[Thelemech]

Rainbow for me.

[Jack the Stripper]

Pretty easy choice for me. Dio ea Rainbow is a cut above the rest. Whitesnake would get my 2nd vote even if their discography is patchy and a little dated now. Gillian's solo stuff has some good moments but has never quite done it for me overall. I've liked what I've heard from BCC but haven't listened enough to really rate them. Same goes the Hughes/Turner Project.

Whilst Blackmore's Night is just meh

[Zzzptm]

I'm the one who voted BCC, I thought it might need some love! The 1st and 4th albums are as good as the best Dio-Rainbow albums (Rising and Long Live... I never much cared for the first one) and would be a close 2nd on this poll.

They're actually my second choice after Blackmore's Dio's Rainbow. 

I would put BCC ahead of JLT Rainbow, for sure.

Gillan had *two* solo projects, Ian Gillan Band and Gillan. IGB's first album was AWFUL, but Scarabus was listenable, with some sparkly moments - and you can hear a few riffs recycled in Born Again and later DP work.

Whitesnake... great rock undermined by some really horrible lyrics on many a song. Coverdale did a lot of thinking below the belt when he wrote...

Roger Glover and Jon Lord both had some solo outings that are worth a listen or two, but didn't really leave a big mark on the rock scene.

Given that post-Dio Rainbow and Whitesnake are the only two bands to have more than one DP member in them, one could argue that the other output is solo work, not actually "spinoff band" stuff. Glenn Hughes' work, for example. The guy is on LOTS of albums, with lots of styles, but he's not all the time working over the veins of rock that DP mined.

Coverdale's stayed closest to that vein in his work, while the others have explored other areas with varying success.

[Charger]

Gillan had *two* solo projects, Ian Gillan Band and Gillan. IGB's first album was AWFUL, but Scarabus was listenable, with some sparkly moments - and you can hear a few riffs recycled in Born Again and later DP work.

That's why there is that / inbetween Ian Gillan Band and Gillan...

I have to say I don't have Child In Time...but what I've heard it is quite different from Purple (just like his last solo album One Eye To Morocco) where as Scarabus moved back to the rockier side.

[Zzzptm]

Child in Time is so bad, I bought it twice for a dollar.

The first time, I was a teenager and wound up hating it so much, I tossed it in the trash.

The second time, I was trying it again as an adult, wondering if my refined tastes and broader views would allow me to see something in it that I had missed so many years ago. I had discovered a new love for Come Taste the Band, for example...

... nope, another dollar wasted. I think I kept it, though, as a reminder to myself that Gillan is most certainly a mortal.

[Charger]

Well I'll be finishing my Gillan collection at some point so that will inlcude Child In Time...and heck if nothing else atleast it has Child In Time!

[Zzzptm]

Well I'll be finishing my Gillan collection at some point so that will inlcude Child In Time...and heck if nothing else atleast it has Child In Time!

That, for me, was one of the worst moments of the album, taking a classic I loved and warping it to fit into a jazz-fusion arrangement.

But judge for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKwUUtL1cjE

I'm listening to it again, and that synth in the background and the wah-wah guitar effects... no, just wrong for me.

[Charger]

Wow...okay. They changed it bit more than I thought...musically that is. Ian's vocals are about the same for the verse though.

But this kind of solidifies my whole wtf was Ian thinking point of view.

[AnnoMundi]

Child in Time is so bad, I bought it twice for a dollar.

The first time, I was a teenager and wound up hating it so much, I tossed it in the trash.

The second time, I was trying it again as an adult, wondering if my refined tastes and broader views would allow me to see something in it that I had missed so many years ago. I had discovered a new love for Come Taste the Band, for example...

... nope, another dollar wasted. I think I kept it, though, as a reminder to myself that Gillan is most certainly a mortal.

Lol Z, that’s funny “bought it twice for a dollar” that bad, huh?