| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | marto (3)
07/17/2008 | not until more metal acts get put in
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 | klassikrokkfann (0)
07/13/2008 | I can't believe these guys aren't getting in it and stupid groups like the Pretenders are. Deep Purple are as just as good as Zeppelin and Sabbath
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 | notanotheruzrname24get (0)
07/13/2008 | http://www.amazon.com/tag/classic%20rock/ref=tag_cld_cl_itdp_t_5
The site above seriously needs some new voices about the subject of classic rock.
Will you help? Please don't mind if some of the folks there seem a little bitter.
The comments on this site are great and we could use some of that there.
The forum starts below the row of CD cover pictures go to the first and second pages they have questions re: the Hall of Fame.
Thank you
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 | rockmaniaone (0)
07/10/2008 | the best rock band ever..deep purple!
the best guitarist ever..ritchie blackmore!
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 | Rock1234 (5)
07/10/2008 | All aspiring rock guitar players learn the riff to "Smoke on the Water." From the early to mid 70's, few bands could match their body of work. If you were to list the top ten hard rock bands of the 70's, these guys would have to be included in the conversation.
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| JohnPrinefan (1)
07/08/2008 | There music for about a five or six year period was terrific. As a whole, some of their albums are shaky but I think they are one of the pioneers.
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| djsmith1174 (0)
06/25/2008 | Just make it happen. Nothing needs to be said this many times over.
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 | UnkleDevil (0)
06/07/2008 | Greatest band not inteh R&RHoF.
Come on you fricking rock nerds, let these rockers in.
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 | MadeInCanada (2)
04/25/2008 | If they had written only Smoke on the Water, for the sheer number of high schoolers who played their first notes to Smoke, these cats should be in. Add to that Deep Purple "Made In Japan" (the greatest live album of all time) and they should be basking in Hall of Fame glory. But then there was the 5 Star album MACHINE HEAD: Space Trucking / Highway Star / Lazy... Plus off other albums great album tracks like "Sweet Child in Time", and classic covers Hush, Kentucky Woman, My Woman From Tokyo, Black Nights, Rat Bat Blue, Speed King. They realesed a number of solid album in the 1970s and 80s like "In Rock", "Fireball", "Stormbringer". "Who Do We Think We Are". I'm trying to think of a band with a better starting 5. Jon Lord was a monster on keys, irraplacable. Ritchie was a player. Great vocals (just listen to Made in Japan for the screaming, awesome), this guy was good enough to sing on Jesus Christ Superstar.
I don't get it. I don't understand the Hall's judgement on this one.
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| STYXr4kidz (1)
04/24/2008 | Smoke on the Water, but no entrance into the Hall. what gives?
Cleveland = Mistake by the Lake
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 | chrismin2003 (0)
03/13/2008 | They would have to put a fog machine on Lake Erie on the day of their induction!
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 | reachdb (0)
03/09/2008 | Agreed. I've never been impressed.
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| JandC (0)
03/08/2008 | I think that Deep Purple is one of the first British Heavy Metal Bands that used a Hammond Organ.
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 | Bluesmaster007 (0)
02/29/2008 | This band sold more albums worldwide between 1972 & 1975, has had more than one top ten hit and owns the single most reconizable guitar riff in the history of rock and roll. And Leonard Cohen makes it in? WTF?
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| aartizookniemiz (0)
02/26/2008 | This band chanced rock history
it wont be a Rock and roll Hall of fame without them
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| navinj (0)
12/21/2007 | Eventhough they've had zillions of lineup changes, they still belong. Many other bands are in that had as many or more lineup changes than Deep Purple.(Like the Eagles? Henley and Fry are a couple of pompous Hypocrites)
Deep Purple are the godfathers of Heavy Metal in my opinion.
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 | ILikePie (49)
12/17/2007 | Oh come on... how can you nothave Deep Purple? They have a whole arsenal of awesome songs (I don't care what Blackmore/everyone says, Stormbringer is amazing) including Strange Kinda Woman, Woman From Tokyo, Black Night, Fireball, etc... They have a load of talented members, including one of the best guitarists in the world in Ritchie Blackmore.
Oh, and not to mention they wrote one of the most iconic and recognisable riffs in rock history. Not that they need it... Smoke on the What?
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 | markperr (0)
12/14/2007 | Deep Purple MKII (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) is the Deep Purple of which I speak. Smoke on the Water contains the most recognized Riff in Rock and Roll. Hits like Highway Star, Lazy, Woman From Tokyo, Child in Time, and Speed King continue to drive stadium audiences to their feet(yes, they pack stadiums throughout the world, even today). They are the seminal Heavy Metal Band. Purple MKII was once rated by the Guiness Book as the loudest concert band ever. They headlined the largest outdoor rock concert ever in the United States (California Jam, 1974). I believe Made in Japan is still the best selling live album ever and in my opinion, the best sounding.
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| bear duncan (1)
10/03/2007 | Excellent, straight forward rock band who with great live shows. Not many hits but just as popular as many "Chartmakers". Great musicianship but too many member changes. Mainstay lineup from Early 70s' should be voted in.
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| Cripeseroo2 (0)
10/01/2007 | Creators of possibly one of the most influential rock albums of all time. What aspiring metal guitarist didn't own a copy of Machine Head in the early '70's?
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| eddiecook (0)
05/25/2007 | No doubt about it.
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| chiefhendrixmon (0)
05/01/2007 | The invented the greatest guitar riff ever and most of the popular songs of the 70's
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| jp1234 (0)
04/22/2007 | Deep Purple is sorely underated as a pioneer of hard rock/heavy metal and deserves recognition by the RR HoF. Zeppelin and Sabbath get all the credit as the original "templates" of all metal that followed, but Purple was equally influential as a template for all guitar virtuosity and the "power metal" movement. Please induct the Mach II lineup (with honorable mention to Mach III and the the lineup that continues to pump out great rock to the current day).
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| ripley24 (0)
04/12/2007 | The first concert I ever went to was a Deep Purple Concert. It was awesome!
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| Caspery (0)
04/07/2007 | Pros: One of the first bands that comes to mind when you think of a rock act on stage. Cons: But that's only because their cheesy and tiresome generic rock receives plenty of classic rock airplay.
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| killermckiller (0)
03/27/2007 | Awesome band with classic song. But they had other great songs to such as Space Truckin
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| WuzUp (1)
03/27/2007 | DEEP PURPLE should already be in there.
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| durandruan (0)
03/21/2007 | metal really needs it due
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| TheRRHallofFameisaJOKE (0)
03/05/2007 | The Hall is a joke without Deep Purple, the greatest rock band of all time.
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| ajowoods (0)
02/21/2007 | The biggest British Metal group not in, likely due to the many lineup changes and metal bias. Even so, they should be in simply for "Machine Head" and "Made In Japan", two landmarks of metal.
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| Bajs (0)
01/10/2007 | Bajs je najbolji
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| divergonefishing54 (0)
01/08/2007 | Not only they are talented , their music are so good you can taste it. By the way Ian Piace is my all around fav. rock drummer of all time.
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| Allan42091 (0)
12/28/2006 | Please put in Deep Purple...Richie Blackmore and the Band should have been inducted a long time ago!!!!!!!
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| Limpin' Trenchfoot (16)
11/17/2006 | Apart from Burn and Machine Head, I'm not a fan but they're every bit the equal of the more celebrated Zep and Sabbath. Blackmore was a technically a better player than either Iommi or Page and has been equally as influential. Both Gillan and Coverdale were superior singers to Plant and Osbourne. Whatever your views on metal/hard rock, Purple were unarguably pioneers of the genre.
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 | Chrisrianna (14)
11/05/2006 | This just shows that the Rock Hall people are half-witts
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 | MapleRock (3)
04/15/2006 | Without a doubt the most overlooked of the classic rock bands.
I have no quarrel with Sabbath getting in, but the 5 musicinas who made of the hey-day of Purple are all top notch players and singers. If they had only recorded "Smoke" they would be under consideration, but MADE IN JAPAN may be the best live album of all time, and MACHINE HEAD the finest hard rock album of all time.
Before the idiots in Cleveland put another jazz or country artist in, open the bloody doors and let in the legandray masters DEEP PURPLE.
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| Kevin McGuigan (0)
03/29/2006 | There are so many reasons that Deep Purple should already be in the Hall of Fame. Not only did they create the riff that defined a generation but as times changed so did the band and each change proved the greatness that was and is Purple. Rainbow ,Whitesnake and Gillan three more reasons, Some would argue that these bands belong in the hall as well. Malmsteen and all the 80's shreders owe Deep Purple for their very existence. Purple introduce me to solo work by great musicians like Tommy Bolin ,Glenn Hughes and Steve Morse. Side projects from Roger Glover and Jon Lord were very good and showed the bands virtuosity. All incredible musicians and fantastic vocalists that comprised this band should be inducted at the same time. It would be incredible to get them all on stage at the same time.
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| TheAntiqueRocker (0)
03/23/2006 | This is one I can't understand. Deep Purple has written one of the great rock anthems of all time! You instantly know Smoke on the Water from Ritchie Blackmore's first 3 chords (I don't know a single guy that plays in a rock band that doesn't know this song cold!) Now throw in My Woman from Tokyo, Burn, Hush, Space Truckin', Stormbringer, and Highway Star. This is one oversight that can not be forgiven.
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| rdevic saint (0)
12/29/2005 | Exceptional Band. Blackmore and Lord are far superior than any other guitarists / keyboardists of the 70's. MACHINE HEAD one of the most influental albums of all time. It's not really a Hall of Fame until they are inducted.
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| AmazingEEE (0)
12/03/2005 | Now that Sabbath is in, hopefully Purple will get their recognition as a true hard rock/metal pioneer... I don't particularly like this artist, but their HoF credentials are very, very good indeed...
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| kim daniel (0)
12/01/2005 | Deep purple in rock is Most important album in ROck History..
also live in japan too.....
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| Diamond Dave (1)
11/27/2005 | Greatest band not in the R&RHoF
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 | Robbo59 (13)
11/15/2005 | An absolute no=brainer. Arguably the most talented group of musicians, position for position, in the history of Rock. The band that launched countless thousands of imitaters but illicitated none that could surpass their fury. AC/DC and Aerosmith are in the Hall but Ritchie Blackmore and company are let stnding in the lerch? Shame,shame, shame....
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| sfalconer (21)
10/28/2005 | Some call them the poor man's Led Zepplin but they were a much more grittier band with a little bit more of a down to earth sound. They produce some great songs such as my Woman from Tokyo and Smoke on the Water. They are definitly Hall worthy!
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| Grigor (0)
10/24/2005 | SIMPLY THE BEST BEST BEST EVER!!!
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| twoshake (0)
10/21/2005 | Innovators of hard rock/heavy metal/neo classical.
MADE IN JAPAN - BEST LIVE ALBUM OF ALL TIME - TELL ME WHAT BAND CAN MATCH THIS.
MACHINE HEAD/IN ROCK/BURN ETC
AND THEY WROTE THE MOST RECOGNIZED RIFF OF ALL TIME: SMOKE ON THE WATER
BRILLIANT MUSICIANS!!!!
CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
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| Gianthogweed (0)
10/19/2005 | Wow, I can't believe bands like Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Yes, and Rush Genesis, and Sabbath have not yet been inducted. It's as if the HOF has something against highly influential pioneer prog rock/metal bands with enormous talent.
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| kinston_eagle (0)
09/27/2005 | Machine Head alone should guarantee them a spot.
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| trooper5 (0)
09/06/2005 | Deep Purple are the founders of exciting, melodic, musically challenging hard rock. There body of work includes Classical Concertos - revered by some of the worlds greatest living classical composers through sensitive blues to outstanding innovative hard rock. They have sold in excess of 100,000 records and have influenced every rock musician on the planet - absolutely bar none!! Individually and collectively they are unsurpassed and should have been one of the first names in the rock and roll hall of fame!!
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| souljunkie (20)
08/19/2005 | One of the fathers of hard rock. They definitely get my vote.
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| Harald Haarfagre (0)
08/18/2005 | Simpley the best rock band in the 70's and the best stage act that you find today. They don't need Metallica's or Kiss' pyro to explode on stage. They just got it with the music and that is all that should have to be
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| Y-Y-Z (0)
07/16/2005 | I'm a drummer, and the comment about learning how to play smoke on the water is true, i can play that even though i know nothin on guitar, it is that famous. These guys made metal and hard rock, they should be in
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 | jetrush2112 (0)
07/14/2005 | One of the best hard rock bands ever to be around......it's a travesty Aerosmith was inducted BEFORE Deep Purple!
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| kingguiness (11)
07/13/2005 |
Only the early 70's lineup and then the reformed 1984 lineup. David Coverdale and all the replacement bands of the mid-70's dont count!
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| ManuelAlberto (0)
07/05/2005 | Deep Purple is the best band of the world. Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Gillan and Glover: the musicians of the century!!!!
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| Musicman9859 (0)
05/30/2005 | What in the hell are you waiting for R&R Hall of Fame? These guys are the originators of Heavy Metal and is there any more classic album than Machine Head?
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| deves (0)
05/18/2005 | Great in the early 70's (In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head & Made In Japan). Strong comeback in the 21st century with Steve Moorse, Let them in.
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| ldundus (0)
05/11/2005 | Deep Purple had such an impact that to deny them their place in R nR Hall of fame would be unthinkable
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| Dbaf (0)
05/10/2005 | good band but shouldent be in yet, maybe in the next 10 years.
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| SEANBRAY99 (0)
04/26/2005 | The most overlooked heavy metal band ever...Richie Blackmore is the most underrated guitarist ever...Machine Head should alone get them a spot in the Hall
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| raymondhow (0)
04/05/2005 | Ritchie Blackmore's metal guitar sounds were never equaled, and he's still going strong with Blackmore's Night.
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| mistershivers (0)
03/29/2005 | They deserve it for giving us Smoke on the Water if nothing else. Its the Johnny b Goode of the 70s.
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| alpepper (21)
03/23/2005 | Deep Purple should be treated like Bill Mazeroski. Old Bill got into Cooperstown by his 1960 homer that won the World Series. Well, Smoke on Water is kind of like a World Series winning homer.
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 | portecrayon (10)
03/10/2005 | As long as Deep Purple is not enshrined in the R&R Hall of Fame it will lack credibility!
Deep Purple had virtuoso musicians on every instrument.
DP's Live in Japan is one of the all time great live albums.
Other standouts albums are Fireball,Machine Head,Burn,Stormbringer,Who Do We Think We Are,Mk III The Final Concert. One underated gem is Come Taste the Band
For Hard Core DP fans try Days May Come Days May Go
In concert DP was loud and as some fools imply DP was no one hit wonder.
To this day 30 years later the following DP songs still recieve airplay:Hush,Highway Star,Women From Tokyo,Space Truckin,Strange Kind of Women and Lazy.
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| Sajak16 (0)
03/03/2005 | One of the Grande Dames and creators of hard rock and heavy metal. Hard to believe they've been overlooked this long. They belong up there with Zeppelin and Queen.
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 | jgls (12)
11/16/2004 | along with kiss and black sabbath, deep purple is one of the godfathers of metal.
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| coleslough (1)
09/10/2004 | one song wonder
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 | garjen55 (19)
05/27/2004 | Smoke on the Water is the first song that any kid learns to play on his guitar - for that reason alone - Deep Purple should be inducted.
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