Grimskull influences: Deep Purple - Bloodsucker

Deep Purple

Ian Gillan

Deep Purple 1970

Deep Purple 1969

Deep Purple was another huge eye opener for us. When we got into heavy rock, we didn't really appreciate the style or the sound of the 70's. So it took a while for us to discover the brilliance of Purple. We had, like most people, heard Smoke On The Water. But the song that really kicked us in the head was a song called "Bloodsucker". The drumming was extremely groovy, like nothing we had heard within rock before. It was quite heavy, even if it was played with a hammond organ and had a early 70's sound. And the screaming of Ian Gillan was like REALLY impressive. It was like "how could anybody hit notes like that?"

All the members of Purple had a huge influence on us; the crazy furious playing of Ritchie Blackmore, the mighty synths and keyboards of Jon Lord, the screams of Ian Gillan, the jazzy speed-drumming of Ian Paice and not to mention the heavy bass sound of Roger Glover.

Cheers, TJ