Genres Hard rock Origin United States of America Associated acts Rod Evans, Tony Flynn | Years active 1980 Genre Hard rock | |
Past members Rod Evans
Tony Flynn
Tom de Rivera
Dick Jurgens
Geoff Emery Members Rod Evans, Tony Flynn, Geoff Emery, Dick Jurgens, Tom de Rivera Similar Dick Jurgens, Bobby Caldwell, Captain Beyond, Larry Reinhardt, Steppenwolf | ||
In 1980, ex-Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans was contacted by a management team who offered him a chance to play under the Deep Purple name again, which he took. He fronted this band of unknown session musicians, which became known to Deep Purple fans as the Bogus Deep Purple. The band played across the US, Canada and Mexico, with many shows ending in riots, before the real Deep Purple were contacted and their management sued Evans, since he was the only member of the band who had any rights to the name "Deep Purple". As a result of this, Evans no longer receives royalties from the band's first three albums.
The management company behind the Bogus Deep Purple registered "Deep Purple" as an LLC in February 1980 and mentioned that an album was to be recorded.
On 18 August 1980, the real Deep Purple put an ad in a newspaper underneath an ad for a Bogus Deep Purple concert that was to take place at Long Beach Arena in California, stating:
Personnel
The instrumentalists had previously played in a fake Steppenwolf band organised by the same management company a few years before - in fact, there is one gig report stating that the Bogus Steppenwolf opened for the Bogus Deep Purple, using the exact same backing band.