Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan biography

With Deep Purple

Studio albums

• Deep Purple in Rock No. 4 (1970)
• Fireball No. 1 (1971)
• Machine Head No. 1 (1972)
• Who Do We Think We Are No. 4 (1973)
• Perfect Strangers No. 5 (1984)
• The House of Blue Light No. 10 (1987)
• The Battle Rages On No. 21 (1993)
• Purpendicular No. 58 (1996)
• Abandon No. 76 (1998)
• Bananas No. 85 (2003)
• Rapture of the Deep No. 81 (2005)

Live albums

• Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)
• Made in Japan (1972)
• Deep Purple in Concert (1980) (Live 1970 & 1972)
• Scandinavian Nights (1988) (Live 1970)
• Nobody's Perfect (1988)
• In the Absence of Pink (1991) (Live 1985)
• Gemini Suite Live (1993) (Live 1970)
• Live in Japan (1993) (Live 1972)
• Come Hell or High Water (1994)
• Live at the Olympia '96 (1997)
• Total Abandon: Live in Australia (1999)
• The Soundboard Series (2001)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000)
• Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy (2001)
• Live in Europe 1993 (2006)
• Live at Montreux 1996 (2006) (Live 1996 & 2000)
• They All Came Down To Montreux (2007)
• Live At Montreux 2011 (2011)

With Ian Gillan Band and Gillan

• Child in Time (1976)
• Clear Air Turbulence (1977)
• Scarabus (1977)
• Live at the Budokan (1977, EUR: 1983)
• Gillan (aka The Japanese Album) (1978)
• Mr. Universe (1979)
• Glory Road (1980)
• Future Shock (1981)
• Double Trouble (live) (1981)
• Magic (1982)
• The Gillan Singles Box Set (2007)
• The Glory Years (2008, DVD) (Recorded live 1981)
• Triple Trouble (2009) (Recorded live 1981/1982)

With Black Sabbath

• Born Again (1983)

Solo

Studio Albums

• Accidentally on Purpose (1988, as Gillan & Glover, with Roger Glover)
• So I Like/Έτσι μ' αρέσει (1992) Ian Gillan feat in Michalis Rakintzis album
• Naked Thunder (1990, US: 1997)
• Toolbox (1991, US: 1997)
• Cherkazoo and Other Stories ('73/'75 solo sessions) (1992)
• Dreamcatcher (1997, US: 1998)
• Gillan's Inn (2006, Deluxe Tour Ed.: 2007)
• One Eye to Morocco (2009)

Live Albums

• Chris Tetley Presents: Garth Rockett & The Moonshiners (1989)
• Garth Rockett & The Moonshiners Live at the Ritz (1990, video)
• Ian Gillan Live (1990, 2001 on DVD as Classic Rock Legends - Ian Gillan)
• Live at the Ritz '89 (2000, as Ian Gillan & The Moonshiners)
• Highway Star - A Journey in Rock (2007, DVD)
• Live in Anaheim (2008, CD/DVD)

Singles

• South Africa (1988)
• Get Away (1992) Ian Gillan - Michalis Rakintzis
• Eternity (2006)
• Out of My Mind (2011) as WhoCares, with Tony Iommi

Compilation Albums

• What I Did On My Vacation (1986)
• Trouble - The Best of Ian Gillan (1991)
• The Best of Ian Gillan (1992, Germany only) (compilation 1990/1991)
• Rock Profile (1995)
• Unchain Your Brain: The Best Of Gillan '76 - '82 (2008)

With The Javelins

• Sole Agency and Representation (1994)

Guest appearances & other projects

• Jesus Christ Superstar (1970, original album recording)
• Sammy - Sammy (1972) - Co-producer
• Jerusalem - Jerusalem (1972) - Producer
• Pussy - Feline Woman / Ska Child (1972) - Producer
• Cliff Bennett - Nightride (1981) - Co-producer
• Zero Nine - Blank Verse (1982) - Co-producer
• Rock Aid Armenia - The Earthquake Album (1990, "Smoke On The Water '90")
• Pretty Maids - In Santa's Claws (EP, 1990, "In Santa's Claws", "A Merry Jingle")
• The Bolland Project - Darwin (The Evolution) (1992, "Overture", "Finale", "The Long Goodbye / The Final Curtain Falls")
• Michalis Rakintzis - Get Away (1992), ("Get Away", "My Heart Remains The Same", "I Think I Know", "Get Away Club Mix", "Make A Wish")
• Ray Slijngaard & Ian Gillan - Smoke On The Water Rock 'N' Rap Extravaganza (1998, "Smoke On The Water")
• Jill Towers - Welcome to Dreamfield (1999) - Co-producer
• Jill Towers - Miserably Happy (2001, harmonica on "I Know What U'r Lookin'")
• Dean Howard - Volume One (2004, "Smokescreen")
• Rock School - Movie soundtrack (2005, "Highway Star")
• Leslie West - Guitarded (2005, "Hang Me Out To Dry")
• Michael Lee Jackson - In a Heartbeat (2006, "Have Love Will Travel")
• Hoochie Coochie Men & Jon Lord - Danger. White Men Dancing (2007, "Over & Over", "If This Ain't The Blues")

Film & TV appearances

• Deep Purple - Heavy Metal Pioneers (1991, interviewee)
• The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2 (1992, interviewee)
• Rock Family Trees - ep. 'Deep Purple' (1995, interviewee)
• Classic Albums - ep 'Deep Purple: Machine Head' (2002, interviewee)
• Roger Glover - Made in Wales (2004, interviewee)
• Heavy Metal Britannia (2010, interviewee)
• The Seventies - ep. '1970' (2010, interviewee)
• Pictures of Home - Armenia Grateful 2 Rock (2010, interviewee)

Books

• Gillan, Ian (1980), Candy Horizon, book of poems
• Gillan, Ian (1998), Ian Gillan: The Autobiography of Deep Purple's Lead Singer. Blake Pub, ISBN 1-85782-320-6. (2nd ed./1st ed. - 1993)
• Gillan, Ian (2006), Smoke This!: The Warblings, Rants, Philosophies, and Musings from the Singer of Deep Purple. Immergent, ISBN 0-9788254-0-3.

References

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