Deep Purple was one of the first Hard Rock bands, and would later become one of the most famous heavy metal bands.

They were formed in 1968 as Roundabout, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on hammond organ, Chris Curtis on vocals, Dave Curtis on bass and Bobby Woodman on drums. After only a month of rehearsals, Blackmore and Lord would be the only two remaining members, bringing in vocalist Rod Evans, bassist Nick Simper and drummer Ian Paice. In April, the band would change its name to Deep Purple.

After three albums and extensive touring in the states, it was the inclusion of Ian Gillan and Roger Glover that created the essential Deep Purple line-up Mark II, that was reunited two times. This version of the group released the highly influential and successful albums Deep Purple In Rock and Machine Head (the latter featuring their most famous song, “Smoke on the Water“), and the live album Made in Japan.

Members:

Deep Purple Mark I (April 1968 – June 1969)

• Ritchie Blackmore (guitar)
• Rod Evans (vocals)
• Jon Lord (keyboards + backing vocals)
• Ian Paice (drums)
• Nick Simper (bass + backing vocals)

Deep Purple Mark IIa (June 1969 – 30 June 1973)

• Ritchie Blackmore (guitar)
• Ian Gillan (vocals)
• Roger Glover (bass)
• Jon Lord (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)

Deep Purple Mark III (October 1973 – 5 April 1975)

• Ritchie Blackmore (guitar)
• David Coverdale (vocals)
• Glenn Hughes (bass + vocals)
• Jon Lord (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)

Deep Purple Mark IV (1975 – July 1976 (last gig was March 15 1976))

• Tommy Bolin (guitar + vocals)
• David Coverdale (vocals)
• Glenn Hughes (bass + vocals)
• Jon Lord (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)

Deep Purple Mark IIb (reunion) (April 1984 – April 1989) Same lineup as Mk II above.

Deep Purple Mark V (Autumn 1989 – Autumn 1992)

• Ritchie Blackmore (guitar)
• Roger Glover (bass)
• Jon Lord (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)
• Joe Lynn Turner (vocals)

Deep Purple Mark IIc (re-reunion) (Autumn 1992 – 17 November 1993) Same lineup as Mk II above.

Deep Purple Mark VI (2. December 1993 – July 1994)

• Ian Gillan (vocals)
• Roger Glover (bass)
• Jon Lord (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)
• Joe Satriani (guitar)

This is the only non-recording lineup.

Deep Purple Mark VII (November 1994 – February 2002)

• Ian Gillan (vocals)
• Roger Glover (bass and backing vocals)
• Jon Lord (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)
• Steve Morse (guitar and backing vocals)

Deep Purple Mark VIII (March 2002 – present)

• Ian Gillan (vocals)
• Roger Glover (bass and backing vocals)
• Don Airey (keyboards)
• Ian Paice (drums)
• Steve Morse (guitar and backing vocals)

Discography:

Mk I

• Shades of Deep Purple, September 1968
• The Book of Taliesyn, December 1968
• Deep Purple, November 1969

Mk IIa

• Concerto for Group and Orchestra, December 1969
• Deep Purple in Rock, June 1970
• Fireball, September 1971
• Machine Head, March 1972
• Who Do We Think We Are, February 1973

Mk III

• Burn, February 1974
• Stormbringer, December 1974

Mk IV

• Come Taste the Band, October 1975

Mk IIb

• Perfect Strangers, 1984
• The House of Blue Light, 1987

Mk V

• Slaves & Masters, 1990

Mk IIc

• The Battle Rages on…, July 1993

Mk VII

• Purpendicular, February 1996
• Abandon, May 1998

Mk VIII

• Bananas, August 2003

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The Sony Ericsson Yari may miss the mark as the most innovative slider, but only if you don’t look closer. Upon a second look, you will find that the Sony Ericsson Yari is a tiny little thing that’s full of surprises.

The Yari has got a pretty decent 5 megapixel auto focus camera, but it’s main focus point is another thing – gesture gaming. And we’re not talking about accelerometer-based gesture recognition.

Thanks to an optical tracker technology developed by GestureTek, the Sony Ericsson Yari can use its camera to detect your movements and translate them into games moves. It can even do wireless multiplayer.

The technology has already been available to Japanese DoCoMo cellphones but it’s only now that it’s making its way to world-wide availability.

Sony Ericsson Yari

Sony Ericsson Yari at a glance:

• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100, GPRS/EDGE class 10, HSDPA 3.6Mbps
• Form factor: Slider
• Dimensions: 100 x 48 x 15.7 mm, 115 g
• Display: 2.4-inch 256K color TFT display, 240 x 320 pixel resolution
• Memory: 60MB integrated memory, hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
• UI: Proprietary Flash-based UI
• Still camera: 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection, smile detection
• Video recording: QVGA video recording
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS receiver with A-GPS support
• Misc: Gesture and motion-based gaming, Shake control, SensMe
• Battery: 1000 mAh battery

The Sony Ericsson Yari also has a built-in GPS receiver to deliver location-based services as accurately as they come.

Unfortunately, Wi-Fi support is not present on our Yari test unit despite the numerous videos presenting that in YouTube and such. As Sony Ericsson are not advertising the feature, we guess the retail unit won’t be Wi-Fi capable as well.

The Sony Ericsson Yari feels pretty good to handle right now

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