Unlikely Band Member Reunions Following Years of Separation: Cream, Slowdive, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Megadeth & More - Glide Magazine

Unlikely Band Member Reunions Following Years of Separation: Cream, Slowdive, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Megadeth & More - Glide Magazine

Richie Blackmore co-founded Deep Purple in 1968, one of the first proto-metal bands in rock history. He left in 1975 to form the band Rainbow, but reunited with Deep Purple from 1984 until 1993. However, the story of Deep Purple and their frequent lineup changes is complicated. Ian Gillan himself had already left once before in 1973 and came back the same year as Blackmore, in 1984, with hopes the original Deep Purple would return, and that clas…