Deep Purple's Ian Gillan - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?
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Deep Purple legend Ian Gillan sits down with Graham Hartmann (@grahamwire) to prove and disprove what's written about him on Wikipedia!
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one of the greatest singers in hard rock history
The Greatest........
1969-73 No one could touch him
@@pinball1970 what happened after 1973.Do you like the Gillan band albums?
@@newavatar2947 Yes but it was never Purple, his voice was still amazing. He played a load of Gillan stuff when I went see him as Garth Rocket 1989 ISH. He was great
is it true ..that ian gilligan was gilligan in gilligans island ??????
"Child In Time" ........ possibly the greatest vocal performance in hard rock history. It is so damn impressive and metal. Blows me away.
Radsk8r Bigollies live in japan specially
@@phillipfry9765 Any version by Ian!
Gethsamane from the jesus christ superstar studio version
I'm not the biggest Purple fan, but "Child In Time" must be in top 20 greatest songs of all time....... a truly sublime masterpiece...... perfect collision of Prog and Heavy Rock
@@itkojecockot agreed, and it is actually the song of theirs that made me into a fan.
His words about losing Jon Lord are quite touching
I know the word 'legend' gets thrown around a lot, but this man is the definition of a legend
Very intelligent, very charismatic, very humble & very interesting person. Great voice. Great talent. Simply underrated. One of the most beautiful & powerful voices of all time. Legend. IAN GILLAN - The Voice of Deep Purple & Jesus Christ Superstar.
Ian Gillan underrated? Since when? He's acknowledged as one of the best ever. How's that underrated?
Hardly underrated, except the US possibly. Intelligent, quite so. Charismatic for sure. Interesting, absolutely. Humble? IMO very far from it. In this interview he seemed quite grumpy, pretty full of himself and quite grandiose - as I think he always does. He's smart but not nearly as smart as he thinks, and a lot of his recollections change from time to time (especially when it comes to Blackmore). And, again, IMO, he shouldnt' really be on stage the way he sounds now. His voice broke in the late 80s, and although I still enjoyed seeing DP 20 years ago, it's gotten even worse since then (even more IMO, Morse's degrading capability, Airey's boring playing displeasing sound, and the weird, offputting live mix they've had since about when Lord left hasn't made things better).
WIKIPEDIA is actually a CRIMINAL enterprise. (I know personally, bc they printed LIES about me and blocked correction. They also BLOCKED any truths. Systemically. It's an ESTABLISHMENT tool.)
@@umpygoodness2369 ...Wikipedia allows people to add or subtract information. I don't think it's checked for TRUTH and/or FACTS.
Most times its really not known if the site can be trusted.
@@yucchhiiowwee actually, Wikipedia is MUCH WORSE than you suggest.
EX:
in MY case, the WIKI STAFF helped block truth, and helped maintain FALSE SMEARS, over and over, for ulterior motives.
(HOW bad was it? Ppl check my page too often -- even a judge once read it and decided against putting me in jail!! (THAT's how serious this shit is) -- and for months they let vandals keep up "the chronically-unemployed [my name]".... which wasn't even remotely true. (EX: I'd had the same job for 15 years!) Wiki made not one "honest mistake". This one glaring example [which PROVED vandalism, duh!] is just one of hundreds in my entry!)
Wow this was awesome and unexpected. Good stuff Loudwire
Aren't supposed to be doing your cousin soup?
@@anaslasri4439 *sister
Holy crap soup likes good music lmao
Have you ever watched Spinal Tap?
So polite, so eloquent, so talented. A true legend!
When Ian was talking about his deceased dad and uncle still travelling with him, that was beautiful. I'm sure many people feel the same way about friends and family who have passed on that were close to them. I know I do.
For me, Ian Gillan is the first true rock frontman. There may have been several important ones before him, but he had it all: the flamboyant stage persona, the powerful voice, the rock star appeal, etc.
Ian Gillan is the total package and still is despite the voice being a bit reduced. He's still up there strutting as well as he can at his age. He can't stop. Who came before him, anyway? Name one. Look up dates.
there were a few greats before him, but I think he truly epitomized the hard rock/heavy metal frontman. Not even Robert Plant could compare to Gillan in his prime@@TheJoan48
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While Gillan is my most favorite frontman, I love Jim Morrison and Daltrey too for their great presence.
Officially Loudwire you broke it, now you're in other level guys, talking with this rock gods, this is the best interview, thanks guys
David Gómez Rock God? Geez
Gomez what are you talking about? What gods?
Listening to Ian talk about his friends and family that have passed and how they are still with him puts the song Perfect Strangers in a whole new light for me.
Ian Gillan in 'Concerto for Group and Orchestra' is the handsomest man I've ever seen, and the lyrics to the second movement were also beautiful. I'm surprised he's not more widely known as he had everything: looks, voice, and interpretative genius. A wonderful man.
Isn't he just OMG this is an amazing song the emotion that he puts into it WOW but looks yes 🔥and those dimples ill stop now before I start to drool lol
Giant of a man. Worked with him briefly during the Dave Sharmen era. Legend.
Ian Gillan. The original true heavy metal vocalist. His crown was eventually taken away by Rob Halford, but him aside, nobody else was singing like Gillan.
Ozzy?
Ozzy? Seriously? I love him but he's nothing next to Gillan.
Only Robert Plant could rival him.
@ Doom Rock No, Robert Plant might have been able to compete with him for being a great singer or having the higher vocal range, but even Plant couldn't rival him for hard rock/heavy metal singing and screams.
Halford came to the scene in early 70s... and that was the end of the competition. People usually remeber him as a vocalist he'd been during 80s, who showcased terrific attacks and screams but had some unstable moments on his weaker ranges and off nights. But in 70s, Halford's singing was a freak of nature, bar none. Well-controlled and perfect-pitched screams could go up to B5, no signs of strains on mid-highs, majestic pipes that easily beats any singers in their heydays. Gillan and Dio might have been second or third... but that 70s Halford was a demigod.
Really weird...In 1983, I was in 8th grade, 13 yrs old, and my best friend sat behind me in History. One day, he was singing lyrics (he had older brothers into metal) that really interested me. The lyrics were to a song called Trashed by Black Sabbath. The album had just come out. That weekend I ran out and bought my first real metal album...Born Again. Thank you, Mr. Gillan for a life of metal. It's been a wild ride.
How can you not love this guy? You can tell he's a great person. Finally a true rock legend on this series. Waiting for more
A broad statement by an apparently ignorant person.
If it weren't for American blues in particular, which was invented here,most of those bands you mention wouldn't have been inspired to create what they did in the first place ESPECIALLY Led Zeppelin.
uni blab and some are dumb enough to vote for a gameshow host, don't have a clue what socialism or communism is, spout off about it, then call others dumb.
I love Ian Gillan now for forty years. A legend.
Ian Gillan is a fuckin legend
Woah, you got Ian Gillan from Deep Purple. Wow, what a legend! 🙂🤘👏
One of the best guests so far, great interview
D Wright - METALHEAD He always gives very good interviews , a very intelligent man and so well spoken.
What Ian describes about his father's spirit entering his body happened to me when my daughter died suddenly. I heard the news, fell to the floor and felt her spirit enter my body right in the center of my chest. I was very touched hearing Ian describe this. It verifies what happened to me was real. His comments about Jon were very moving as well. Thank you, Ian, for this.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you are doing okay.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Absolute Legend and very intelligent man. We are blessed by such a great musical genius.
I love Born Again album as well as its mix. It is dirt and it is heavy. One of the best rock and roll albums with the heaviest atmosphere that I ever heard!
Great interview!
deep purpe is my favorite band full of real ledgends of rock. thank you for this.
Yeppers !!!
legends*
Fact: Sang Disturbing The Priest like a f*ckin boss.
TRASHED!
@redwatch1100 still love how the song was basically just about him getting drunk, taking bill wards car out for a drive around a race track and crashing it
@@Jeff.3 I used to have a driving licence back then and that track was a bit alarming, but very nice nonetheless
The genius, the spectacular, the voice of some seriously killer jams! Love Deep Purple for going on 45 years now. It’s still amazing how great they have been for sooooooo long! He and Ritchie were irreplaceable!: He’s got the voice of s lifetime!
Love the sabbath story about Stonehenge and the lyrics. Real life Spinal Tap. Beautiful story about John Lord too. Love this master of hard rock!
Ian is a living legend, am amasing singer, a really nice guy too, I've always been in awe of his incredible voice, just an amazing man.
Letter D story is one of the sweetest things I've heard this week
I watch Gillan singing 'no laughing in heaven' a couple of times a week, great lyrics, great energy, sooooo funny. Always wonderful to hear him speak, such a soothing voice.
Always a pleasure to see and hear Ian Gillan talking!!
Love ❤ Ian Gillan, um dos melhores vocalista 😍😍👏👏🎼🎶🎸
Wow, did not expect this! Thanks Loudwire!
I saw DP in the mid 80's with Blackmore. What a show. To cap the night off, after the show the lights went out for a minute then the house lights came on and there was Ian at the front of the stage yelling and cussing up a storm. Apparently, one of the bouncers pulled a roady off the stage thinking it was a fan and pissed Ian off something fierce.
Saw him in 87, house of blue light tour. they played lots of songs from perfect strangers. left me speechless! to this day can't come up with words to describe. Best concert I've ever been to. I've seen lots. Santana, Bad company, Pink Floyd, Heart, and legendary The Who to list a few. I know music!!!
HIS MEMORY IS AMAZING!!!!
What a wholesome human being. Living legend. Would love to see Ritchie's take.
"Born Again" best Sabbath album ever! He kills it! His performance makes that album
So you think Born again is better than Paranoid or Heaven and hell...?... I love Born Again but ....... WTF...?
@@csnide6702opinions are like assholes everyone has one
wow....great stories....what a fun guy, and total gentleman....very touching how he talks about jon
A Giant in rock music.
Wow,talk about a legend in the rock music business,this will be interesting,thanks Loudwire
You again! :)))
It's amazing to see the evolution of these series, Graham's interviewing skills and the constant increase in prestigiousness of the guests. Why did this happen? Because the people behind the scenes actually give a shit and they provide us with really high-quality content. For free, none the less.
Kudos Graham and Loudwire, kudos like hell.
This is a fabulous interview, thank you, Gillan and Purple have had a massive influence on me. This is such an honest exchange.
The best FOF so far. Loved listening to Ian,
He is one of the best 5 lead singers in hard rock. The entire band is great and over looked by a lot of rock people. During the 1960's, 1970's and then back again in the latest 1980' s and 1990's until 2018. He has sang in some of the best bands in rock history. When D.P. quit with Tommy bolin in the band it was very sad. Peace rock fans!
Из Белоруссии с наилучшими пожеланиями. Вы легенда рока. Помним вас и слушаем ваши песни постоянно. Дай Бог вам крепкого здоровья и долгих лет жизни, Иэн Гиллан!
wow Ian is so interesting and smart I could listen to him talk for hours
I'm a big fan of Ian, he is in my top 3 rock vocalists of all time.
who are the other 2?
He seems very together and intelligent. Cool
"Disturbing the Priest" was my favorite performance of Ian's. Black Sabbath.
What a lucky guy to interview Ian Gillan 🙂🙂 I wish I was in his place...
Ian Gillan is such a nice down-to-earth gentleman and totally the kind of person I'd take to the nearest pub so we can have drinks while he's telling me stories about his life, his work, etc...
The man who inspired Bruce Dickinson.
parlock480 and King Diamond!
and lots of Dio
parlock480 and probably halford
@@bestmetalandrocklists9120 And Geoff Tate
IN FACT, Deep Purple were MORE INFLUENTIAL than ZEP / SABBATH.... COMBINED. Ian Gillan was the one they ALL wanted to sound like.
Judas Priest. KISS. Van Halen. Iron Maiden. Yngwie. Metallica. AND ALL THE REST say it was DP, DP, DP who they wanted to be. (Sabbath inspired a zillion garage bands, but few giants. Zep inspired a few hair metal bands and some other acts, like Billy Squier, and Whitesnake, but DP was THE ONES. "IN ROCK" is the BIBLE of metal! And the song "FIREBALL" invented the entire speed metal genre!
SO SAD that DP always gets put last in the ZEP / SAB / DP triangle.
(DP were LESS CONSISTENT, so there's that. Even their peak line-up put out some real filler!)
Went to take a listen to deep purple first time, people saying he’s a legend and his voice, and everyone is right blown away by those windpipes
I was probably 13 years old when I first heard In Rock when it was released. No other music genre, group, performer has had such a positive impact on me, ever.
Ian Gillan, the best and all time favourite Deep Purple singer, a legend.
Please do Geddy Lee soon.
Tyler Bailey and Alex Lifesson. Peart is impossible
Do Geddy!
Mario S Ah crap. This comment has taken another meaning completely!
ritchie blackmore too!
What a wonderful interview, thank you Loudwire.
14:01 That was hard to hear. I just cried a little bit.
He was so handsome. Time flies man.Icon ❤️❤️
Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore probably think more of each other than they are willing to let on.
It will only be apparent when one of them passes and then we'll see the reality.
They are not enemies, they are rival alphas with great respect, but also stubborn.
A great partnership in rock.
They hate each other.
@@natfunk5992 .... Nahhh, I saw an interview with Ian and he said him and Ritchie became friends again but they don't want to play together anymore... Age and wisdom do that to people...
@@LostMyMojo100 Well, I was told by Blackmore's bandmates recently that they hate each other. I know them quite well. Ritchie came to see my band play more than once.
@@natfunk5992yea, right. And Blackmore is my tenant.
@@max7even284 care to retract your sarcasm?
I have been waiting so long for this one. Awesome!
I LOVE Ian 😍 He's my favorite singer.
I am impressed. A truly open-hearted interview... Thats beautiful...
Kudos for your best interview to date and thanks to Ian for sitting through this, he didn't look comfortable.
Bru you pulled off a good one. This man is a walking legend, probably one of the harder interviews you've had to do, 'eh? Good questions, especially to get him to mention "funky" Claude, "running in and out", saving lives!! Awesome brother!! ✌
I just saw Deep Purple 4-5 months ago & they are still kicking ass. They are very humble & paid major tribute to Jon Lord. Impressive .
The best vocalist in the 70s! No one could touch him
Exellent interview, Graham!
I worship the ground he walks on also Ian made one of the greatest and most underrated albums of all time Born Again!!! which I consider the last great album Sabbath made
GrayWoIf lol I am always amazed how passionate some are in support of that album.
Greatest rock singer of all times, great musician, and a great guy Ian Gillan!
Ian Gillan is amazing!
And a great lyricist
One of the first bands I got into as a youth....Loved their sound from top to bottom
Ian Gillan, best Rock- Hard Rock voice of all time
THANK YOU.
Lotta great singers out there, but GILLAN is the one almost all other singers look up to!
TRAGIC that the USA radio stations never played DP's IN ROCK or FIREBALL, which I think are even better than Machine Head.
Killer pipes!
Geez the part where he described the smoke on the water pr statement was so interesting!
Now I know where he got his ausume voice, he had opera singers in his family.
Gillan é uma divindade . Eu o amo!Alguém poderia disponibilizar este vídeo com legendas em português para os fãs no Brasil .
One of the few chanels on youtube that actually has content.
Imo, Born again had Sabbaths best riff, "Zero the hero" now, he said they still write together sometimes. what are the chances Tony and Ian team up and get a couple others in there and form up a band called "Born Again" much like was done with Dio? You better believe id love to see that concert. A new album with his voice, Tonies riffs, how could it not be epic? and maybe a bones section on there with some epic live or demo versions of some songs. Just saying, i think it would be amazing.
It sounds too close to Paradise City, which I hate. I know it came out before the GNR hit , but I heard the latter before I heard the Sabbath tune.
@@kramalerav so whose fault is that...?
THE greatest Rock vocalist of all time......PERIOD!!!
hahahahah NO.
Great job! Ian is quite the guy..thx to the two of you!
This man's notes on "In Rock" are absolutely amazing. It's a shame his voice has declined, but at his age and all he's done it's ok. He'll forever remain one of the best Metal/ Hard Rock vocalists of all time.
I don't think "declined" is the right word. Sure, it's changed and he can't the old stuff anymore, but he's become an amazing soul singer. His work on Infinite is spot on.
@Chris Manzi
Thanks for sharing that info, I didn't know about that.
In case you guys aren't aware, EVERY singer's voice declines with age..! It's the one nasty truth about being a singer, that the vocal chords etc just deteriorate over time and it's normal for a singer to lose as much as a couple of octvaes from their range by the time they get older.
Check out Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Bruce Dickinson, Geddy Lee etc etc. Not one of them can hit the same crazy shrill highs that they once did, especially after years of live touring and often excessive partying. It's a sad fact about being a vocalist.
I'm not stating that some surgery didn't mess Gillian up or what have you though, just trying to shed some light on a sad fact of a vocalist's life. :)
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We obviously knew, smart ass. Nonetheless, its a shame Gillan lost his voice, imo the best rocker voice there ever was or is. Glen Hughes still has a crazy good voice though, somehow.
@@ArthaxtaDaVince777 um I wasn't intending it as "smart assy" or to come off like a know-it-all, I was just hoping to shed light on something that the average fan might not realize.
Peace dude, chill.
this was a brilliant interview
Oh my god this was one of the best WFF episodes I've watched...and I'm pretty sure I watched them all at this point...some multiple times.
This man did the original version of "Gethsemane" nuff said
Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' album, one of the greatest live albums ever. The improvisation is simply genius and not to mention Ian's voice was pure magic.
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Overrated bland garbage.
@@Mogamishu Why are you here then?
I’m convinced the 80’s style of metal vocals would not be a thing if it wasn’t for this man
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Best one yet... loved it.
Gethsemane! One of the best rock vocal performances I’ve ever heard. An amazing singer. Wonderful to hear from him.
Such a down to earth guy, for a legend.
Very cool.
I love you, Gillan.. Thanks for Born Again!!!!
It’s always so much more interesting to hear the real background stories from the horses mouth. Smart man.. Thanks, Ian! From a fan from the beginning.. 👍
Born Again is my favourite Sabbath album. Evil screaming by Gillan.
joey Leverton lol Gillan was crap and I'm a huge purple fan
Kevin, people might consider your opinion if you could spell his name correctly...GILLAN.
Great album.. that album is also Messiah Marcolin of Candlemass's favorite Black Sabbath album
True soul of Rock and Roll man, the Voice
Band after Band even the supers like Purple always display the day to day strife and pressure between members and mgmt. Another reminder for us who came up with them that all we had to do back in the day was "enjoy the art" for 5 or 10 bucks. Loved this Band.
IAN GILLAN, is been one OF THE most powerful VOICES OF ROCK AND ROLL ,AND back then he came out whit that inusual style ,AND conquert THE protometal beginig, Long live to IAN GILLAN
spine tingling voice can leave you spellbound . a ghost like tenor remarkable................
thanx
Its ok Ian, Ozzy can't remember the words to Iron Man to this very day. Hence all the teleprompters all around the stage whenever Ozzy performs live. Damn shame they weren't around in the mid-eighties during his (Ian's) brief tenure for the Born Again album and tour.
He explains it away, but he's been drunk for most of 4 decades. He was just too drunk to remember the words. Still love him though.
to be fair, MOST big singers use prompters, and have for over a decade.
I'm not famous and even I use cheat sheets in some of my bands, b/c I'm stoned and drunk and having fun onstage!
FUNNY STORY:
in my first band, my lead singer was such an idiot who couldn't remember his OWN songs that I HAD TO WRITE OUT THE LYRICS ON SHEETS OF PAPER and I taped them to the floor. HA: my singer grabbed the sheets and put his foot up on a stage monitor like most singers.... but he had taped the lyrics... TO HIS LEG so he could see them easier!!(Above his knee!) HA!
Greatest ROCK singer OF ALL TIME. IN ROCK.... Greatest ROCK ALBUM OF ALL TIME.
A fascinating insight into the great IG's thoughts and reminiscences. Very enjoyable.
I'd fucking love to sit down and talk about the old days with Ian. I've listened a ton of Mk2 Deep Purple over and over again.
Now you set the bar waaaaaay higher than it was, now expecting guests like Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield
They've already done one with Dave.