Rod Evans
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Rod Evans (born January 19 1947 in Slough/GB) was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968. He was replaced as their vocalist by Ian Gillan in 1969, after three seminal albums. After his departure, Deep Purple became a heavier outfit, when with Rod it had a more progressive and pop drive.
Before Deep Purple, Evans played together with Ian Paice in The Maze (formerly MI5) (1966) Line-Up:
- Ian Paice - drums
- Rod Evans - vocals
- Roger Lewis - guitar
- Chris Banham - keyboard
- Eric Keene - bass
More Rod Evans-Bands:
- The Horizons.
After leaving Deep Purple, Rod went to form Captain Beyond, along with ex Johnny Winter drummer Boby Caldwell, ex Iron Butterfly bassman Lee Dorman and guitarist Rhino(Larry Reinhardt), who also was part of the last incarnation of the Butterfly. This band proved to be as influential as Deep Purple, but sales never reflected their musical achievements, though conossieurs regard Captain Beyond as the quintessential hardrock/heavymetal band of all time. Someone also called them sci fi rock, but anyway their first self titled album became a rarity, because it was only distributed by Capricorn records, a small label from Macon Georgia, who also held the Allman Brothers Band. Lack of commercial success ended the group, and this seems to doom all great underground bands, a whim of destiny that seems to help the less musical but better-looking bands.de:Rod Evans sv:Rod Evans