Ian Gillan Gillan Band and Gillan, before a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath in 1983. The following year, Deep Purple reformed and two more successful albums followed before he left in 1989. He returned to the group in 1993, and has remained its lead singer ever since. In addition to his main work—performing with Deep Purple and other bands during the 1970s and 1980s—he sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", performed in the charity supergroup Rock Aid Armenia, and engaged in a number of business investments and
Graham Bonnet well as songs credited to his then wife Jo Eime, and another remake of the Marbles', "Only One Woman". In 1997 he released "Underground", a new solo album, which helped re-establish him with his fan base in Japan. 1999's "The Day I Went Mad" featured guitarist Slash, Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, Bruce Kulick plus guitarist, Mario Parga. Bonnet contributed lead vocals to the Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's 2000 release "Heavy Metal Anthem", which had reworks of classic Anthem tracks. Bonnet rejoined Impellitteri in 2000 for their "System X" album. Meanwhile, his 1999 Japanese solo album got a UK