Ian Gillan and disliked live albums in general. He tended to go into the studio after the rest of the band had recorded and finished the backing tracks, particularly for "Who Do We Think We Are", to lay down his vocals separately. He had been continually at loggerheads with Blackmore, disagreeing about music regularly, which culminated in Gillan writing "Smooth Dancer" about him. While on tour in Dayton, Ohio, he sat down and wrote a resignation letter to the band's managers, stating he intended to leave the band, effective from 30 June 1973. After his departure from Deep Purple, Gillan retired from
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