Ian Gillan Purple. By 1969, after having released nine singles, none of which charted in the UK, and finding their style of music too restrictive for him, he decided to leave Episode Six. By spring 1969, Deep Purple had had a top 5 US hit with "Hush", but the band, particularly Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, decided their future lay in hard rock, rather than the psychedelic pop sound of the early band. In June 1969, Blackmore, Lord and Paice went to see Episode Six perform at a pub gig and subsequently offered Gillan the job as new lead singer,
Goudie (band) for Kitty Gordon (a duo which also includes Mark Addison) and also played drums for the Ian Moore band and Grady, among others. Jonas Wilson plays lead guitar with Aaron Behrens and The Midnight Stroll (Ghostland Observatory front man), and is also a record producer/engineer and a music teacher and has played guitar with Endochine, What Made Milwaukee Famous as well as fronting his own band Lomita. Mark Addison is a record producer/engineer in Austin. Goudie (band) Goudie was an American glam rock band from Austin, Texas, fronted by Johnny Goudie. Goudie started in 1996 as a solo project of