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,
The Drums 2012, there were unannounced tensions between the group, founding member Connor Hanwick left the group. In November 2012, Jonny Pierce announced he would be releasing a solo album in 2013. The Drums continued on with members Jonny Pierce and Jacob Graham. The Drums made their American television debut on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on February 15, 2012. MTV gave the band a "celebrity chart" special on MTV HD channel in May 2012, where Pierce and Graham introduced their favourite videos and bands as well as some of their own videos. On February 16, 2014, The Drums posted, "celebrating the