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,
Still Pending Still Pending Still Pending were an American punk children band, formed in Portland, Oregon in 2005. The band originally comprising three young musicians, Reed Gulick-Stutz (guitar and vocals), Grant Ellman (drums and vocals), and Ian Rogers (bass guitar). In June 2007, Rogers left the band and was replaced by Andrew Turel in August 2007. It is rumored that the band broke up. The official website is currently down, and their social media is inactive currently. Still Pending was formed by a group of classmates in the fall of 2005. Shortly thereafter, the band got its first break as the on-stage