10 Famous Bands With Rotating Lineups

10. Deep Purple

In the aftermath of the Summer of Love, rock and roll started to take things in a bit of a different direction half a world away. Although the British Invasion may have kicked everything off with acts like the Beatles, the new sounds were focused on bands that were more gritty, taking their cues from blues artists and gaining major traction like the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. Deep Purple were far more eclectic though, and it would take an entire gang's worth of musicians to push the boundaries of rock and roll.

Originally forming as a sort of jam band in the vein of Vanilla Fudge, both Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord came to the conclusion that they needed fresh blood, drafting in Roger Glover and Ian Gillan and turning towards a more hard rock style with tracks like Highway Star. Despite the massive singles like Smoke on the Water, there was never a lot of a camaraderie in the band or anything, and one too many disagreements led to Roger and Ian being replaced by Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale, each bringing a more soulful tinge to their vocals.

Though most fans divide the lineups into different phases of the group though, only drummer Ian Paice has been there through it all, as Ritchie left the fray to focus on medieval music and Jon Lord officially retiring in 2001 and leaving Don Airey to fill out the keyboard parts whenever they played live. In that timeframe though, Deep Purple had dipped their toes into rock and roll, blues, classical, funk and everything else in between.