10 Bad Debut Albums From Great Bands

Deep Purple are known in many circles as one of the greatest hard rock acts to come from Britain in the late 60's. Taking elements of jazz, classical, and rock, the group's songs felt like long journeys that tested the limits of what hard rock could be in its infancy. That is, once the classic lineup was secure...

For the band's first few releases, the band's initial lineup consisted of bassist Nick Simper and vocalist Rod Evans, whose skills seemed a bit too artificial given the band's raw musicianship. On most of these cuts, the musicianship between Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore shine through, but the actual composed sections are pretty slapdash given the band's later output. Much of the songs are actually covers of old rock standards from the Beatles' "Help" to Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe," which are perfectly fine but nowhere near the classic sound of Purple.

Drummer Ian Paice even went so far as to say that the band identity at this juncture was not solid, with most of the songs sounding like lesser B-sides from jam band Vanilla Fudge. Though the band did pull out one great song in their cover of "Hush," they were poised for much greater things once Ian Gillan and Roger Glover joined their ranks.