29. Ian Gillan will always be seen by most as the classic Deep Purple vocalist, but when he was fired from the band in 1989, who took on the unenviable task of replacing him?
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Answer:
Joe Lynn Turner
Gillan had already left the band once in 1973 due to increased infighting, particularly between him and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. On that occasion, he was replaced by former Trapeze vocalist Glenn Hughes and then David Coverdale, who got the job after answering an advertisement in a UK music paper.
In 1984, eight years after the band had split up, the boys decided to give it another go, and Gillan rejoined the reformed band on vocals. By 1989 though, his relationship with Blackmore had once again turned sour and Gillan was fired, to be replaced by Joe Lynn Turner, the vocalist from Rainbow, Blackmore's band formed during the Deep Purple hiatus.
With Turner, Deep Purple made just one album, "Slaves and Masters" (1990) before Gillan was invited back into the fold in 1992 and as tensions once again rose between him and Blackmore, Blackmore decided enough was enough and walked out on the band midway through their 1993 tour.
Joe Lynn Turner went on to work with and release two albums with another former Deep Purple vocalist, Glenn Hughes, under the name Hughes Turner Project, while Gillan continued be vocalist for Deep Purple, winning praise and plaudits and helping the band achieve their highest UK album chart position in 46 years when "Whoosh!" reached number four in 2020.
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