Nicholas John Simper (b. November
3, 1945, at
Frogmore House Maternity Home, Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex)
is a bass guitarist, best known as a founding member of pioneering hard rock
band Deep
Purple.
Prior to co-founding Deep Purple in 1968, Simper played for a
number of bands, including Johnny Kidd and The
Pirates, The
Regents, Lord
Sutch's Savages, where he met Ritchie
Blackmore, and The Flower Pot Men,
where he played with Jon Lord.
Simper was fired from Deep Purple in 1969. After his
departure, he worked with Marsha Hunt, played on a Lord Sutch live
album, and was a member of the following bands: Warhorse (band), Nick Simper's
Dynamite, Flying Fox, Nick Simper's Fandango, Quatermass II, and The
Good Old Boys.
External links
References
| v • d • e Deep Purple |
| Current
members |
| Ian Gillan | Steve
Morse | Don
Airey | Roger
Glover | Ian Paice |
| Former
members |
| Jon Lord | Ritchie
Blackmore | David Coverdale | Glenn
Hughes | Joe Lynn Turner | Rod Evans | Nick Simper | Tommy
Bolin | Joe
Satriani |
| Discography |
| Albums : Shades
of Deep Purple | The
Book of Taliesyn | Deep
Purple | Deep
Purple in Rock | Fireball
| Machine Head
| Who Do We Think We Are
| Burn | Stormbringer
| Come Taste the Band
| Perfect Strangers
| The House of Blue Light
| Slaves & Masters
| The Battle Rages On
| Purpendicular
| Abandon | Bananas
| Rapture of the Deep |
| Live albums: Concerto for Group
and Orchestra | Made
in Japan | Made
in Europe | Last
Concert in Japan | Deep Purple in Concert
| Live in London
| Scandinavian Nights
| Nobody's Perfect
| In the Absence of Pink:
Knebworth '85 | Come Hell or High Water
| King
Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert
| California Jamming
| Mk III: The Final Concerts
| Live at the Olympia '96
| Gemini Suite Live
| In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon: Live
in Australia | Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
| This Time Around:
Live in Tokyo | The
Soundboard Series | Inglewood - Live in
California | Kneel & Pray
| Space Vol 1 & 2
| Denmark 1972
| Perks and Tit
| Just Might Take Your Life | Live
in Stockholm | Live in Montreux 1969
| Live in Paris 1975 | Live
in Europe 1993 | Live
at Montreux 1996 | They All Came Down to
Montreux |
| Videos
and DVDs:
Concerto for Group
and Orchestra | Special Edition EP
| Live In Concert 1972/73
| California Jam / Live in
California 74 | Rises
Over Japan | Come Hell or High
Water | Bombay Calling | Live
at Montreux 1996 | In Concert with
the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon Australia
'99 | New, Live & Rare
| Perihelion | Live Encounters |
| Compilation Albums: Purple
Passages | The Early Years
| 24 Carat Purple
| When
We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll | The
Mark II Purple Singles | Deepest
Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple | The
Anthology | Powerhouse
| The Deep Purple
Singles A's and B's | 30: Very Best of Deep
Purple | Days May Come and Days
May Go | Listen, Learn, Read On
| Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow | Deep Purple:
The Platinum Collection |
| Related
articles |
| Rainbow | Blackmore's
Night | Ian Gillan Band | Gillan | Whitesnake
| Trapeze
| Black
Sabbath | Dixie
Dregs | Episode
Six | |
