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Machine Head

Great Britain · Arts / Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1972Date range
3Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1972

Ritchie Blackmore1972

Arts / Popular Music

Releases Machine Head with Deep Purple, featuring Highway Star, Smoke on the Water, Lazy and Space Truckin.

Jon Lord1972

Arts / Popular Music

Contributes the powerful Hammond organ sound that defines much of Machine Head's hard rock character.

Ian Paice1972

Arts / Popular Music

Provides the precise and forceful drumming that anchors Machine Head and the band's classic Mark II style.

Names involved

Ian PaiceJon LordRitchie Blackmore

Provenance

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