Listen to Nick Simpers bass playing. He was excellent.

Nick can easily became a good storyteller or narrator. Love his voice and accent :)

I think Nick Simper is an amazing bassist just listen to “Chasing Shadows”

Respect to Roger Glover for defending Nick after the Hall of fame disaster..

The Book of Taliesyn was one of my first, best loved albums. It taught me what real music was.

It's incredibly sad how DP was treating Simper all these years. He was one of the founding fathers. He was the one who recommended Gillan in the first place, and later when Gillan wanted Glover to tag along they just cast him out without even telling him directly. He had to phone in the record label to find out that he had been left behind. Imagine how it must've felt? Not to mention the Hall of Fame snub.

When Nick met Ritchie after being fired, Blackmore told him Roger wasn't as good as him. That's a shitty thing to do to two people. Jon put ambition before friendship and Paicey pretended not to notice that two people got stabbed in the back. The things some people will do for fame and money. Good luck Nick and Rod, you're better off without them.

Nick Simper and Rod Evans . Two of the Best things that happened was the world got Warhorse and Captain Beyond.. I love both those bands. I wish they both would have stayed in those 2 bands and gone on to different futures. The world is a better place with those 2 bands.

Purple Passages is STILL my favorite album. Loved Mark I

Met him some years ago in Vienna, what a nice man and great musician

I meet NICK SIMPER when he WOS a FLOVERPOT MAN I still have his autograph A really nice guy

Interesting to hear how the news wasn't broken. If Rod Evans ever resurfaces and speaks, I'd be curious to know if the way he and Simper were dumped were part of the thought process for the 1980 debacle, maybe a little payback. Listening to Simper talk about how he kept his cool makes me also wonder what kind of conversation he had when he was approached to be part of that "reunion," from which he wisely distanced himself.

It makes no sense leaving out Nick from the hall of fame, he played on their first 3 albums

ROGER GLOVER looks like JOHN LENNON'S Brother

Deep Purple III was a great album, the best of all MkI albums. Granted, Gillan and Glover took MkII to a whole new level, but Evans and Simper were sacked under false pretenses in less than classy fashion. The music was improving with each album. It was a bit 60s, but the whole band had that sound, and 3/5 adjusted with Gillan and Glover. Evans did okay fronting 70s rockers Captain Beyond, and Simper played bass for Warhorse. Each of those bands rocked right along with MkII. Ritchie never held down a regular lineup for more than a few albums with Purple or Rainbow. One has to wonder if the problem was Evans, Simper, Gillan, Glover, Coverdale, Hughes, Dio, Mickey Lee Soule, Dave Stone, Bob Daisely, Graham Bonnet, etc, or if Ritchie was actually the problem. Purple has had 2 lineups since 96 with Gillan in charge and no Ritchie. The only lineup change was Don Airey replacing the retired Jon Lord.

Nick was quite a mysterious looking guy back then in his purple years

Талантливейший басист и продюсер. Порядочный мужик! Очень ранимый. Респект!

SEEMS LIKE A DECENT GUY WHO GOT A RAW DEAL FROM DEEP PURPLE. I HOPE HIS LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD AND PROSPEROUS. I GET SO TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT DECENT PPL WHO GET SHAFTED IN LIFE.

He played brilliantly in WARHORSE

Simple question - why is Roger Glover the title photograph?

Dp has a history of Spanish archering

Book of taliesyn was always my favorite album. So good!

It's a criminal act leaving Nick out of the rock and roll hall of fame.

Nick seems like a good guy. Rod Evans hasnt been heard from since the early 1980s, and ive never heard an interview with him, Rod Evans had a great voice. He hasnt been heard of since, i have just made something about him on here if anyone wants to see it ? just type in the search bar above the following title......Where is Rod Evans?

Nick seems a really nice guy

And Ritchie Blackmore got what he wanted: big record sellers with a new singer who came to hate his guts. Karma, how sweet it is

Pretty messed up the way Nick and Rod were let go without warning. Deep Purple went on to make some great albums, but the way the change was handled was deplorable. From what I understand, Ritchie has been the source of tension throughout his time in Deep Purple, especially having an age-old feud with Gillian. He was likely the culprit. What can one say? He’s a great guitarist and has been very successful, but such is the way of many sociopaths. Rod probably harbored ill feelings for what happened, and rightly so. He still ended up making two stellar albums with Captain Beyond and proved he was a great rock singer. Nick really got screwed over. Hope they are both doing well.

Nick looks like a very nice person. Im sure that he and Rod Evans felt so betraid by the rest of the group. The honest thing that they should have done was to announce to both of them face to face like TRUE MEN that they don't want them amymore in Deep Purple. This unfortunatelly speaks volumes for the character of Lord, Paice and Blackmore.

I have always like Nic's bass playing much more then Glenn hughes."MANDRAKE ROOT" & "CHASING SHADOWS" in paticular.Inspires me to play better

Think Blackmore's comment about Simper's playing was off the cuff. He's since said Nick's playing was excellent. Hear Candice Larene (Fandango).

Pete Best nearly committed suicide after he was ousted by the Beatles. It was very bitter for him, and unjust, but would we prefer the Beatles without Ringo? My respect to Nick Simper. "The Shield" remains one of my favorite songs, for decades.

Unfortunately, that's rock and roll. It happens in many bands and will continue that way. People are people even people's favourites. They do say you should never meet your heroes. Many fans have been disappointed.

Why are they using a picture of Roger Glover as a thumbnail?????🤪

Nick Simper is a real member of Deep Purple

How ironic that the thumbnail pic is of Roger Glover.

Sad ending. Let’s blame Ritchie for everything.

Nice of Ritchie just to dismiss him as an average bass player

A story about Nick with a picture of Roger for the thumbnail. Ffs.

Average bass player?? Listen to Bird has Flown again and tell me those bass lines aren't bad ass.

Best desition ever

Yeah, 'stabb'd in the back' - bin there, seen that movie several times (thankfully, not THAT much at stake in my case). Power games, huh ? I guess that - in such situations - you find out what people are REALLY made of which has got to be a blessing. F***ing painful at the time though lol !

In all fairness, Rod Evans was a chooch but Nick Simper was a true victim of circumstances. Totally blindsided. I've been kicked out of a band (that went nowhere) and I was crushed but imagine being ousted out of Deep Purple? Poor fellow.

I’d DP Mark 2 never became so successful no one would have been as bitter. Nicky seems like a super nice guy and his bass playin is a gas. He can come to my house for dinner anytime 😎 Blackmore was always a wanderer. He walked away from bands when they were their most successful. He didn’t believe in keeping the same members because every time he was into something new he wanted to bring in new guys who he thought could best deliver. I have no idea why he couldn’t do both Deep Purple and solo projects. Bad management.

Mr Semper was treated terribly by the band and the later by the RRHOF when they deliberately excluded him from induction.

Wasn't Nick in the pirates at the time of johnny kidds death???

Where is Rod Evens these days?

This is a pity to finally hear how this went down. No question the best lineup. The 3rd record is a masterpiece. If they had went in after and wrote only their own material with that lineup at the turn of the 70s it would have been phenomenal. Rod went on to make the debut with Captain Beyond which is light years beyond anything Deep Purple ever did on record before or after.

Roger was found in the gutter. Hahaha

Unfortunately such is the world of show business. Richie Blackmore was notorious for sacking musicians left and right, especially in Rainbow. Nick sort of got screwed because he played it honest unlike Evans who did the faux Deep Purple, yet Evans got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Simper got left out (weird). Still, I'm stricken by how humble and content Simper is.

Is that Pete Best?

I wouldn’t class Nick as an average bass player. Blackmore knew all about Simper well before he was asked to join purple , so If he didn’t think he was good enough , why ask him to join in the first place . Bit of a strange excuse really .

Now I get why Rod did the fake Deep Purple reunion..... he was resentful because of the unjust TREATment.

Rotten treatment toward Nick. DP could have done right and compensated Nick in the 1970's. Total Bullshit- was this Blackmore's shit ?!

Look no further, Ritchie Blackmore was the problem

Terrible 🎶🙏

Warhorse will always be better than Deep Purple.

I listen more to Captain beyond and Fandango than Deep purple but i like all 3 bands.

An odd story, something isn’t right. At the beginning Nick tells us that John Colleta was ripping him and the band off, and when challenged he coughed up then fired him. The question is, why weren’t the rest of the band fed up of being ripped off? Did Coletta fire Nick for daring to ask for what was his, or were Blackmore and Lord behind it? I’m confused dot com.