Nick Simper of Mk-1 Deep Purple

Space-Man · #1 07-18-2009, 12:47 PM

Here's a guy most of you wont know about; he played bass on the first 3 Deep Purple albums and would later form obscure 70s hard rock group Warhorse. Anyway, he had some good basslines and I wanna find out if anyone else enjoys his work?

loendmaestro · #2 07-18-2009, 09:20 PM

I'm a HUGE Deep Purple fan & I think Nicky definitely has his place in the lore of the band. He's more of a classic '60s bassist if that makes sense, but I like his playing. I really like that third DP record simply titled "Deep Purple". It's the last one before Gillan & Glover joined. An oft overlooked classic...the bridge between their psychedelic stuff & their classic heavy material.

KPAX · #3 07-20-2009, 10:32 AM

I think he joined Jo Jo Gunn in the early/mid 70's after their first bassist left.

Bass V · #4 07-20-2009, 02:00 PM

It's almost a shame the Mk II Deep Purple was arguably even better than the original line up with Nick, and Rod Evans (vocals), as I loved that first band. Hush was a great hit for them and they produced lot's of awesome late 60s era rock for a while.
Nick got one of the rare plank bodied P basses that made it to UK shores in the late 60s.

www.deep-purple.net/related-news/nick-simper.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9O3U...eature=related

Jimmy Randall was Mark Andes replacement in Jo Jo Gunne before they called it quits, and I've never heard of Nick being part of this band, nor do I find anything in a search.

Warhorse had potential but faded before they got it really going.

Thanx for the Simper mention!

Kink Rimson · #5 07-21-2009, 07:24 AM

I did security for ZZ Top when they played Brixton Academy a few years back, and I spent the entire evening standing next to Mr Simper. Really wanted to say hello but didn't have the guts. Wish I had now.

superbassman2000 · #6 07-21-2009, 08:31 AM

Nick Simper was one of my early influences--actually I remember when i first got on talkbass I posted an inquiry about Nick, but nobody really knew what happened outside of that deep-purple article.

If anyone remembers the song "Anthem", I was a big fan of that sound--i was really new to bass when I first heard that song and I didn't realize that Ian Paice was playing his kick drum in rhythm to Nick's bassline, and so to me, Nick had an attack like i had never heard before haha!

Follow1 · #7 03-26-2012, 10:57 AM

One of my favorite players!