Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Second Mark II reunion (1992–1993) and Mark VI (1993–1994)===
With the tour complete, the band set to work on another album, the early sessions of which would see Turner being forced out. 1993 was going to be Deep Purple's 25th anniversary year, with Lord, Paice and Glover (and the record company) wanting Gillan back for another Mark II reunion to celebrate this milestone. Although Blackmore preferred Turner to remain in the group, he grudgingly relented, after requesting and eventually receiving $250,000 in his bank account<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=1453&type=1&lang=EN |title=Ian Gillan Interview |author=George Anasontzis |work=Rockpages.gr |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022044109/http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=1453&type=1&lang=EN |archive-date=22 October 2008 }}</ref> and Mark II completed the aptly titled ''[[The Battle Rages On...]]'' in 1993.

Blackmore still disagreed with the decision, which created more tension between himself and the rest of the band, especially Gillan. Of particular contention was that Gillan had reworked much of the material that had been written with Turner for the new album. Blackmore felt that Gillan's rewrites had made the songs less melodic than they had been in their original versions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gillan |first1=Ian |last2=Cohen |first2=David |year=1993 |title=Child in Time: The Life Story of the Singer from Deep Purple |publisher=Smith Gryphon Limited |isbn=1-85685-048-X |chapter=Chapter 14}}</ref> The band began a European tour, which was documented on the live album ''[[Come Hell or High Water]]'', released in 1994. A live home video of the same name was also released, covering a show in [[Birmingham]], England that displayed a very disgruntled Blackmore, who did not perform many of the guitar parts and who at one point threw a cup of water at a cameraman, for unknown reasons. The complete show was eventually released in 2006 as ''Live at the NEC'' but was quickly withdrawn after Gillan publicly complained, feeling it represented a bad time in the group's history:<ref name="BBC Deep Purple"/> "It was one of the lowest points of my life – all of our lives, actually".<ref name="BBC Deep Purple">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6400545.stm Deep Purple live album withdrawn] BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2012</ref>

Blackmore left Deep Purple for the second and final time after a show in [[Helsinki]], Finland in November 1993.<ref name="BBC Deep Purple"/> [[Joe Satriani]] was drafted to complete the Japanese dates in December and stayed on for a European summer tour in 1994. He was asked to join permanently, but his commitments to his contract with [[Epic Records]] prevented this. The band unanimously chose [[Dixie Dregs]]/[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] guitarist [[Steve Morse]] as Satriani's successor in August 1994.<ref>Daniel Bukszpan, Ronnie James Dio (2003).[https://books.google.com/books?id=YaDDsg0H35gC&dq=steve+morse+1994+deep+purple&pg=PT46 The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal] p.56. Barnes & Noble Publishing. Retrieved 1 March 2012</ref>
{{quote box|width=27%|align=right|quote="Musically, it was very satisfying. The setlist was straight out of classic rock heaven. And the band were just great. Their timing was just fantastic."|source=— Guitarist [[Joe Satriani]] on his brief period with Deep Purple.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Rahul |title=Joe Satriani Interview |publisher=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/music/2004/06/satriani_interview.shtml |access-date=2007-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/music/2004/06/satriani_interview.shtml |archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref>}}