Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Band split (1976–1984)===
After the break-up, most of the members of Deep Purple went on to have considerable success in a number of other bands, including [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] (1975–1984, Ritchie Blackmore and, from 1979, Roger Glover),  [[Whitesnake]] (1978–present, David Coverdale, Jon Lord until 1984, and Ian Paice during 1979–1982) and [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]] (1978–1982, Ian Gillan). Ian Gillan also joined [[Black Sabbath]] from late 1982 to early 1984 (Glenn Hughes would also join Sabbath for a short time later in the 1980s). The now-defunct Deep Purple began to gain a type of mystical status, with fan-driven reissues and newly assembled live and compilation albums being released throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deep Purple #4 June 1975 – March 1976 |url=http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/mk4.htm |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> This fuelled a number of promoter-led attempts to get the band to reform, especially with the revival of the hard rock market in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1980, a [[Bogus Deep Purple|touring version of the band]] surfaced with Rod Evans, who had left Captain Beyond at the end of 1973, as the only member who had ever been in Deep Purple, eventually ending in successful legal action from the legitimate Deep Purple camp over unauthorised use of the name. Evans was ordered to pay damages of US$672,000 for using the band name without permission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aprilskies/65/dp1980.html |year=1998 |work=Captain Beyond website |title=Rod Evans: The Dark Side of the Music Industry |author=Hartmut Kreckel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313204251/http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aprilskies/65/dp1980.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref>