| 词条 | Bogus Deep Purple |
| 释义 |
| name = Bogus Deep Purple | background = group_or_band | genre = * Hard rock, heavy metal | origin = United States | years_active = 1980 | past_members =
}} In 1980, ex-Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans was contacted by a management team who offered him a chance to play under the Deep Purple name again, which he took. He fronted this band of unknown session musicians, which became known to Deep Purple fans as the Bogus Deep Purple. The band played across the US, Canada and Mexico, with many shows ending in riots. The management company behind the Bogus Deep Purple registered "Deep Purple" as an LLC in February 1980 and mentioned that an album was to be recorded. On 18 August 1980, the real Deep Purple put an ad in a newspaper underneath an ad for a Bogus Deep Purple concert that was to take place at Long Beach Arena in California, stating:
The real Deep Purple were contacted about the bogus Deep Purple, and their management sued Evans, given that he was the only member of the band who received booking royalties and who had any rights to the name "Deep Purple". Evans was sued for damages of $672,000 (USD) (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|672000|1980}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) for using the band name without permission, which included $168,000 in actual damages (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|168000|1980}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) and $504,000 (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|504000|1980}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) in punitive damages. Being unable to pay this amount, Evans was required to forfeit all future royalties from the albums and singles recorded by the Mark I lineup of Deep Purple. This effectively ended Evans' career as a performing musician, as any future earnings he made from performing would have to be paid toward the lawsuit and since then, he no longer receives royalties for his work with Deep Purple. Both Ian Paice and Jon Lord remarked it was not about money, but about saving the good name of Deep Purple. Paice stated, "We didn't make that money, it all went to the lawyers involved. [But] the only chance to stop that band was to sue Rod." Lord acknowledged that he did not enjoy having to testify in court against Evans and blamed him for being silly.[1] Personnel
The instrumentalists had previously played in a fake Steppenwolf band organised by the same management company a few years before - in fact, there is one gig report stating that the Bogus Steppenwolf opened for the Bogus Deep Purple, using exactly the same backing band. References1. ^{{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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313204251/http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aprilskies/65/dp1980.html |archivedate=13 March 2012 |df=dmy }} External links
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