


Gillan is now working on a project to document his 40-year career, tentatively called Gillan's Inn. He left Purple again in 1989, but rejoined for good in 1992. In 1983 he joined Black Sabbath to record the Born Again album before rejoining a reunited Deep Purple shortly after completing the Born Again tour in early 1984. Then he announced the band would fold as he needed to rest his damaged vocal cords. Universe Ian Gillan was back in the UK charts and through several more line up changes released a string of hit singles and successful albums including Glory Road, Future Shock, Double Trouble, and finally Magic. The early band sound had a distinct jazz-rock aspect which proved unpopular and was replaced by a more high powered hard rock sound as Gillan reformed the lineup and shortened the groups name to Gillan. After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, he went into brief retirement before forming the Ian Gillan Band.

In 1970, he sang the part of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. Gillan was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England.
