Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

59min

Music

Documentary

Deep Purple is one of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, one of the godfathers of the heavy metal genre, with over 100 million album sales worldwide to their name. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Deep Purple's groundbreaking double live album Made in Japan, this documentary explores these recordings and Deep Purple Mark 2, the line-up between 1969 and 1973.

Production Companies

BBC Four

Universal Music

Cast

Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan

Himself
Jon Lord

Jon Lord

Himself
Ian Paice

Ian Paice

Himself
Matt Sorum

Matt Sorum

Himself
Chad Smith

Chad Smith

Himself
Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Himself (archive footage)

Release date

12th Sep 2014

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English