This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Nick Simper" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
This article may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone.(March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)
Nick Simper
Nick Simper in 2015
Background information
Birth name
Nicholas John Simper
Born
(1945-11-03) 3 November 1945 (age 78) Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex, England
Genres
Rock, hard rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, country rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Bass
Years active
1957–present
Website
nicksimper.net
Musical artist
Nicholas John Simper (born 3 November 1945) is an English bass guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple and Warhorse. In the 1960s, he began his professional career in bands such as Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, The Flower Pot Men, and Lord Sutch's Savages.
Nicholas John Simper (born 3 November 1945) is an English bass guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple and Warhorse. In the 1960s, he began...
and NickSimper (bass), while Mark II was the most commercially successful line-up, with Ian Gillan and Roger Glover replacing Evans and Simper respectively...
band was completed by vocalist/frontman Rod Evans, along with bassist NickSimper and drummer Ian Paice, in March 1968. After about two months of rehearsals...
were just worked to death by the management and the record company. – NickSimper (1998) Deep Purple were booked for a long tour in the United States,...
Ritchie Blackmore, bassist NickSimper, keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice ("Mark I"). In mid-1969, Evans and Simper were replaced by Ian Gillan...
Simper (1856–1942), English composer and organist Lewis Simper (born 2001), English footballer Lisbeth Simper (born 1978), Danish cyclist NickSimper...
early 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and NickSimper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July...
developed song ideas in secrecy, not telling Evans or original bassist NickSimper because the original lineup still had tour dates to promote the album...
Hertfordshire in 1968. According to Deep Purple's founding bassist, NickSimper, Evans was hired after "dozens" of other singers were auditioned. Evans...
into the band on 16 June 1969, replacing singer Rod Evans and bassist NickSimper respectively. The old line up of Deep Purple continued to do several...
(keyboard); Carlo Little (drums); Keith Moon (drums); Noel Redding (bass) and NickSimper (bass). In 2017 his song "Flashing Lights" was featured in Logan Lucky...
where he met the bass guitarist NickSimper along with drummer Carlo Little and guitarist Ged Peck. Lord and Simper then toured with this band in 1967...
which were not hits. Two founding members of Deep Purple, Jon Lord and NickSimper, were also part of this early band for live shows. Later, Burrows sang...
This "Mark One" line-up featuring singer Rod Evans and bass player NickSimper lasted until mid-1969 and produced three studio albums. During this period...
(Joe South) Deep Purple 4:42 3. "Wring That Neck" (Ritchie Blackmore, NickSimper, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) Deep Purple 13:23 4. "Child in Time" (Blackmore...
Gillan Don Airey Simon McBride Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore Rod Evans NickSimper David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Tommy Bolin Joe Lynn Turner Joe Satriani...
Progressive rock Length 7:06 Label Harvest Songwriter(s) Beethoven Ritchie Blackmore NickSimper Jon Lord Ian Paice Lennon–McCartney Producer(s) Derek Lawrence...
Lord, who replaced Billy Davidson on keyboards in January 1968, and NickSimper on bass. Carter and Lewis continued to write, record and produce most...
Gillan Don Airey Simon McBride Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore Rod Evans NickSimper David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Tommy Bolin Joe Lynn Turner Joe Satriani...
Global Information
