Soliloquy

Watching Deep Purple perform was perhaps one of the finest experiences that I had this year.

Part of a festival called Bandland, which took place on 16th and 17th December in Bangalore, the ‘fathers’ of hard rock stunned the crowd with brilliant renditions of most of their bestselling tracks, with the belting of When A Blind Man Cries being my favourite.

Purple, for those unaware, were termed the ‘unholy trinity’ of English rock, alongside Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin in the 70s. 

Predictably so, they started with Highway Star and mock-ended with Smoke on the Water. 

Ian Gillan said goodbye after the latter but the crowd refused to move, and the band had to come back on stage for two more songs, Hush and Black Night with a bass solo thrown in between by Roger Glover. 

The festival had a lot of other top artists in their lineup, with Goo Goo Dolls headlining it on the day before Purple did.

Parikrama showcased why they are up there with the best and the likes of Pacifist, aswekeepsearching and The War on Drugs moved one with their soulful rehashes.

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