Parallels between Black Sabbath and Deep Purple

A lot of other musicians have gone back & forth between the various bands, in addition to Ronnie James Dio being involved with members of both bands. Off-hand, I can't remember who they are.

OH - I just remembered - another band that got derived from Deep Purple was Whitesnake. David Coverdale replaced Ian Gillan as the lead singer of Deep Purple, & he is (or was) the singer for Whitesnake. I think the most well-known songs were: "Slide It In" & "Is This Love" & my favorite "Here I Go Again"

Very interesting

Oopsie - sorry for being late here. I don't remember much about the original Deep Purple, nor their personnel, but what is known as Mark II (Ian Gillan, Richie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice), was when they started gaining popularity. Ian went on to do at least one album (Born Again) with Black Sabbath around 1988. At the same time, this Mark II line-up of Deep purple reunited. Richie Blackmore also probably turned one other guy (Cannot remember his name) who also sang on Michael Schenker's third MSG album, Assault Attack. Also, more people would probably be familiar with Joe Lynn Turner. After probably two albums, he went on to sing for Yngwie Malmsteen on his Odyssey album, & then like a previous responder said, had a brief stint as Deep Purple's singer as well. Richie Blackmore, himself, seems to have completely gotten out of the rock / metal scene, & is doing his own stuff with Blackmore's Night. I agree with you. If it wasn't for Blackmore, I doubt that any of those vocalists would have names for themselves.

The similarities in the music of both bands really need to be looked for. However, many Deep Purple fans enjoy Black Sabbath, & many Black Sabbath fans enjoy Deep purple as well as - what I call - offspring bands & solo artists from the two bands. Those bands & artists are Rainbow, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, & I think Joe Lynn Turner also has a solo career going.

I don't think Richie did anything for Black Sabbath, but several musicians that worked with him did end up becoming part of Sabbath, such as Ronnie James Dio, & then Ian Gillan, as well as Vinnie Appice as you said.

Let's come up with a nice list ... Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, & even Judas Priest were the beginner groups. However, the only interaction between Priest & any of the other two were possible performances together. The only time anything else happened was when Rob Halford filled in at one show, because Ronnie James Dio ended up with vocal problems. I haven't looked into it, but there is that possibility where personnel from Whitesnake may have been Ozzy's or Dio's band, or vice versa.

Vivian Campbell also played guitar for Dio.

I say whitesnake because their singer, Coverdale, was from deep purple. Now, lets go even further and toss def leapard in to the mix, as Vivian Campel, who was whitesnake's guitarist, now plays for Def Leapard....lol.

Hearing Rob Halford singing for Black Sabbath would have been interesting. Being that Priest's music is usually louder & hard-hitting, Black Sabbath should have been first while everyone walked in with their hearing intact. However, because Black Sabbath was probably the feature band, it was the way it was.