Simper was born in Frogmore House Maternity Home, Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex. Prior to co-founding Deep Purple in 1968, Simper played for a number of bands, including The Renegades (1960–61), The Delta Five (1961–63), Some Other Guys (1963–64), Buddy Britten & The Regents renamed Simon Raven Cult (1964–66) and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates. Unfortunately, within a few months of his joining The Pirates, Simper and Kidd were involved in a car crash that took Kidd's life and left Simper injured. After recovering, Simper briefly reactivated The Pirates as a tribute band to Kidd (1966–67) before joining the Garden, the backing band for The Flower Pot Men (1967–68), where he played alongside Jon Lord. (It was Lord who initially suggested that Simper be asked to join Deep Purple when that band was first forming.) Simper also had a brief spell with Lord Sutch's Savages.
Nick Simper talks about his departure from Deep Purple
Nick Simper talks about his departure from Deep Purple. Nick & Rod Evans were pushed in an underhand way...
published: 24 Feb 2018
Don Airey & Nick Simper - Black Night (11.03.2015, Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia)
Don Airey & Nick Simper - Black Night
Deep Purple song
11.03.2015, Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
published: 12 Mar 2015
Nick Simper & Don Airey - Live @ Moscow 2015 (FULL) HD
Nick Simper & Don Airey - Live @ Moscow 2015 (FULL) HD
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Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
11th march 2015
Tracklist:
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NICK SIMPER & NASTY HABITS
And the Address (Deep Purple song)
The Painter (Deep Purple song)
Mandrake Root (Deep Purple song)
Emmaretta (Deep Purple song)
Chasing Shadows (Deep Purple song)
Lalena (Donovan cover)
Wring That Neck (Deep Purple song)
Please Don't Go (An original Nasty Habits composition)
Bird Has Flown (Deep Purple song)
Roadhouse Blues (The Doors cover)
Encore:
Hush (Joe South cover)
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DON AIREY & FRIENDS
Eyes of the World (Rainbow song)
Bad Girl (Rainbow song)
No Time to Lose (Rainbow song)
Back on the Streets (Gary Moore cover)
3 in the Morning
Still Got the Blues (Gary Moor...
published: 09 Dec 2019
Nick Simper goes from a Flowerpot Man to a Deeper Purple
Nick Simper changed his music after seeing Vanilla Fudge playing in a heavier style joining Jon Lord who was depping with the Flowerpot Men having left The Artwoods. Former Lord Sutch colleague Ritchie Blackmore joining them on guitar and the roots of Deep Purple were planted firmly in the ground
published: 09 Jun 2016
Nick Simper "Hush" (Shades Of Deep Purple 1968)
published: 13 Apr 2021
Nick Simper&Nasty Habits@Reigenlive 2022 10 08
NICK SIMPER : BASS
ATTILA SCHOLTZ: LEAD VOCALS
CHRISTIAN HEISSENBERGER: GUITAR
IGOR METZELTIN; ORGAN
PETER BRKUSIC: DRUMS
published: 17 Oct 2022
Warhorse - Ritual (1971)
Warhorse was a British rock band formed by the bass guitar player Nick Simper.
After being sacked by Deep Purple in 1969, Simper joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band stopped touring, and Simper and Peck re-organized the group as Warhorse. Ashley Holt became the band's singer, and they recruited the keyboard player Rick Wakeman. When their first demo was recorded in April 1970, Wakeman was replaced by Frank Wilson and left to join The Strawbs.
Warhorse signed to Vertigo, and released their first album, Warhorse in November 1970. Warhorse was managed by Ron Hire, originally part of HEC Enterprises, the original investors in Deep Purple.
The band began to tour, ...
published: 20 Aug 2020
Ник Симпер (Nick Simper) - Первый басист Deep Purple
00:00 Вступление
01:42 Николас Джон Симпер (англ. Nicholas John Simper; 3 ноября 1945, Норвуд Грин, Саутхол, Мидлсекс, Англия) — британский бас-гитарист, наиболее известен как один из основателей группы Deep Purple.
published: 07 Mar 2023
Deep Purple - Marsha Hunt w. Nick Simper Bilzen Festival 1969
Ex-Deep Purple bass player Nick Simper with Marsha Hunt at the Bilzen Festival 1969
Nick Simper & Don Airey - Live @ Moscow 2015 (FULL) HD
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Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
11th march 201...
Nick Simper & Don Airey - Live @ Moscow 2015 (FULL) HD
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Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
11th march 2015
Tracklist:
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NICK SIMPER & NASTY HABITS
And the Address (Deep Purple song)
The Painter (Deep Purple song)
Mandrake Root (Deep Purple song)
Emmaretta (Deep Purple song)
Chasing Shadows (Deep Purple song)
Lalena (Donovan cover)
Wring That Neck (Deep Purple song)
Please Don't Go (An original Nasty Habits composition)
Bird Has Flown (Deep Purple song)
Roadhouse Blues (The Doors cover)
Encore:
Hush (Joe South cover)
---
DON AIREY & FRIENDS
Eyes of the World (Rainbow song)
Bad Girl (Rainbow song)
No Time to Lose (Rainbow song)
Back on the Streets (Gary Moore cover)
3 in the Morning
Still Got the Blues (Gary Moore cover)
Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) (Cut)
Child in Time (Deep Purple song)
Difficult to Cure (Rainbow song)
Over the Rainbow
All Night Long (Rainbow song)
Lost in Hollywood / A Light in the Black (Rainbow song)
Encore:
Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover)
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NICK SIMPER & DON AIREY TOGETHER
Black Night (Deep Purple song)
Nick Simper & Don Airey - Live @ Moscow 2015 (FULL) HD
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Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
11th march 2015
Tracklist:
---
NICK SIMPER & NASTY HABITS
And the Address (Deep Purple song)
The Painter (Deep Purple song)
Mandrake Root (Deep Purple song)
Emmaretta (Deep Purple song)
Chasing Shadows (Deep Purple song)
Lalena (Donovan cover)
Wring That Neck (Deep Purple song)
Please Don't Go (An original Nasty Habits composition)
Bird Has Flown (Deep Purple song)
Roadhouse Blues (The Doors cover)
Encore:
Hush (Joe South cover)
---
DON AIREY & FRIENDS
Eyes of the World (Rainbow song)
Bad Girl (Rainbow song)
No Time to Lose (Rainbow song)
Back on the Streets (Gary Moore cover)
3 in the Morning
Still Got the Blues (Gary Moore cover)
Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) (Cut)
Child in Time (Deep Purple song)
Difficult to Cure (Rainbow song)
Over the Rainbow
All Night Long (Rainbow song)
Lost in Hollywood / A Light in the Black (Rainbow song)
Encore:
Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover)
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NICK SIMPER & DON AIREY TOGETHER
Black Night (Deep Purple song)
Nick Simper changed his music after seeing Vanilla Fudge playing in a heavier style joining Jon Lord who was depping with the Flowerpot Men having left The Artw...
Nick Simper changed his music after seeing Vanilla Fudge playing in a heavier style joining Jon Lord who was depping with the Flowerpot Men having left The Artwoods. Former Lord Sutch colleague Ritchie Blackmore joining them on guitar and the roots of Deep Purple were planted firmly in the ground
Nick Simper changed his music after seeing Vanilla Fudge playing in a heavier style joining Jon Lord who was depping with the Flowerpot Men having left The Artwoods. Former Lord Sutch colleague Ritchie Blackmore joining them on guitar and the roots of Deep Purple were planted firmly in the ground
Warhorse was a British rock band formed by the bass guitar player Nick Simper.
After being sacked by Deep Purple in 1969, Simper joined Marsha Hunt's backing ba...
Warhorse was a British rock band formed by the bass guitar player Nick Simper.
After being sacked by Deep Purple in 1969, Simper joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band stopped touring, and Simper and Peck re-organized the group as Warhorse. Ashley Holt became the band's singer, and they recruited the keyboard player Rick Wakeman. When their first demo was recorded in April 1970, Wakeman was replaced by Frank Wilson and left to join The Strawbs.
Warhorse signed to Vertigo, and released their first album, Warhorse in November 1970. Warhorse was managed by Ron Hire, originally part of HEC Enterprises, the original investors in Deep Purple.
The band began to tour, but made little progress, and the album failed to chart. A single, "St. Louis", was released, which failed to chart. By 1971, after arguments about style, Peck left and moved to classical guitar playing. He was replaced by Pete Parks.
In June 1972, their next album, Red Sea, was released, but soon after Warhorse was dropped from the label. Around the same time, Poole decided to leave Warhorse for Gong. The band carried on, and replaced Poole with Barney James. Wakeman used both Holt and James for his solo albums, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Warhorse's last concert in 1974 was at Polhill College, Bedford.
Warhorse musicians (Holt, Parks, Simper, Wilson, and Poole) have since played together on several occasions, including 1985 and 2005, latterly for drummer Poole's 60th birthday. Poole died on 21 May 2015.
Warhorse was a British rock band formed by the bass guitar player Nick Simper.
After being sacked by Deep Purple in 1969, Simper joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band stopped touring, and Simper and Peck re-organized the group as Warhorse. Ashley Holt became the band's singer, and they recruited the keyboard player Rick Wakeman. When their first demo was recorded in April 1970, Wakeman was replaced by Frank Wilson and left to join The Strawbs.
Warhorse signed to Vertigo, and released their first album, Warhorse in November 1970. Warhorse was managed by Ron Hire, originally part of HEC Enterprises, the original investors in Deep Purple.
The band began to tour, but made little progress, and the album failed to chart. A single, "St. Louis", was released, which failed to chart. By 1971, after arguments about style, Peck left and moved to classical guitar playing. He was replaced by Pete Parks.
In June 1972, their next album, Red Sea, was released, but soon after Warhorse was dropped from the label. Around the same time, Poole decided to leave Warhorse for Gong. The band carried on, and replaced Poole with Barney James. Wakeman used both Holt and James for his solo albums, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Warhorse's last concert in 1974 was at Polhill College, Bedford.
Warhorse musicians (Holt, Parks, Simper, Wilson, and Poole) have since played together on several occasions, including 1985 and 2005, latterly for drummer Poole's 60th birthday. Poole died on 21 May 2015.
00:00 Вступление
01:42 Николас Джон Симпер (англ. Nicholas John Simper; 3 ноября 1945, Норвуд Грин, Саутхол, Мидлсекс, Англия) — британский бас-гитарист, наибол...
00:00 Вступление
01:42 Николас Джон Симпер (англ. Nicholas John Simper; 3 ноября 1945, Норвуд Грин, Саутхол, Мидлсекс, Англия) — британский бас-гитарист, наиболее известен как один из основателей группы Deep Purple.
00:00 Вступление
01:42 Николас Джон Симпер (англ. Nicholas John Simper; 3 ноября 1945, Норвуд Грин, Саутхол, Мидлсекс, Англия) — британский бас-гитарист, наиболее известен как один из основателей группы Deep Purple.
Nick Simper & Don Airey - Live @ Moscow 2015 (FULL) HD
https://vk.com/bootlegsinpurple - Subscribe! Подпишись!
Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
11th march 2015
Tracklist:
---
NICK SIMPER & NASTY HABITS
And the Address (Deep Purple song)
The Painter (Deep Purple song)
Mandrake Root (Deep Purple song)
Emmaretta (Deep Purple song)
Chasing Shadows (Deep Purple song)
Lalena (Donovan cover)
Wring That Neck (Deep Purple song)
Please Don't Go (An original Nasty Habits composition)
Bird Has Flown (Deep Purple song)
Roadhouse Blues (The Doors cover)
Encore:
Hush (Joe South cover)
---
DON AIREY & FRIENDS
Eyes of the World (Rainbow song)
Bad Girl (Rainbow song)
No Time to Lose (Rainbow song)
Back on the Streets (Gary Moore cover)
3 in the Morning
Still Got the Blues (Gary Moore cover)
Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) (Cut)
Child in Time (Deep Purple song)
Difficult to Cure (Rainbow song)
Over the Rainbow
All Night Long (Rainbow song)
Lost in Hollywood / A Light in the Black (Rainbow song)
Encore:
Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover)
---
NICK SIMPER & DON AIREY TOGETHER
Black Night (Deep Purple song)
Nick Simper changed his music after seeing Vanilla Fudge playing in a heavier style joining Jon Lord who was depping with the Flowerpot Men having left The Artwoods. Former Lord Sutch colleague Ritchie Blackmore joining them on guitar and the roots of Deep Purple were planted firmly in the ground
Warhorse was a British rock band formed by the bass guitar player Nick Simper.
After being sacked by Deep Purple in 1969, Simper joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band stopped touring, and Simper and Peck re-organized the group as Warhorse. Ashley Holt became the band's singer, and they recruited the keyboard player Rick Wakeman. When their first demo was recorded in April 1970, Wakeman was replaced by Frank Wilson and left to join The Strawbs.
Warhorse signed to Vertigo, and released their first album, Warhorse in November 1970. Warhorse was managed by Ron Hire, originally part of HEC Enterprises, the original investors in Deep Purple.
The band began to tour, but made little progress, and the album failed to chart. A single, "St. Louis", was released, which failed to chart. By 1971, after arguments about style, Peck left and moved to classical guitar playing. He was replaced by Pete Parks.
In June 1972, their next album, Red Sea, was released, but soon after Warhorse was dropped from the label. Around the same time, Poole decided to leave Warhorse for Gong. The band carried on, and replaced Poole with Barney James. Wakeman used both Holt and James for his solo albums, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Warhorse's last concert in 1974 was at Polhill College, Bedford.
Warhorse musicians (Holt, Parks, Simper, Wilson, and Poole) have since played together on several occasions, including 1985 and 2005, latterly for drummer Poole's 60th birthday. Poole died on 21 May 2015.
00:00 Вступление
01:42 Николас Джон Симпер (англ. Nicholas John Simper; 3 ноября 1945, Норвуд Грин, Саутхол, Мидлсекс, Англия) — британский бас-гитарист, наиболее известен как один из основателей группы Deep Purple.
Simper was born in Frogmore House Maternity Home, Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex. Prior to co-founding Deep Purple in 1968, Simper played for a number of bands, including The Renegades (1960–61), The Delta Five (1961–63), Some Other Guys (1963–64), Buddy Britten & The Regents renamed Simon Raven Cult (1964–66) and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates. Unfortunately, within a few months of his joining The Pirates, Simper and Kidd were involved in a car crash that took Kidd's life and left Simper injured. After recovering, Simper briefly reactivated The Pirates as a tribute band to Kidd (1966–67) before joining the Garden, the backing band for The Flower Pot Men (1967–68), where he played alongside Jon Lord. (It was Lord who initially suggested that Simper be asked to join Deep Purple when that band was first forming.) Simper also had a brief spell with Lord Sutch's Savages.