Gillan
Gillan was the vehicle for singer Ian Gillan, between the post-Deep Purple Ian
Gillan Band and his foray into Black Sabbath before his solo career. Comprising
guitarist Steve Byrd, Colin Towns on keyboards, John McCoy on bass and Liam
Genockey on drums (replaced by Pete Barnacle), Gillan was born in 1978 and broke
away from the jazz/rock fusion of the Ian Gillan Band to return to the hard rock
of the first album of the same name, released in Japan on the Eastworld label.
Reissued in 1994 as The Japanese Album, it was followed by Mr. Universe (1979),
with Bernie Tormé and Mick Und...
