My world changed after first seeing Jimi Hendrix as a school boy & then Led Zeppelin live as young man freshly arrived in the London of the late 60's.  Later, as member of the Zeppelin tribute band, Physical Graffiti, I got the chance to thank Robert Plant for turning my world upside down!
My first band, Janus (see 'Gravedigger') broke up in the 70's, and I then settled in Holland where many bands & projects followed. 
'Bruno Sings' has some highlights and 'Zielsveel/Heart & Soul' is my one & only Dutch sung project where I wrote the music to lyrics from someone other than myself.
In 2019 I sang in all The Voice Senior (Holland)episodes & blew the judges out of their chairs! A solo album called  'The Voice Of Janus' was made with Colin Orr, old Janus gitarist as a result from The Voice happening...

THE ALBUM 'ROCKS ON' IS BY PAUL DEAN (EX LEADER OF JERUSALEM & PUSSY) AND PAULINE GILLAN, SISTER OF IAN GILLAN, DEEP PURPLE. THE ORIGINAL ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON THUNDERBOLT RECORDS IN 1984 AND WILL BE REISSUED BY ROCKADROME RECORDS SOMETIME FROM 2017 ONWARDS. 
SINCE THE END OF HIS BAND PUSSY, PAUL WORKED WITH IAN GILLAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HELPING TO RUN IAN'S VARIOUS COMPANIES. THEY WERE ALSO GOOD MATES AND DID MANY THINGS TOGETHER e.g. MOTORBIKE SCRAMBLING, HORSERIDING, GOLF, DRINKING etc.

IN THE EARLY 80'S PAUL HAD THE URGE TO DO A BIT OF RECORDING AGAIN AND IAN SUGGESTED GETTING TOGETHER WITH HIS SISTER PAULINE WHO HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN MUSIC. SO IAN IS TO BLAME FOR THIS ALBUM!

IAN WAS INVOLVED TO BEGIN WITH BUT BECAME TO BUSY WITH HIS OWN STUFF, SO LEFT IT UP TO PAUL TO SORT OUT. IT WAS QUITE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AS IT INVOLVED SO MANY DIFFERENT MUSICIANS, SOME WITH VAST EXPERIENCE AND OTHERS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE STUDIO BEFORE. THE RECORDINGS WERE MADE AT IAN'S KINGSWAY STUDIO, A STUDIO IN MALLORCA SPAIN (RUN BY DAVE HADFIELD WHO ONCE HAD STUDIO IN OLD KENT ROAD - MANFRED MANN), ONE IN BATH AND A COUPLE IN LONDON INCLUDING EDDIE GRANTS. THE MUSICIANS RANGED FROM GUYS LIKE COLIN TOWNS AND JOHN GUSTAFSON, SOME SPANISH MUSICIANS IN PALMA TO SOME REALLY YOUNG UK GUYS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN A STUDIO BEFORE, INCLUDING A GREAT GUITARIST FROM BATH CALLED IAN 'WES' HALL, PROBABLY AROUND 25 DIFFERENT MUSICIANS IN TOTAL.THERE ARE 5 COVER SONGS AND THE REST WRITTEN BY PAUL.

Paul Dean (pauldeanmusic@yahoo.com)
Find out all you need to know about Jerusalem & Pussy bands at http://jerusalembanduk.wixsite.com/mysite


The first official remastered reissue of this infamous metallic heavy rock album from 1972 produced by Deep Purple’s legendary frontman, Ian Gillan. The music is a menacing combination of over-the-top vocals and screaming lead guitars that could easily pass for something from the early 80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, it’s that far ahead of it’s time. Originally released on the UK Deram/Decca label, and now a favorite among vinyl collectors, the album is now available on CD and Vinyl at Rockadrome Records from the original master tapes and also features pre-album demos, alternate mixes and a non-lp single track. The 20-page color booklet contains liner notes written by bassist Paul Dean, lyrics, press clippings and rare photos! A must-have for fans of 70s hard rock and also the early 80s NWOBHM sound.
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Rockadrome Records (http://www.rockadromerecords.com/)

Find out all you need to know about Pussy and Jerusalem bands at http://jerusalembanduk.wixsite.com/mysiteThe original early 70's rock band Pussy from Salisbury , UK , was managed and produced by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. Paul Dean and Ray Sparrow formed Pussy along with Bob Cooke (later replaced by Brian Goff) after disbanding cult rock band Jerusalem . They made the decision not to continue with the name Jerusalem out of respect for what Jerusalem was all about at that time in musical history, after all Jerusalem was a one-off moment in time creation and could never be recreated. Although the musical direction of Pussy was very different to Jerusalem , which is surprising as Paul was the main writer for both bands, they continued to keep that raw, no rules edge which set them apart from many of the bands of the period. At this time it was very fashionable to write very long songs and use the full repertoire of the latest studio equipment, but Pussy did the opposite, so all recordings were around single length and recorded virtually live in the studio. Very much a 'wham bam thank you mam' type impact. Their songs could be about absolutely anything whatsoever - 'Feline Woman' - Sex, 'Riding Down The Red Flag' - Politics, 'IFO' - Extraterrestrials, 'The Knife' - Passion, 'Lady Ella' - Ella Fitzgerald, 'Moonshine' - Booze etc, maybe they were also taking the piss out of everyone else at the time, who knows? Ian was far more proactive with Pussy and was actually responsible for singing a considerable amount of the backing vocals on the songs (also played piano on Feline Woman version 2 and co-wrote 'Place in the Sky')). Pussy really were a good-time band with no pretensions of being super musicians or technical geniuses. If it seemed like fun it was worth a try, which explains a lot about their sound and direction. On stage anything could happen, no rules of course! They gigged all over the UK and Germany as a main and support act, very much in the same way as Jerusalem had done. At one time they supported Roy Wood's (founder of the Electric Light Orchestra E.L.O.) new band Wizard and Roy decided he wanted them as his support band for Wizards first World Tour, but unfortunately Roy became involved in a legal wrangle with his old record company and was forced to stop everything he was doing musically for a period of time.

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