Gillan - Unchain Your Brain (Live in Oxford 1981)

[@WACONimages]

Awesome! Very special sound those Gillan Band years. Been at this tour in Belgium.

[@metallooney5172]

R.I.P Bernie!!(03/17/2019)

[@tiwariraj]

What a lovely performance....Bernie R.I.P.

[@robertburdoff1789]

RIP? f***, I didn't know.... real pity about Gillan folding the band - best offshoot from Purple imho...

[@rodolfolaterza]

Several songs of Gillan's solo carreer are as a proto-speed metal. Incredible!

[@metalmaniac7772]

it's not "proto" it's just speed metal

[@burntwelkin6570]

RIP Bernie Torme!

[@Nghilifa]

Bernie Tormé sure makes that white Strat sing and squeal! Love this song!

[@EmeraldSunshine]

Great transition from 70's rock to 80's metal...bordering on speed/thrash metal

[@hardballget]

What a great distinct sound these guys had, Glroy Road one of my fav all-time albums, rock n roll rules.

[@noelwinslow6899]

Bless Bernie's heart, RIP

[@petertoomey5857]

All credit to Colin town's...un sung genius wrote sooo much of the material

[@davidbaron8330]

Gillan really loved those red pants. He was wearing the same outfit 2 years later with Sabbath.

[@tiwariraj]

I met Ian in 2002 in Mumbai India and he told me that he liked to wear comfortable clothes and still had some clothings from Gillan era...This came up while he was commenting on the white jacket that he was wearing on the cover of Mr. Universe.

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

@@tiwariraj Now that I think of it... Coukd it be the same white jacket he wore in Beat Club and then the Child In Time remake music video!? :)

[@ninoorjon]

@@MoonchildMindaugas2 You made me watch the video and the jacket at the Beat Club (1971) and at the Rainbow concert (1977) is definitely the same, the jacket on Mr. Universe is also very similar, but without seeing it from the back I can’t say with a 100% guarantee (but 99.99% I'm sure it's the same jacket). Yes, Mr. Gillan is a fashion guru.

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

@@ninoorjon I certainly live his style 😀 Also, gamarjoba. I was born in Tbilisi 😉

[@ninoorjon]

@@MoonchildMindaugas2 გამარჯობა! 👋Cool, very happy, and Gillan is my favorite character in rock, also because of the clothes.

[@ольгак-е7м]

Классные мальчишки собрались, все такие живчики, на позитиве! Best! Маккой отдельная песня, очень колоритный дядька)👍🥰

[@ольгак-е7м]

@@НиколайАксёнов-ч4з По-моему, вершина Гиллана - это DP и только DP

[@НиколайАксёнов-ч4з]

@@ольгак-е7м А мне больше его сольники нравятся, только поздние. В DP уж очень монументален.

[@ольгак-е7м]

@@НиколайАксёнов-ч4з Я так не считаю, но каждому свое)

[@НиколайАксёнов-ч4з]

@@ольгак-е7м yes

[@bofinnpoulsen249]

This is just GREAT - BIG BIG time great. Please do it again Ian.

[@carlomarx1690]

Ian "stole" the ashtraystand in de Limburghal in Genk Belgium!! And of course I was there....And so many more!!

[@Dremeli]

My friend was attending Gillan's gig at Valkeala, Finland 1982. The time when Bernie Torme left the band and Janick Gers replaced him. There was a terrible wind at the open area where the gig was. I myself was just a toddler back then. My friend told me he saw the whole gig, although he had a strict schedule because his conscript duties. He went late to the army barracks and was suspended for two weeks coming up late. He said to me it was worth it.

[@rodolfolaterza]

Funny story, thank you for sharing it!

[@carolebarker2195]

Great story! I remember Janick Gers, he was originally in "White Spirit."

[@boogiewoogie9770]

This line up was one of the best raw hard rock bands of all time. I'm not sure if Ian Gillan realised this but he had a lot less success with Gillan after he changed personal. Losing B Torme was a big loss.

[@meerkat7406]

Gillan's sole band pre-DP reunion is pretty dam good. Love Bernie Torme

[@WinChun78]

I saw him play Liverpool Empire a year later and he still had the same red kecks on....

[@carolebarker2195]

Like Graham Bonnet's ones he wore at Monsters of Rock in 1980. Winding Ritchie up! Maybe they both were! I saw Gillan a few times at the Empire back then.

[@samandjennysambrook]

Amazing band ,saw them on this tour at Sheffield city hall, Bernie was fuckin brilliant 🎶🎸✅ Happy days when I had fewer cares and a bit more hair.🥴😆

[@sivaprasad465]

awesome,superb,great!

[@simonbroberg969]

Had this on 12" Gillan for fans Only.

[@simonbroberg969]

Hi Ian, hope my stepmother made the curtains like you ordered. (I still know Mr Angry from Purley, so how is your goalkeeping these days?)

[@zumbudrule]

@56bikerboy you unchain your brain since that night! :D

[@chucker66]

Second sight was an opener for many years

[@Marceloony]

Bernardinho mandava bem na guitarra.🎸👍RIP

[@Earthshaker1965]

R.I.P. Bernie!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@stubmandrel]

And the legendary McCoy!!! Don't forget McCoy!!!!

[@andypalin3287]

Great live band! Downhill after Bernie left! 😜

[@stevenholquin2127]

The Great Bernie Tormé

[@dannymartinez9371]

The Gillan band never went to crap commercial unlike Blackmore's Rainbow. These guys rock and overlooked in the annals of heavy metal history. Maiden and Priest listened to these guys obviously.

[@FrostedSeagull]

I completely agree with you Danny and I am a huge Blackmore fan. I heard that "Gillan" band did not last as Ian share the same problems as Ritchie. Glory Road charted well in the UK which led to massive internal band problems. Band members complained about not receiving cheques on time and/or wanted more money; they wanted music magazines to focus on them and not Ian Gillan. Ian Gillan got sick of the whole thing and joined Black Sabbath !

[@portcullis5622]

@Jeff Eggleston The only problem there is that all the best Gillan songs were written with Colin Towns.

[@Nghilifa]

Maiden Guitarist Janick Gers even played with Gillan after Tormé left.

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

Poor Bernie, so looking for some band member to pay attention to him :)

[@SirHarry1960]

what about John McCoy on bass????

[@H13463]

He sounds awful live

[@mmmmattiameetmusic2631]

Amazing

[@Meddled]

Pretty rough performance. Bass sounds like a very dry DI signal with no compression or processing, so it sounds really inconsistent.

[@mityaypolov6118]

Cool bass player.

[@rickschmitz6438]

who...?

[@НатальяПивоварова-щ8ш]

Супер безбашенная компашка во главе с Йеном!

[@YouriCarma]

Cool :)

[@noelwinslow6899]

Bernie had his own vibe, he was great rock star type. It was not fair the way he, and so many others including Randy were treated by the ozzy clan. Bernie had his thing and would have a legitimate take on the material from the Randy albums, but never had a fair chance

[@rickschmitz6438]

I dig Gillan...love Deep Purple&a ton of LOUD&HEAVY classic rock music...but what in the holy hell is THIS ? ...damn 😂

[@Hendrixrides]

Unchain your sane...KOOKOOKACHOO

[@gurgisjones1120]

Too bad you can't hear the organ better. Regardless, this blasts along.

[@shad7832]

Gillan is god

[@steelfanther328]

Jesus Christ of hard rock ...

[@retuture6689]

Wishes

[@colonelparcoeur]

to Eldryzif : HU HU HU !!!

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

I don't understand what's happening with John's hair - present, bald, bald, present. I do hope this is not a video edit.

[@Hendrixrides]

Unchain Your Blame...KOOKOOKACHOO

[@andrewpaton6075]

i was really pissed off when Bernie left , Gillan made a huge mistake !

[@robertmac9057]

Yeah still good but never quite the same, the first line-up had something unique.

[@petertoomey5857]

Soooooo much better than purple

[@rickschmitz6438]

Dear God...yikes