Gillan

Magic Gillan

"Magic" was the last album by Gillan and featured Ian Gillan himself, Janick Gers (guitar), John McCoy (bass), Colin Towns (keyboards), and Mick Underwood (drums).

Released in October 1982, it reached # 17 in the UK album chart and features the hit singles "Long Gone" and "Living For The City" (a cover version of the Stevie Wonder classic).

After a tour to promote the album, Ian Gillan broke up the band in order to join Black Sabbath for a year, before joining thereformed Mark 2 line-up of Deep Purple in 1984.