Nick Simper

Nick Simper is a footnote I think people underrate. He was a co-founding member of Deep Purple, playing bass on Shades of Deep Purple, the album with that famous cover of Hush. Being there for the very first chapter of a band that became a hard-rock institution is something no later lineup change can erase. He didn't ride it to superstardom, and he later formed Warhorse and kept gigging, but I like that he was in the room when it started. His earlier work with Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and Lord Sutch's Savages shows a real journeyman bassist. The foundation guy deserves his due.

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Name (English)

Nick Simper

Name (Japanese)

ニック・シンパー

Reading

にっく・しんぱー

Born

November 3, 1945 (age 81)

Origin

Norwood Green, United Kingdom

Occupation

bassist / guitarist / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.nicksimper.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Simper
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346794

Tags

• bassist
• guitarist
• songwriter

Last updated

November 3, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.