Nick Simper's Fandango - Slipstreaming (1979) {2008, Japanese Reissue, 24-bit Remaster}

Nicholas Simper is an English bass guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple and Warhorse. In the 1960s he began his professional career in bands such as Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, The Flower Pot Men, and Lord Sutch's Savages.

Nicholas Simper was born on 3rd November 1945 in Norwood Green, Middlesex. Nick joined his first school group The Renegades in 1960, using a guitar bought by his father. On leaving school, Nick joined The Delta Five.

In search of a more powerful sound, Nick put together Some Other Guys. His first professional gig was with Buddy Britten and the Regents, who later went mod and played as The Simon Raven Cult. Nick's next band in early 1965 was Cyrano and The Bergeracs, but after a couple of months he joined Johnny Kidd and The Pirates, cutting one single before Kidd was killed in a car crash (and Nick was injured).

Nick went into session work before forming The New Pirates in late 1966, with whom he sang and played bass. He then worked with in Billie Davis' backing group in the UK and Hamburg, and met Richie Blackmore again. He also did a short session with Lord Sutch and then joined the Flowerpot Men where played alongside Jon Lord.

When Lord got the backing to form Deep Purple, Simper was invited to join. Nick left before he was fired from Mk1 in July 1969 and after a short time with Marsha Hunt, formed Warhorse in 1970, cutting two albums for Vertigo. He also appeared on a live Lord Sutch album in 1971. Warhorse split in 1974, Nick then forming Dynamite who cut one European single, and Fandango, cutting two albums with them in 1979/80.

Apart from a couple of singles in the early eighties, Nick started his own company, but still gigs at weekends in a rock band called the "Good Ol' Boys".