In 1980, greed was good and you could get away with stealing just about anything, even a band name. At the end of the 1970s, Rod Evans, the little known original singer of Deep Purple decided to relaunch the classic rock band for a continental American tour. The only problem was that Evans reformed the group with no other original members and he had a very dubious legal claim to the band name. What ensued was a tour plagued with bad performances, crowd riots, on-stage fighting and court cases. The tour has become something of a legend among the fans of the band. Using over 200 newspaper, book and magazine sources plus dozens of filmed interviews and brand new testimonies from people who were actually there, Steve McLean attempts to find out what actually happened. “They all had something down their spandex pants. We couldn't tell if it was vegetable or plastic.... Every time I watch that scene in Spinal Tap, I think of Deep Purple in 1980.” - Llory McDonald, Support Act.