Some of the reactions to other peoples’ musical tastes here is amusing. Artistic taste is subjective, if often perplexing from one’s own perspective.
People forget he’s had excursions outside of DP. I used to love his voice and saw Gillan at The Marquee, now it’s like fingernails on a blackboard to me, not to mention his awful lyrics. Same goes for Quo & Iron Maiden in terms of my about face on my opinion of them.
I must now refer myself to my first paragraph above and not judge others for liking them (I don’t).