Ian Gillan's Height?
Hari Pillai
Hello,
I haved the '83 realease of Sabbath's Born Again. Really an amazing CD.
there is this one picture of Ian and Iommi standing side by side, right?
and Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
Gillan is? I do know that he wears a size 11 shoe!
By the way, Ian Gillan is the baddest mother f*cker who ever screamed in
front of a mike!
hari
DShezza
> Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
>Gillan is? I do know that he wears a size 11 shoe!
>
>By the way, Ian Gillan is the baddest mother f*cker who ever screamed in
>front of a mike!
- Bad or not, IG is NOT taller than "6'3" Iommi. He IS taller than Tony Iommi
who is nowhere near 6'3" tall. And thats the long and the short of it.
Seriously, I was at a meeting with him (Iommi) in October and I'm guessing he's
about 5-11, 6-foot at the most (I am 6'4", shoe size 12 for the record...and
what record would that be?). Never met IG, but saw him sing once and it caused
me to applaud frenetically, but that's another song. BTW, who is this Mike
and why was IG screaming at him? So many questions, so little women with
time...or something like that..
The silliness is all mine,
Me
"Mind, Body, Heart & Soul...we've got Rock & Roll...and there's nothing they
can do"
MC
In article <19980211162...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
dsh...@aol.com (DShezza) wrote:
> > Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
> >Gillan is? I do know that he wears a size 11 shoe!
> >
> >By the way, Ian Gillan is the baddest mother f*cker who ever screamed in
> >front of a mike!
>
>
> - Bad or not, IG is NOT taller than "6'3" Iommi. He IS taller than Tony Iommi
> who is nowhere near 6'3" tall. And thats the long and the short of it.
> Seriously, I was at a meeting with him (Iommi) in October and I'm
guessing he's
> about 5-11, 6-foot at the most
Was it really a meeting? Did the bottle take a beating?
--
MC
To reply, remove the f***spam from my address.
DShezza
>Was it really a meeting? Did the bottle take a beating?
>
>
No, that would have been at Cross Purposes to what the meeting was about, and
thus Forbidden.
Mr. Miracle
Svante Pettersson
Hari Pillai <pil...@rpi.edu> skrev/schrieb/wrote in
Nachricht/news/whatever:
>I haved the '83 realease of Sabbath's Born Again. Really an amazing CD.
>there is this one picture of Ian and Iommi standing side by side, right?
>and Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
>Gillan is? I do know that he wears a size 11 shoe!
I have no idea how tall Ian is but he is *tall*.
>By the way, Ian Gillan is the baddest mother f*cker who ever screamed in
>front of a mike!
Bad? I think he is good.
--
Svante Pettersson, <svante at deep-purple dot com>
BWMFH, <http://www.deep-purple.com/>
<http://deep-purple.family-tree.org/>
"Toto, Steve Morse is not in Kansas anymore."
MCantin33
Hi!
>and Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall >Ian Gillan
is?
I had the luck of meeting Gillan, and by standing next to him, I found I was
taller by a couple of inches--and I'm 6'2". In his autobiography, I think he
states he is 6 feet as well.
Mark
Reed Error
>me to applaud frenetically, but that's another song. BTW, who is this Mike
>and why was IG screaming at him? So many questions, so little women with
>time...or something like that..
He's the cousin of Henry Lee Summer's "Leroy".
kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk
Bugger his height, how much does he *weigh* these days? :)
Seriously, I guess he used to slightly top 6' in the old days of the red or
white cowboy boots. Probably your figure of 6'3" for Iommi is well out, for
eg look at the cover of Sabotage; Ozzy is quite short and Iommi isn't
exactly towering over anyone...
kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk
Actually, I suppose this could turn into one of those interminable 'who's
tallest' type threads. For my 2c's worth, tallest singer in a band I ever
saw was probably Fish, he's something like 6'5". I read somewhere that the
author Michael Crichton is about 6'8"! I stand a rather pathetic 5'7.5",
but I don't think anyone wants to know this...
Hari Pillai
Hello guys!
I just thought of something cool: A "whose the tallest and best
singer?" The tallest and best singer is found by multiplying his musical
talent times his height (I don't know how you quantify the first--maybe
logarithm of the records sold).
Anyways, I know for a fact that Robert Plant is taller than 6'2"! One of
my buddies played tennis for Auburn University, and he's 6'2", and he met
Robert and Jimmy back in '95 on their tour, and he told me about their
encounter.
hari
Philip Caine
kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk wrote:
>
> Actually, I suppose this could turn into one of those interminable 'who's
> tallest' type threads. For my 2c's worth, tallest singer in a band I ever
> saw was probably Fish, he's something like 6'5". I read somewhere that the
> author Michael Crichton is about 6'8"! I stand a rather pathetic 5'7.5",
> but I don't think anyone wants to know this...
Yeah, that's about right for Fish (same height as me). The tallest singer I can think of is Pete
Garrett of Midnight Oil - about 2-3 inches taller.
Phil
Hard rock junkie
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Hari Pillai wrote:
> Hello guys!
> I just thought of something cool: A "whose the tallest and best
> singer?" The tallest and best singer is found by multiplying his musical
> talent times his height (I don't know how you quantify the first--maybe
> logarithm of the records sold).
>
> Anyways, I know for a fact that Robert Plant is taller than 6'2"! One of
> my buddies played tennis for Auburn University, and he's 6'2", and he met
> Robert and Jimmy back in '95 on their tour, and he told me about their
> encounter.
>
> hari
Dude, soon you'll start threads like: who's tallest on amd-p, who's got
the biggest on amd-p, who's tallest on the internet, who's tallest AND
has got the biggest, who's who, etc., whatever! This is amd-p which
stands for alt.MUSIC.deep-purple, not alt.MEASUREMENTS.deep-purple.
Sorry for being appropriately rude...
NStanev
"Nobody I know will ever take my rock'n'roll away from me."
--Black Sabbath
ZOSO BABE
Wrong newsgroup, try alt.music.led-zeppelin
but, FYI, RP is 6'4"
ODPC, a little taller than IG and JL
DShezza
Why do we speak of Plant here? He is nothing but a David Coverdale imitator!
DS
Ann McLaren
ZOSO BABE wrote:
>
> Wrong newsgroup, try alt.music.led-zeppelin
>
> but, FYI, RP is 6'4"
He must have been wearing HUGE platform boots at the time. He walked
past me (barefoot) on a beach in Ibiza in 1982 and he didn't strike me
as being especially tall. I was lying down though.
Ann
Trond
dsh...@aol.com (DShezza) wrote:
>Why do we speak of Plant here? He is nothing but a David Coverdale imitator!
Yeah, and when will we get these measurements in the metric system, so
that the civilized people in these newsgroup will know what the hell
you're all talking about? ;-)
Cheers,
--
Trond
John Hopkins
Hah? What's that y'say? Is 'metric' right outta Sanskrit or sumthin'?
"Coverdale imitator." Next you'll be telling me DP aren't from Chicago.
Yers,
John
"But don't forget, I'm six foot five!
Toooday, I hear the robins sing...."
Hari Pillai
Pete of Midnight oil is 6'6!!!
Brad DeMoranville
ZOSO BABE wrote:
>
> Wrong newsgroup, try alt.music.led-zeppelin
>
> but, FYI, RP is 6'4"
>
I think Joey Ramone's taller than any of them.
B
Trond
Hari Pillai <pil...@rpi.edu> wrote:
>Pete of Midnight oil is 6'6!!!
Well, it had to come to this. Discussing who's the better guitarist
wears off after a while, doesn't it? :-)
Mildly bepuzzled;
--
Trond
Hard rock junkie
On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Trond wrote:
> dsh...@aol.com (DShezza) wrote:
>
> >Why do we speak of Plant here? He is nothing but a David Coverdale imitator!
>
> Yeah, and when will we get these measurements in the metric system, so
> that the civilized people in these newsgroup will know what the hell
> you're all talking about? ;-)
Yes, Trond! Bring on the metric system!;^>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Trond
Me & the Baron
Hari Pillai <pil...@rpi.edu> wrote in article
<Pine.A32.3.91.980213...@magritte.its.rpi.edu>...
> Pete of Midnight oil is 6'6!!!
I thought he was about 6'9".I was backstage at an Indianapolis show several
years ago.He had the tallest mic stand I ever saw.
Cam
Trond wrote:
>
> >Pete of Midnight oil is 6'6!!!
>
> Well, it had to come to this. Discussing who's the better guitarist
> wears off after a while, doesn't it? :-)
>
> Mildly bepuzzled;
> --
> Trond
Trond, you obviously don't relize how important these factors (height etc)
are to the quality of a band's music. I propose a new supergroup which
would take full advantage of the musical qualities which result from the
member's physical extremes. This band could consist of the following
members:
guitar - Leslie West (in his heyday biggist good guitarist)
drums - Animal from the muppet show (hairiest)
bass - Lemmy (ugliest?)
vocals - twin vocals from Peter Garrett and RJD - no explanation needed ;)
keyboards - Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder (most vsually challenged)
As extemes of physical attributes seems to be so important I figure the
above line-up would be pretty hot!
Now what's the subject of this newsgroup again?
Regards Cam
PS sorry Stan Jilak, I forgot to spell-check ;)
Phil
Adrian Vandenberg certainly is....made me look like a midget and I'm
six foot tall (plus a couple more inches in cowboy boots; not
forgetting an extra inch or so caused by my big hair - making me a
grand total of 6ft 3.5") :-)
Phillip Hackney
DOUBLE ECLIPSE website:
http://www.thirt772.demon.co.uk/Thirt772/Index.html
Phil
On 14 Feb 1998 08:50:00 GMT, "Me & the Baron" <c...@in-motion.net>
wrote:
>
>
>Hari Pillai <pil...@rpi.edu> wrote in article
><Pine.A32.3.91.980213...@magritte.its.rpi.edu>...
>> Pete of Midnight oil is 6'6!!!
>I thought he was about 6'9".I was backstage at an Indianapolis show several
>years ago.He had the tallest mic stand I ever saw.
He and RJD should sing a duet... the tallest and the smallest.
Phil
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 18:49:36 +0100, kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk ()
wrote:
>Actually, I suppose this could turn into one of those interminable 'who's
>tallest' type threads. For my 2c's worth, tallest singer in a band I ever
>saw was probably Fish, he's something like 6'5". I read somewhere that the
>author Michael Crichton is about 6'8"! I stand a rather pathetic 5'7.5",
Yes, I remember you at Sheffield - I thought you had taken your seat
when the Whitesnake crew introduced themselves but then you sat down
;-)
Svante Pettersson
"Cam" <came...@ilink.nis.za> skrev/schrieb/wrote in
Nachricht/news/whatever:
>vocals - twin vocals from Peter Garrett and RJD - no explanation needed ;)
Ha ha! Dio enters the stage between Garrett's legs!
kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk
In article <34edf4db...@news.demon.co.uk>,
phil@REMOVE_MEthirt772.demon.co.uk (Phil) wrote:
Thanks a *lot* Phil- must get myself a pair of Glenn Hughes' cast-off
platforms...actually at Sheffield I was just the right height to stare into
Ann's eyes, so it wasn't too bad :)
Stathis Panagiotopoulos
Hari Pillai wrote:
> there is this one picture of Ian and Iommi standing side by side, right?
> and Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
> Gillan is?
The triviality of some people never ceases to amaze me...
Stathis N. Panagiotopoulos <sp...@deep-purple.com>
P.O. Box 50322, Thessaloniki 54013, Greece
Editorial Team, "The Highway Star"
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R. Wilson
Uhhhhhhh......Can we consider Howard a singer? He's 6'4".
blks...@fcl-us.net
In article <34e728a9...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
Is height a prerequsite for singing talent?
I'm 6'6" and sing like a ruptured bullfrog.
Mark.
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> By the way, Ian Gillan is the baddest mother f*cker who ever screamed in
> front of a mike!
Who's Mike?
Rasmus Heide <ra...@post8.tele.dk>
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kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk
> ZOSO BABE wrote:
> >
> > Wrong newsgroup, try alt.music.led-zeppelin
> >
> > but, FYI, RP is 6'4"
>
> He must have been wearing HUGE platform boots at the time. He walked
> past me (barefoot) on a beach in Ibiza in 1982 and he didn't strike me
> as being especially tall. I was lying down though.
>
> Ann
The bizarre thing, of course, is that he carried on walking right past
you...maybe his shades were a bit too visually impairing :)
Brad DeMoranville
Stathis Panagiotopoulos wrote:
>
> Hari Pillai wrote:
>
> > there is this one picture of Ian and Iommi standing side by side, right?
> > and Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
> > Gillan is?
>
> The triviality of some people never ceases to amaze me...
>
Now hold on, you responded to this post just to point out it's trivial!
Isn't that an even *more* trivial point? :-)
Bye!
Brad
John Hopkins
Y'know, I'm really starting to like vanilla.
Yers,
John
PS - :)
Hotd...@webtv.net
I have a great photo of me standing right next to Ian Gillan. We're
both wearing sneakers, and I know that I'm 5'9", and from the looks of
it, he must be 6'0".
For what it's worth,
Angie.
Mark Douglas White
MCantin33 wrote:
>
> I had the luck of meeting Gillan, and by standing next to him, I found I was
> taller by a couple of inches--and I'm 6'2". In his autobiography, I think he
> states he is 6 feet as well.
>
> Mark
I remember that, INMark - and I still have the picture of the two of us
sandwiching poor Roger! :)
Later,
OHMark
QUEENBEE X
>Subject: Re: Ian Gillan's Height?
>From: svante@deep-purple._This_cant_really_be_part_of_the_actual_address_com
>(Svante Pettersson)
>Date: Wed, Feb 11, 1998 19:56 EST
>Message-id: <34e235aa...@grendel.df.lth.se>
>
>Hari Pillai <pil...@rpi.edu> skrev/schrieb/wrote in
>Nachricht/news/whatever:
>
>>I haved the '83 realease of Sabbath's Born Again. Really an amazing CD.
>>and Ian is *taller* than 6'3" Iommi! Does anyone know how tall Ian
>
>I have no idea how tall Ian is but he is *tall*.
>
>>By the way, Ian Gillan is the baddest mother f*cker who ever screamed in
>>front of a mike!
>
Maybe he makes it good to be bad Svante...heh heh ;)
Love Queenie
marc...@cpovo.net
When he came with his solo band to Porto Alegre, in 1992, I talked personally
to him... and he seemed almost 200cm tall. I'd say 193cm, as I read somewhere
years ago.
Marcelo - marc...@cpovo.net
Trond
marc...@cpovo.net wrote:
>When he came with his solo band to Porto Alegre, in 1992, I talked personally
>to him... and he seemed almost 200cm tall. I'd say 193cm, as I read somewhere
>years ago.
Dang. I've met the guy, and I'm 192 cm high.
But I can't for my bare life remember if he was my height, shorter or
taller! :-)
(Too much beer, sorry! ;-)
Cheers,
--
Trond
EdCoury
trond said:
>
>Dang. I've met the guy, and I'm 192 cm high.
>But I can't for my bare life remember if he
> was my height, shorter or taller! :-)
>
>(Too much beer, sorry! ;-)
Sounds like you were higher ;-)
Trond
edc...@aol.com (EdCoury) wrote:
Haha, LOL, but I wouldn't bet on that, either... ;-)
Anyway, he's certainly not 2 meters tall.
Cheers,
--
Trond
Hotd...@webtv.net
Like I said before, he's 6' ! (Or 180 cm. to the rest of the world).
Trust me on this one.
--Angie
Trond
Hotd...@webtv.net wrote:
>Like I said before, he's 6' ! (Or 180 cm. to the rest of the world).
>Trust me on this one.
He must be taller than that?!
Cheers,
--
Trond
J. Antonides
Hi,
There is a picture of Ian Gillan with me (taken after a concert Sept.97).
He is
more than 1.80 for sure, because I´m 1.80 and he is a lot higher.
Johan
Peter and Linda
Oh great, they didn't teach us that metric stuff here in school, we learned other silly stuff like feet and
inches. The other day I read where some ones weight was measured in stone, which I thought was something
I used to do before concerts :)