Anyone remember this from a LONG time ago?
How it works: I name a band. First person to post a chain of band members comprising NO MORE than six links to Deep Purple gets to post the next band. And so on and so on. Only rock/metal bands, please. And if you post a band, you have to know of a definite 6-degrees-or-less link. You can only use musicians who were members of bands. Tours, unofficial collaborations, guest spots on albums, etc. do not count (if they were a touring musician for a given band, that's fine; but having that member tour with a different band doesn't count).
For example, if I said "Iron Maiden," it would go like this:
1. Janick Gers - member of Iron Maiden
2. Janick Gers was in Gillian with Ian Gillan
3. Ian Gillan sang with Deep Purple
Easy, right?
Okay, I'll start with an easy one that has a bunch of possible connections: Dream Theater
Go!