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2002
Mk VIII

Jon Lord retires, Don Airey takes over.

Jon Lord retired from the band to focus on his own music.

Don Airey, with a background in Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake, took over the keyboards.

Mk VIII released Bananas the following year and became the longest-lived line-up in the band's history.

The line-up

Released in 2002