There are at least three artists named The Purple Gang: 1. English 60s psychedelic pop/rock band; 2. US 60s garage band; 3. Australian 80s punk band. 1. The Purple Gang are a British rock band active intermittently since the 1960s. Although they were associated with the London psychedelic scene, they originated in Stockport, then in Cheshire, as a jugband. The band adopted the name, The Purple Gang, when they changed their image to the well-dressed, clean-cut "gangster" style in the 1960s. Read more on Last.fm