Ian Anderson Paice was born on 29 June 1948 and is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple.
58 Facts About Ian Paice
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Ian Paice is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all time.
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Ian Paice remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band's inception in 1968, as well as having played on every album and at every live appearance.
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Ian Paice began his professional career in the early 1960s playing drums in his father's dance band.
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In 1966 Ian Paice joined the MI5, which soon changed its name to the Maze.
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The Maze featured vocalist Rod Evans, who alongside Ian Paice was to form the original line-up of Deep Purple in March 1968.
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Ian Paice stayed with the band for almost three years.
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Ian Paice appeared on the Whitesnake albums Ready an' Willing, Live.
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In 1982, Ian Paice joined Gary Moore for an album that turned into Corridors of Power.
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Moore's manager subsequently came up with the idea of Moore and Ian Paice putting a band together under Moore's name, so that his management would take the business side of the project with Ian Paice having a sizeable interest in the band.
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Ian Paice left Moore's band in April 1984 when the reformed Deep Purple reconvened, and he remains in Deep Purple to the present day.
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Ian Paice played drums on the Velvet Underground's final album Squeeze, which was released in 1973.
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In 1973, Paice was among English rock musicians invited by Eddie Harris, an American jazz player, to take part in the saxophonist's London sessions at Morgan Studios.
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Ian Paice played on two songs: "He's Island Man" and "I've Tried Everything" along with Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood and Rick Grech.
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In 1983, Ian Paice took part in one of the first tribute recordings by symphonic orchestra paid to a rock band.
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In March 1999, Ian Paice joined Paul McCartney at Abbey Road Studios for the recording of Run Devil Run, released in October that year.
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Ian Paice joined the album's line-up at three one-off performances in September and December 1999, including a show at the famous Cavern Club.
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In 2001, Ian Paice guested on Jim Capaldi's album Living on the Outside.
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Ian Paice played on a 1960s-style rock-and-roll song, "Anna Julia", and the guitar-driven "We're Not Alone".
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Ian Paice has worked on numerous occasions with former Spencer Davis Group drummer, Pete York.
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The list of Ian Paice's declared admirers includes Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith.
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On 21 June 2004 Smith and Ian Paice joined forces at the launch of the London Drum Company.
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In mid-2011, Ian Paice took part in the all-star recording of William Shatner's Seeking Major Tom, the actor's fourth album, a collection of space-themed cover songs.
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Ian Paice plays on a rendition of Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'" alongside Johnny Winter.
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On 19 June 1992, Paice was among guest musicians performing at the Leukaemia Research charity concert in Oxford.
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On 20 October 1992 in New York, Ian Paice played at the John Bonham Tribute alongside Jason Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Denny Carmassi, and Frankie Banali among others.
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Ian Paice performed "The Rover" from the Led Zeppelin album Physical Graffiti.
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Ian Paice joined Tony Ashton at two performances at the Hell Blues Festival on 10 and 11 September 1999 in Norway.
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Ian Paice entertained more than 1000 people at a special charity concert in Reading on 13 January 2006.
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On 31 March and 1 April 2006, Ian Paice joined Don Airey, Thomas Blug and Thijs van Leer at impromptu performances held during the ProLight+Sound fair in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Since 2006, Ian Paice has been involved in The Sunflower Jam, a London-based charity founded by his wife Jacky Ian Paice and involving actor Jeremy Irons.
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Ian Paice is usually featured as a member of the SunflowerJam house band.
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On 2 March 2007, Ian Paice held a drum clinic organised by the University of Glamorgan.
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On 13 January 2008, Ian Paice took part in the ChildLine Rocks charity concert in London, where he played live with former Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes for the first time since 1976.
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On 24 May 2008, Ian Paice participated in "Rock Legends Adventure" concert in Cologne, Germany.
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Ian Paice joined an all-stars line-up featuring Pete York, Leland Sklar, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball and John Miles among others.
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Ian Paice appeared at the Pearl Day which was held on 1 June 2008 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, UK.
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Apart from Ian Paice, guests included Jerry Brown, Mark Brzezecki, Jimmy Degrasso, Darrin Mooney, and Dan Foord.
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On 6 September 2009, Ian Paice joined Neil Murray, Doogie White, Jonathan Noyce, Clive Bunker and Phil Hilborne at a "Night with Jethro Tull and Deep Purple" concert in Turin, Italy.
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On 2 April 2012, Ian Paice performed at the Buddy Rich 25th Anniversary Memorial Concert at the London Palladium.
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Ian Paice was joined on stage by the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Bruce Dickinson.
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On 16 September 2012, Paice appeared at the Sunflower Jam charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall, performing alongside guitarist Brian May of Queen, bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, and vocalists Bruce Dickinson and Alice Cooper.
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Ian Paice is married and has three children: James, Emmy and Calli.
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Ian Paice is almost always seen wearing glasses with blue -tinted spectacle lenses.
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Ian Paice is a supporter of England rugby and has a good knowledge of the game.
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Ian Paice talked about it in "Oval Bin" Show with Luca Tramontin.
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Ian Paice added that the cancelled concerts were the first Deep Purple performances of which he had forced the cancellation since his co-founding of the band in 1968.
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Today Ian Paice uses Pearl drumkits as his main performing drums, incorporating Paiste cymbals, Remo drumheads and Pro-Mark drumsticks.
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Ian Paice prefers a single bass drum set-up, both live and in the studio.
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Ian Paice has released a solo DVD which is aimed at both drummers and music fans in general.
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Ian Paice is primarily left-handed with a left-handed drum-kit set-up and uses the matched-grip approach.
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Ian Paice is well known for his extremely fast and smooth single and double-stroke rolls as well as single bass pedal speed.
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Ian Paice did however perform once with a double-bass setup on the title track of the Fireball album and was performed live occasionally.
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Ian Paice is known for perfecting the one-handed roll as demonstrated on a Drummers World video.
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Ian Paice has been cited as an influence on many notable rock drummers, including Clive Burr, Mikkey Dee, Virgil Donati, Dave Grohl, Gary James, Simon Phillips and Matt Starr.
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On 5 November 2007 at the Classic Rock Awards, Jacky and Ian Paice received the ChildLine award in recognition of their philanthropic work with the SunflowerJam raising money for children with cancer.
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On 2 April 2012, Ian Paice was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Buddy Rich 25th Anniversary Memorial Concert at the London Palladium.
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Ian Paice has been touring with his drum clinics extensively since the 1980s.