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Use dmy dates|date=April 2012Use British English|date=April 2012refimprove|date=August 2010Infobox musical artist|name = Ian Paice|image = Ian Paice 2005.jpg|caption = Ian Paice live in concert with Deep Purple at the Labatt Centre in London, Ontario , Canada (2005)|image_size = 250|landscape = Yes|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Ian Anderson Paice|birth_date = birth date and age|1948|6|29|df=yes|birth_place = Nottingham , England |instrument = Drum kit|Drums , Percussion instrument|percussion |genre = Hard rock , Heavy metal music|heavy metal , blues-rock , progressive rock |occupation = Musician , songwriter , Record producer|producer |years_active = 1965present|associated_acts = Deep Purple , Green Bullfrog , Paice, Ashton & Lord , Whitesnake , Gary Moore , Paul McCartney , The Velvet Underground Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an England|English musician, best known as the drummer of the English Rock music|rock band Deep Purple . As of Jon Lord 's departure in 2002, he is the only founding member of the band who never stopped performing with the group, and the only member to appear on every album the band has released.
The early years
Ian Paice got his first drum kit at 15. He began his professional career in the late 50s playing drums in his father's dance band. The first band he was in was called Georgie & the Rave-Ons, which after being renamed for The Shindigs released their first single featuring 17-year old Ian Paice and George Adams.
During this time Ian Paice was also heavily involved in doing sessions for various artists from the stable of the famous 60s producer Derek Lawrence .
Whitesnake
After Deep Purple split, Ian Paice went on to form a new supergroup, Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1976. The band, comprising also singer/pianist Tony Ashton , organist Jon Lord , guitarist/vocalist Bernie Marsden and bassist Paul Martinez recorded one album, Malice in Wonderland (Paice, Ashton & Lord album)|Malice in Wonderland and they played only five live shows. It was put on hold in 1977, halfway through recording the group's second album. They subsequently broke up, allegedly because Tony Ashton only felt at home playing live shows in little clubs.Citation needed|date=May 2010 In 1979, Ian Paice was asked by David Coverdale to join Whitesnake on the Japanese Tour for the Lovehunter album in 1979. He stayed with the band for the next three years. He appeared on the Whitesnake albums '' Ready an' Willing (1980), Live...in the Heart of the City (1980), Come an' Get It (1981) and Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)|Saints & Sinners (1982).
This incarnation of Whitesnake also featured Jon Lord which meant three members of the Mark III lineup of Deep Purple were in Whitesnake during this period. Following musical differences with David Coverdale, Ian Paice left Whitesnake in 1982.Citation needed|date=March 2009
Gary Moore Band
In November 1982 Ian Paice joined Gary Moore for an album date (" Corridors of Power (album)|Corridors of Power "). It turned out so nicely that Moore's manager came up with the idea of Moore and Paice putting a band together under Moore's name, so that his management would take the business side of the project with Paice having a sizable interest in the band.
The collaboration turned out to be a successful one and produced a couple of albums and extensive tours. Ian Paice left Moore's band in April 1984 to rejoin Deep Purple, and he remains in Deep Purple to the present day.
Notable collaborations
In 1974 Ian 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. Paice played on two songs: "He's Island Man" and "I've Tried Everything" along Jeff Beck , Steve Winwood and Rick Grech . The album called E.H. in the U.K. - The Eddie Harris London Sessions , produced by Geoffrey Haslam, was released later that year thru Atlantic Records.
In July 1989 Ian Paice took part in George Harrison 's recording session at Friar Park, which resulted in three songs "Cheer Down", "Cockamamie Business" and "Poor Little Girl", which also featured Jeff Lynne, Jim Horn and Richard Tandy among others. The songs were recorded for the compilation album Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 , released in October the same year. The purpose of this album was to close Harrison's contractual obligations to Warner Brothers. "Cheer Down" was also released on the Lethal Weapon II (1989) soundtrack album.
In March 1999 Ian Paice joined Paul McCartney at Abbey Road studios for the recording of Run Devil Run , released in October that year. The line-up also featured Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and The Pirates' Mick Green . Paice also joined the album's line-up at three one-off performances in September and December 1999, including a show at the famous Cavern Club . Steve Morse said of Ian Paice: "He's like a real heavy Ringo. He's just so good on the drums, but doesn't want to make a big deal about it."Official website| http://www.deeppurple.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400095 Ian Paice profile
In 2001 Ian Paice guested Jim Capaldi 's album Living on the Outside . He plays on a 1960's style rock and roll song "Anna Julia" and guitar-driven "We're Not Alone". "Anna Julia", which was also released as a single and turned out considerable hit, also features George Harrison and Paul Weller .
Ian Paice has worked on numerous occasions with former Spencer Davis Group drummer, Pete York . In December 2001 the two played a low key club tour of Germany, playing two drums on one stage, supported by Colin Hodgkinson (bass) and Miller Anderson (musician)|Miller Anderson (guitar, vocals). Apart from the regular setlist consisting of songs from York's and Paice's back catalogue, the shows featured impromptu drumming demonstrations and Q's & A's sessions.
Ian Paice often joins on stage Italian guitarist Tolo Marton, with whom he has performed on many occasions over the last decade. Marton's live album Dal Vero (2002) features Ian Paice on Jimi Hendrix classics "Stone Free" and "Hey Joe".
The long list of Ian Paice's declared admirers includes Red Hot Chilli Pepper's Chad Smith . On 21 June 2004 Smith and Paice joined forces at the launch of the London Drum Company. The next year they also played together at the Modern Drummer Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Both performances were released on DVD.
In mid 2011 Paice took part in the all-star recording of William Shatner 's Searching for Major Tom|Seeking Major Tom , the actor's fourth album, a collection of space-themed cover songs. Paice plays on a rendition of Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'" alongside Johnny Winter . The album also features former Deep Purple guitar player, Ritchie Blackmore .
Special performances
On 19 June 1992 Ian Paice was among guest musicians performing at the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research|Leukaemia Research charity concert in Oxford . The concert featured members of Bad Company and Procol Harum as well as Gary Moore and Tony Ashton .
Ian Paice joined Tony Ashton at two performances at the Hell Blues Festival on 10 and 11 September 1999 in Norway. The band also featured Paul Martinez on bass who had played alongside Ashton and Paice in Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1976/1977. The group was, however, billed as Tony Ashton & Legendary Friends.
Ian Paice entertained more than 1000 people at a special charity concert in Reading on 13 January 2006. This highly successful event, which raised over £7000, was organised by Chris Wright, MD of DrumWright. The show was organised in aid of Tong-Len, which supports primary education for highly deprived children in Northern India.Tong-len Archive| http://www.tong-len.org/news/news_archive_06.php#news32 Tong-len
On 31 March 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. The show included songs from the highly acclaimed Billy Cobham album Spectrum as well as songs by Deep Purple and Focus.
Since 2006 Paice is also involved in The Sunflower Jam , a London-based charity founded by his wife Jacky Paice and also involving actor Jeremy Irons . Paice is usually featured as a member of the SunflowerJam house band. He has performed there with likes of Robert Plant , Gary Moore and Bruce Dickinson .
On 2 March 2007 Ian Paice held a drum clinic organised by the University of Glamorgan. The show was organised in partnership with ATRiuM the Universitys Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries. Commenting after the show Paice said: "ATRiuM will be a great place for young musicians to learn their craft, not to mention all the other things theyve got going on there. This drum clinic of mine will hopefully demonstrate that drummers are also musicians, despite the jokes!".Ian Paice Sellout Gig| http://cci.glam.ac.uk/news/en/2007/mar/06/ian-paice-sellout-gig/ University of Glamorgan
On 13 January 2008 Paice took part in the ChildLine Rocks charity concert in London, where he played with former Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes for the first time since 1976.
On 24 May 2008 Ian Paice participated in "Rock Legends Adventure" concert in Cologne, Germany. He joined an all-stars lineup featuring Pete York , Leland Sklar , Steve Lukather , Bobby Kimball and John Miles (musician)|John Miles among others. Paice played on 10 of 32 songs performed that night, including The Kinks' "You Really Got Me", The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Come Together", Allman Brothers Band's "One Way Out", Steve Wonder's "Superstition" and Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water".
Ian Paice appeared at the Pearl Day (Pearl drums event) which was held on 1 June 2008 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, UK. Apart from Paice, guests included Jerry Brown, Mark Brzezecki, Jimmy Degrasso, Darrin Mooney, and Dan Foord.
On 6 September 2009 Ian Paice joined Neil Murray (British musician)|Neil Murray , Doogie White , Jonathan Noyce , Clive Bunker and Phil Hilborne at a "Night with Jethro Tull and Deep Purple" concert in Turin, Italy.
On April 2, 2012 Ian Paice performed at the Buddy Rich 25th Anniversary Memorial Concert at the London Palladium. He was joined on stage by the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson .
Personal life
Ian Paice is married and has three children: James, Emmy and Calli. His wife, Jacky, is the twin sister of Jon Lord's wife, Vicky. Paice lives with his family in the United Kingdom.Citation needed|date=October 2008 It had been rumored (and even mentioned by former Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme in an interview) that Paice has only one lung.cite web|url= http://dmme.net/interviews/torme1.html |title=July 2000 "Let it Rock" interview with Bernie Torme |publisher=Dmme.net |date= |accessdate=2011-10-23 In reality, he is only missing a portion of the lower lobe in his left lung, due to contracting a case of pneumonia when he was 6 years old that turned into tuberculosis .cite web|url= http://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/t15175 |title=Q and A in Deep Purple Fan Forum |publisher=Bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-23
He is almost always seen wearing blue (or occasionally green or purple)-tinted spectacle lenses. http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx? mid=73913743& epmid=3& partner=Google View Images Ian Paice gallery http://cci.glam.ac.uk/news/en/2007/mar/06/ian-paice-sellout-gig/ Ian Paice Sellout Gig University of Glamorgan
Drum clinics/guest performances
Ian Paice has been touring with his drum clinics extensively since the 1980s. Additionally, he very often gives performances with Deep Purple coverbands, playing many obscure Deep Purple songs, often never played by the band itself.
1990s
1992& nbsp; UK, Oxford& nbsp; charity concert in aid of Leukemia Research
1997& nbsp; Poland
September 1999& nbsp; Norway, Hell, Hell Blues Festival& nbsp; concert with Paul Martinez (bs) and Tony Ashton (vpc/pno), also a drum clinic
2001
March 2001& nbsp; drum clinics in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney Australia
December 2001& nbsp; Tour of Germany with Pete York (dr), Colin Hodgkinson (bs) and Miller Anderson (musician)|Miller Anderson (voc/gtr)
2002
15 March 2002& nbsp; one-off concert with Italian guitarist Tolo Marton
September 2002& nbsp; Poland, Opole & nbsp; appearance at the Opole Drumming Festival
2004
24 June 2004& nbsp; UK, London& nbsp; concert at the opening of London Drum Company with Chad Smith , filmed and released on DVD the next year
2005
2005& nbsp; concert with Chad Smith at the Modern Drummer Festival, filmed and released on DVD
2005& nbsp; Poland, Piekary Slaskie
2005& nbsp; Sweden, Stockholm, Bass n' Drum Festival
25 May 2005& nbsp; Austria, Vienna& nbsp; concert with a band led by Austrian drummer, Bernhard Welz
3 August 2005& nbsp; Italy, Trieste& nbsp; concert with the Italian Deep Purple cover band Rain
29 November 2005& nbsp; UK, London& nbsp; Appearance at the Clive Burr Testimonial
31 July& nbsp; Italy, Bordighera& nbsp; concert with The Running Birds
3 August& nbsp; Italy, San Giorgio Piacentino, Dragon Beer Fest with Italian band Matt Filippucci, and Bernie Marsden
6 August& nbsp; Italy, Fermignano, Stadio Comunale with Italian Deep Purple coverband Machine Head
4 September& nbsp; Italy, Rome& nbsp; drum clinic and concert with an Italian Deep Purple coverband Hush
6 September& nbsp; Italy, Turin& nbsp; drum clinic and concert with Phil Hilborne , Neil Murray (British musician)|Neil Murray and Doogie White as part of "Night with Jethro Tull and Deep Purple" concert
20 September& nbsp; Paris, La Pigalle, La Baguetterie& nbsp; drum clinic alongside Billy Cobham
24 September& nbsp; UK, England, London& nbsp; concert at The Sunflower Jam , organised by Jacky Paice
6 Nov& nbsp; Poland, Bydgoszcz, Lizard King& nbsp; concert with Free Blues Band (Bydgoskie Drums Fuzje 2009)
7 Nov& nbsp; Poland, Szczecin, Free Blues Club& nbsp; concert with Free Blues Band (FBB 30th anniversary celebrations)
2010
24 January& nbsp; UK, Lemington Spa& nbsp; Judged the National Young Drummer of the Year Competition
28 January& nbsp; Italy, Verona& nbsp; with Deep Purple tribute band Forever Deep
29 January& nbsp; Spain, Vigo& nbsp; with Deep Purple coverband Hush
30 January& nbsp; Spain, La Coruρa& nbsp; with Deep Purple coverband Hush
26 March& nbsp; Hungary, Gyor& nbsp; Gyor's 11th Drummer Festival with coverband Cry Free (Hungarian Deep Purple Cover Band)
8 April& nbsp; Italy, Padova& nbsp; with Tolo Marton Band (40th anniversary of "In Rock")
9 April& nbsp; Italy, Calvari& nbsp; with Tolo Marton Band (40th anniversary of "In Rock")
16 December& nbsp; Italy, Verona& nbsp; with Deep Purple tribute band Forever Deep (special guest Tolo Marton)
18 December& nbsp; Italy, Castelmassa (with Deep Purple tribute band Forever Deep)
19 December& nbsp; Italy, Caserta, Polo Regency (with Deep Purple tribute band The Stage)
2011
1 April& nbsp; Italy, Pompei, Hotel Vittoria (with Deep Purple tribute band The Stage)
2 April& nbsp; Italy, Cremona, Highway Star Rockclub (with Matt Filippini Band)
6 August& nbsp; Italy, Tagliacozzo, DISCO PUB "DUCA33" (drum clinic)
6 August& nbsp; Italy, Tagliacozzo, Complesso Turistico "Rolling Park" (with Deep Purple tribute band - Perfect Strangers)
Equipment
Today Ian uses Pearl Drums|Pearl drumkits as his main performing drums, incorporating Paiste cymbals and Pro-Mark sticks. He used Ludwig-Musser|Ludwig kits during the seventies and early eighties in remarkable large sizes: 26" Bassdrum, 16" Tom, an 18 & 20" Floortom and a 14 x 6,5" Supraphonic snare which was a blueprint for his signature snare from Pearl Drums|Pearl . In 1982 he switched companies, because Ludwig-Musser|Ludwig 's development stalled, and he got a better deal from Pearl Drums|Pearl . He also prefers a single bass drum set-up, both live and in the studio . Pearl Drums produce his signature snare drum . http://www.pearldrum.com/artists/all-artists.aspx? id=19 Pearl Drums Ian Paice
He has also released a solo DVD which is aimed at both drummers and music fans in general.
Pearl P-3002D Eliminator Demon Drive left-footed double pedal
Sticks
Promark TX808LW Ian Paice model
length : 16 1/8"
diameter : 0.579"
Drum technique
Paice is primarily List_of_musicians_who_play_left-handed#Drummers|left-handed with a left-handed drum-kit set-up and uses the matched-grip approach. He is well known for his extremely fast and smooth single and double stroke rolls as well as single bass pedal speed. He is also known for perfecting the one-handed roll as demonstrated on a Drummers World video.
Recognitions
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. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden presented them with the award. It was the first time the award has been given.
On April 2, 2012 Ian Paice was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Buddy Rich 25th Anniversary Memorial Concert at the London Palladium.
1983 Arrested The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Friends Tribute to Police ("Truth Hits Everybody", "Arrested", "Message in a Bottle", "Invisible Sun")
1987 Super Drumming ( Pete York & Friends)
1989 Best of Dark Horse 1976-89 ( George Harrison )
1990 Jump the Gun (Pretty Maids album)|Jump The Gun ( Pretty Maids )
1990 Pete York Presents Super Drumming Volume 3 ( Pete York & Friends)
2006 Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life (Feature, interviewee)
2006 ''Brick by Brick - The Building of Gillan's Inn (DVD special)
2007 Highway Star: A Journey in Rock (interviewee)
2010 ''I'm in a Rock n' Roll Band, ep. 'The Drummer (BBC, interviewee)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.drummersdigest.com/en/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=39& Itemid=28 Interview with Ian in web magazine Drummer's Digest
http://www.ludwigdrummer.com/Articles/Mini%20Article%20on%20Ian%20Paice%20Drums/Ian%20Paices%20Drums%20Mini%20Article.htm Ludwig Drummer illustrated article on Ian Paice's pre-1984 drums setup
http://www.thesunflowerjam.com The Sunflower Jam
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