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Ian Paice
British rock drummer
Musical artist
Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician who is the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple.[1] He 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. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in 2016.
Aside from Deep Purple, he was also a member of a number of projects that also involved other Deep Purple members, including Whitesnake (also featuring Jon Lord and David Coverdale, both of Deep Purple), and Paice Ashton Lord (also featuring Jon Lord). He also played drums backing other musicians, including Gary Moore, the Velvet Underground, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison.
Biography
[edit]The early years
[edit]Born in Nottingham before moving south in early childhood, Paice got his first drum kit
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Ian Anderson Paice was born in Nottingham on June 29, 1948. The family moved to Bicester, near Oxford a few years later. His father played piano with dance bands and encouraged Ian's interest in drumming. Ian got his first drum kit, a red glitter Gigster, when he was 15, then moved on to a Premier, gigging with his father for pocket money.
His first rock and roll group, Georgie And The Rave Ons, played locally around Oxford. In mid-1965 the Rave Ons changed their name to The Shindigs. The Shindigs also supported a Slough based M I 5 a number of times. When their drummer quit, lan Paice was offered the gig and quit The Shindigs.
M I 5 turned fully professional and in mid-1966 cut their first single before deciding to change their name to The Maze (not to be confused with the Black American band), cutting three singles and an EP between late 1966 and early 1967. In January 1967 they did a season in Italy providing the backing for a stage play, cutting an Italian only sing
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IAN PAICE!
Ian Anderson Paice (born June 29, 1948; Nottingham, England) made his name as drummer with seminal heavy rock band Deep Purple. As of Jon Lord's avfärd in 2002, he fryst vatten the only founding member of the band still performing with the group.
Heavily influenced bygd Buddy rik, Ian fryst vatten one of the few hard rock drummers who uses swing and jazz inflections in his powerhouse style. He is also left-handed, being one of the few who play on a totally left-handed drum setup (another example is Phil Collins). Many left-handers either learn to play right-handed (e.g. Ringo Starr) or adapt their technique to suit a right-handed kit.
He brought forward from a previous generation of rock drummers the tight, precise playing and crisp, clean sound of the best of his predecessors but added power, formidable speed and technique to create a unique style and sound giving the best of both worlds.
Ian fryst vatten also one of the few rock drummers who has mastered the one handed roll
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