Ian Paice

Ian Paice! Deep Purple! The 70's and 80's Metal Rock! This goes to one place! The place called Rock Music. The real music that every existed, was created by Ian and his great band, Deep Purple. From 1970, Deep Purple was the most famous Rock band in the world, as they sold more the 1 million copies. Ian is the only member of the band that remain from the first time Deep Purple appeared in the world, as all the other band members just came and went. Ian was born on the 29th of June, 1948, in Nottingham, England. His father was a professional musician played on the piano, but when the Ian came, he stopped for the best of his family. Ian started playing on drums, after he liked hitting think like pots, his that saw that the boy is really into it, so he got an amateur drum kit. But as time when and Ian grow up, he bought a new professional set, a Premier Aquamarine Pearl. Ian is on of the only lefthanded drummer, who has reached this high level of drumming, besides Phil Collins, other lefthanded drummers began drumming as righthandeds. Ian is also one of the few rock drummers who has mastered the one handed roll. In the 70's and 80's was considered one of the best rock drummers, as he use jazz and swing rudiments in the rock music. 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. His fills on the single "Black Night" led the song to Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in late September 1970.


Some links:
Ian Paice at Drummer World
Ian Paice at Wikipedia