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Nottingham, England, UK
Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the English rock band Deep Purple. He has been the band's only constant member since its foundation. Born in Nottingham but moving south in early childhood, 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…
Known for
- Deep Purple - Jazzopen Stuttgart 2023 — Self2023
- Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake — Self2023
- Count Me In — Self2021
- Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 — Self2018
- Deep Purple: From Here To Infinite — Self2017
- Deep Purple: From The Setting Sun To The Rising Sun Limited Edition2017
- Deep Purple at Hellfest — Self2017
- Deep Purple: ...To the Rising Sun in Tokyo — Self - Drums2015
- Deep Purple - From the Setting Sun... in Wacken — Self2015
- Deep Purple with Orchestra - Live in Verona — drums2014
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Key facts
- Born
- Ian Anderson Paice , ( 1948-06-29 ) 29 June 1948 (age 77) , Nottingham , England
- Genres
- Hard rock , heavy metal , blues rock , progressive rock
- Occupations
- Drummer
- Years active
- Early 1960s–present
- Member of
- Deep Purple
- Formerly of
- Green Bullfrog Paice Ashton Lord Whitesnake
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Nottingham
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues rock
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Deep Purple - inFinite - The Long Goodbye Tour - Barclaycard Arena Hamburg 2017 29 (cropped).jpg
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- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- handedness
- left-handedness
- Commons category
- Ian Paice
- date of birth
- 1948-06-29
- member of
- Deep Purple
- birth name
- Ian Anderson Paice
- name in native language
- Ian Paice
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Encyclopedic overview
Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician who is the drummer and an original member of the rock band Deep Purple. 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 is considered one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in 2016.
Deep Purple were broken up for eight years from 1976 to 1984, during which time Paice was a member of two bands that also involved other Deep Purple members, Paice Ashton Lord (also featuring Jon Lord) during 1976–1978, and Whitesnake (also featuring Jon Lord and David Coverdale) during 1979–1982. He was then Gary Moore's drummer from 1982 until Deep Purple's reformation in 1984. He has also played drums as a touring and/or session musician for other artists, including the Velvet Underground, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ian Paice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.