Born in Nottingham before moving south in early childhood, Paice got his first drum kit at 15, He began his professional career in the early 1960s playing drums in his father's dance band. The first band he was in was called Georgie & the Rave-Ons which after being renamed the Shindigs released their first single featuring the 17 year old Paice and George Adams. In 1966 Paice joined the MI5, which soon changed its name to the Maze. Primarily a club band the Maze produced a number of singles and recorded mainly in Italy and France. The Maze featured vocalist Rod Evans, who alongside Paice was to form the original line up of Deep Purple in March 1968. Evans had responded to an ad for a lead singer published by Deep Purple management and showed up for his audition with Ian Paice in tow. Given that Deep Purple's first choice as drummer Bobby Woodman had expressed dislike for the band's musical direction, the group hastily arranged an audition for Paice with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore leading the charge. Blackmore in interviews years later stated I had looked for Ian Paice for about a year after seeing him perform in Hamburg, He's an incredible drummer, And he was the motor of the band. Paice is the last remaining original Deep Purple member in the band in the present day. After Deep Purple split up paice went on to form a new group Paice Ashton Lord in 1976, The band also comprising singer and pianist Tony Ashton, Deep Purple organist Jon Lord, guitarist vocalist Bernie Marsden and bassist Paul Martinez, recorded one album and played only five live shows. Paice Ashton Lord were 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. In August 1979 Paice was asked by David Coverdale to join Whitesnake on the Japanese tour for the Lovehunter album. He stayed with the band for almost three years, He appeared on the Whitesnake albums Ready an' Willing, Live in the Heart of the City, Come an' Get It and Saints & Sinners. This incarnation of Whitesnake featured David Coverdale and Jon Lord which meant three members of the Mark 3 line up of Deep Purple were in Whitesnake during this period, Following musical differences with David Coverdale, Paice left Whitesnake in January 1982. In 1982 Paice joined Gary Moore for an album that turned into Corridors of Power, Moore's manager subsequently 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 sizeable interest in the band. The collaboration turned out to be a successful one and produced a couple of albums and extensive tours. 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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