what i wouldn't give to have this guy as a mentor and instructor. He taught me how to groove, how to play to paradiddles, double paradiddles, and how to do the drumroll without ever saying a word directly to me. All I had to do was find a video of him instructing on how to do it. This guy is my hero.
The theoretical knowledge adds to the performance. Articulate , intelligent superstar with charisma and strong work rate. Possibly the best ever rock drummer with J Bonham a close runner up IMO for the incredible intro and finale to Rock n Roll.
I remember seeing this rock school clip on pbs as a kid and i used the paradiddle trick from that day forward. I am with all the commentators who say Ian Paice doesn't get enough props. He is one of thee best. this was great to see again.
Exceptional drummer and musician. As a early teenager I saw and heard him at Göta Lejon in Stockholm ca -80 (?) with Whitesnake. They rocked and rolled the paint off of that movietheatre’s walls. And Ian Paice drummed the merrow out of your bones, still in a very very brilliant way. One of my all time favourite concerts.
oh my goodness! i haven't thought of that show in decades! it came to mind when i saw his head start to rock as he started soloing. i didn't even remember the name of the show. memories.
Look I know this is a dumb ten year old comment, but I think you set the precedent for top comments that literally quote something in the video with an emoji. I’m sorry, but screw you.
I saw this when I was eleven on PBS. I am not even a drummer but I learned how to do a paradidle from this video. Still do it from time to time to stay sharp. Never know when it might save your life. Ian is a monster drummer. Deep Purple is an incredible band..
The way he's explaining shows that he is very good at analyzing his drum set. This is one of the many attributes which makes him one of the best Drummers !!
Without Ian Paice, there'd be no Clive Burr, no Lars Ulrich, and no Virgil Donati, who once said that he was 'blown away by Ian's clarity and power.' Considering the source, that is not a small complement.
"Once you've blown your cookies, you've got no more left to give." on a PBS show. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 When I watched (and memorized) this show as a CHILD, I didn't get that line at all. At age 49, I just fell over in my chair. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Drummers like Ian inspired me to give up drumming, because I thought to myself I would never be good enough. Thoughts like that are always self fulfilling.
This is the best advice for any aspiring drummer. I think most drummers start off trying to cram all their chops in before maturing to a less is more philosophy which I learned from an interview listening to Cozy Powell
This guy is flippn amazing! how come Iv not heard much of him! Maybe it was the fame of smoke on the water as a legend song that overshadowed him! but dude, what feel and technicality he has, one of the high end greatest of all time. I guess it was these late 60s drummers who really understood where to take jazz to the next level.
Y'know, with a little bit of work, this guy could be a great drummer. He should think of, maybe, joining a band some time! LMAO! Ian's always been a great source of inspiration for a great many drummers. Always creative, always something interesting and a bit different. And, of course, the 'drive' behind the legendary Deep Purple.
I’ve seen other videos of him and for a self taught rock drummer, he actually explains things well and actually knows what his playing where as others may not know what there technical doing sometimes.
At :40, check out Rembrandt's 17th century painting 'The Night Watch' and you'll see this guy with the big drum on his leg like Ian says. I mean Ringo brought drumming into the modern age with his matched grip, and now it seems like when i look around we're going backwards with 'traditional' left hand grip showing up more and more. Think it over.
I know I'm going to be attacked, but I'm free to voice my opinion. Previous to recent years, Bonham was considered a good drummer, but not the king, the greatest drummer around. He was a heavy, hard grooving drummer. He played a killer shuffle, but that's about all that impressed me. It seems there is consensus on RU-vid that Bonham is the standard by which every drummer should be measured. I've seen Bonham, Moon, Buddy Rich, Danny Seraphine, Charlie Watts, Phil Collins, Alan White, Ian Paice and many, many more live. Back in the day when they had "festival" seating at concerts and you could get right up to the stage. Bonham never did anything that made me want to go home and try to learn it. I've never had the pleasure to see Bill Bruford, but he has always been one of the top for me. After watching Buddy Rich, maybe 15 feet from his kit, I went home and devoted all of my spare time to practicing rudiments and changed to the traditional grip from a matched grip. Do I think Buddy is the best? Hard to say. Each has something that give's me a desire to improve. Even Bonham's shuffle!
@jetfreak4 That makes two of us (and I'm sure many, many more). Paice showed me that you can set up a drum kit for a left-handed player, and all the things you cited in your comment. He's been my hero since I was about 13 years old.
00:45 Buddy Rich would disagree. He thought the traditional grip was the only way to go on the drumset. He called it the "drum way". You can get around the kit faster and he was probably right.
Speaking as someone learning drums (Vdrums), I've never understood why drum sticks don't have some kind of grip to help me stop flinging one across the room!
For me vic firth sticks are very grippy, even if I'm sweating a lot. But many stick manufacturers have "plastic dip" sticks. When I was a beginner I thought I need those but i didn't. I never met a drummer who uses them live...
Hyde on drums, eh? I would have imagined Kelso.. I figured Foreman on vocals, Hyde on guitar, Fez on bass, and Kelso drumming.... Regardless, No one plays like Ian.. One of the greats of all time.
Now, watch the king play paradiddles in the extreme on the drum set. Fast forward to two minutes thirty nine into this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9bM98GlHJvA.html
@nazzare79 Madonna, veramente, ma che cazzo combina a 1:40?! :O porca miseria e pensare che nel capolavoro di Perfect Strangers non c'è neanche l'ombra di quei suoi fraseggi particolari, voglio dire, Paice si sa mantenere benissimo per far venire una cosa semplice!! (negli anni '70 non credo che l'avrebbe mai fatto, ahah) l'ultimo assoletto è di una classe allucinante... 8)
