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Ian Paice not only continues to tour with Purpendicular, but they also completed recording a new album together. The album is whimsically called Banned, and release date is pencilled in for October 10, 2025. In the hot summer of 2024, the band decided to write their fourth album in a remote village high in the […]
Read more »The band has broken the lull in public appearances by speaking to Brazil’s 89FM A Radio Rock. Enjoy some out of the left field questions and equally quirky answers.
Read more »Some time in 2019 Ian Paice visited his colleague Lee Kerslake, who was filming a documentary about his musical career and battle with cancer. Lee passed away in 2020.
Read more »Ian Paice has appeared on the dopeYEAH Podcast, interviewed by Rob Cass, and it was a very interesting conversation over an hour long. The blurb reads: What does it take to be the backbone of one of the greatest rock bands of all time? Ian Paice, the powerhouse drummer of @DeepPurpleOfficial and one of the […]
Read more »Rufus Publications is taking pre-orders on their new book Celebrating Bernie Marsden. The promo blurb reads: With the kind permission of his family we have been working on a new book to celebrate the career of the amazing Bernie Marsden. This new, 300mm square book with over 300 pages includes written contributions from David Coverdale, […]
Read more »The Guardian has a piece dealing with “how rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s”, and Ian Paice is featured there, among his peers Rat Scabies (Damned), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Paul Cook (Sex Pistols), David Kendrick (Sparks, Devo), and others. Ian Paice, 76, has just finished a tour with Deep Purple, the […]
Read more »The band takes some time for a well deserved break from the touring. We hope some of that downtime is being used to make some new music. Meanwhile, various members of the family continue touring on their own and with different projects, albeit mostly in Europe. Ian Paice kicks off the year in late January […]
Read more »Taking full advantage of the lull in touring schedule, Paicey resumes the regular programming on his Drumtribe channel. Shape of Things off the Turning to Crime sessions, and all that went into it
Read more »Back in 2006 Don Airey and Ian Paice performed at the ProLight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. Turns out that a recording was up on Youtube all this time, without us being aware. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.
Read more »Paicey provides his tour kit rundown for the Modern Drummer video channel. TMI for the most of us, but if you’re a drummer, dig in! Caveat: the sound engineer needs to figure out how to record the voice, not just the drums, so you might want to try turning subtitles on.
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