Ian Paice an audition for Paice, with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore leading the charge. Stated Blackmore in interviews years later, "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 has remained a member of Deep Purple through every formation of the band, including up to the present day. During this time, Paice was also involved in doing sessions for producer Derek Lawrence. After Deep Purple split, Paice went on to form a new group, Paice Ashton Lord in 1976. The band, also comprising
Ian Hill Ian Hill Ian Frank Hill (born 20 January 1951) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest. Hill learned how to play the double bass from his father, a bass player for local jazz acts. His father died when he was fifteen. In 1969, together with schoolmate K. K. Downing, Hill formed heavy metal band Judas Priest. He has been playing bass with the band ever since, and is the only original member continuously in the band from the beginning, following Downing's departure in 2011.. During the early years of the band,