Ian Paice that turned into tuberculosis. He is almost always seen wearing glasses with blue (or occasionally green or purple)-tinted spectacle lenses. Paice is a supporter of England rugby and has a good knowledge of the game. His son James played for a long time. He talked about it in "Oval Bin" Show with Luca Tramontin. On 14 June 2016, he suffered a transient ischaemic attack, or mini stroke. This led to Deep Purple cancelling two concerts planned in Sweden that week. He said after the incident that there was "no serious or permanent damage" and expected to return to performing in
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,