Deep Purple and thought his voice fit their style well. Tagging along with Evans was his band's drummer, Ian Paice. Blackmore had seen an 18-year-old Paice on tour with The Maze in Germany in 1966, and had been impressed by his drumming. The band hastily arranged an audition for Paice, given that Woodman was vocally unhappy with the direction of the band's music. Both Paice and Evans won their respective jobs, and the line-up was complete. During a brief tour of Denmark and Sweden in April, in which they were still billed as Roundabout, Blackmore suggested a new name: "Deep Purple", named
Ian Taylor (musician) well as scenery for theaters and television shows. In 2014, Taylor was tapped by veteran punk rock band the Adolescents by founding member Tony Cadena,AKA Tony Montana,AKA Tony Reflex...to play guitar on tour. As of summer 2015, he is a full time member of the band. Ian Taylor (musician) Ian Flannon Taylor is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. Taylor plays guitar in The Adolescents and was the long-time guitarist for Mondo Generator. Taylor was the front-man for 1990s San Diego skate punk band Furious IV and UNSOUND, (an early 90's influential punk rock band from Palm Springs/Palm Desert,