Ian Paice 1966 Paice joined The MI5, which soon changed its name to The Maze. Primarily a club band, The Maze produced a number of singles, recorded mainly in Italy and France. The Maze featured vocalist Rod Evans, who alongside Paice was to form the original line-up of Deep Purple in March 1968. Evans had responded to an ad for a lead singer published by Deep Purple management, and showed up for his audition with Ian Paice in tow. Given that Deep Purple's first choice for a drummer, Bobby Woodman, had expressed dislike for the band's musical direction, the group hastily arranged
David Paice David Paice David Paice (born 24 November 1983) is an English qualified rugby union footballer who plays at hooker for London Irish and has International honours for England. Paice participated in the 2007 Churchill Cup. He was later called into the England Saxons side that defeated Ireland A on 1 February 2008. He made his Senior debut for England during their 2008 Summer Tour, in a defeat to New Zealand at Eden Park. In November 2012 was called up to the England squad and played in all 4 matches in the Autumn Internationals. Paice led Irish to promotion back to