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
Jill Paice in "Chess the Musical" at the Signature Theater in 2010. In 2011, she created the role of Grazia in Maury Yeston's "Death Takes a Holiday" in the original Off-Broadway production by Roundabout Theatre Company. She was cast in the leading role of "I" in the musical "Rebecca", which had been scheduled to open on Broadway in November 2012. The production of "Rebecca" on Broadway has been postponed. On September 3, 2013, she took over the role of "Miss Honey" in the Broadway musical "Matilda The Musical". In April, 2015, Paice opened as Milo Davenport in the Broadway musical "An American