Pace, Ian

Ian Pace spent his childhood in Nottingham and Bister ( Eng. , Oxfordshire ), where his family moved. In his early youth, he was more interested in the violin , but at the age of 15 he switched to drums: “... In the end, I bought a drum kit for 32 pounds and started accompanying my pianist father, who played waltzes and quicksteps . The music was sweet, but it was nothing, but it was still the beginning. ” ^[one]

Pace soon became part of the Oxfordshire group Georgie and the Rave Ons , which later became known as The Shindigs . He left her to join MI5 , a group later renamed The Maze . Jazz musicians: Gene Krupa , Buddy Rich and others had a strong influence on all of Pace’s further work. He became one of the first hard rock drummers who managed to bring elements of swing and jazz techniques into his style.

After the collapse of Deep Purple, Iain Pace becomes a member of the new supergroup Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1976. The group, which also includes vocalist and keyboardist Tony Ashton , organist John Lord , guitarist / vocalist Bernie Marsden and bassist Paul Martinez, recorded one album, Malice In Wonderland , and played only five concerts. Tony Ashton loved playing concerts in small clubs. In 1977, the group split up during the recording of their second album.

In 1979, David Coverdale asked Ian Pace to join Whitesnake for a Japan tour and recording of the Lovehunter album. Pace remained a member of the group for the next three years. He has appeared on the albums Ready an 'Willing (1980), Live ... in the Heart of the City (1980), Come an' Get It (1981) and Saints & Sinners (1982). Due to musical disagreements with Coverdale, Pais left Whitesnake in 1982.

In November 1982, Ian Pace joined Gary Moore to record Corridors of Power . After that, Pais was invited to join the Gary Moore Band. Pace’s collaboration with Moore lasted until April 1984, when Deep Purple reunited.

In the late 1980s, Pace participated in in-session work with Pete York and George Harrison. In 1999, Paul McCartney invited Pace to record his album “Run Devil Run”, after which a series of joint concerts took place, culminating in a performance on December 14, 1999 in the liverpool club “ The Cavern ” ^[2] .

On September 17, 2000, in the Austrian city of Gmunden, Iain Pace performed with the best drummers in the world at the Superdrumming 2000 festival.

Creativity

A selection of samples of Ian Pace playing percussion instruments in the best years of "dark purple" ^[3] .

Personal life

Ian Pace is married with three children: James, Emmy and Kelly. His wife, Jackie, is the twin sister of Vicki Lord, the wife of John Lord, Pais’s partner for Deep Purple, Whitesnake and Paice, Ashton & Lord. A characteristic feature of Pace's style is glasses, which are almost always blue (sometimes also green or purple).

The Shindigs

• 1965 One Little Letter / What You Gonna Do (SP, UK)
• 1965 A Little While Back / Why Say Goodbye (SP, UK)

MI5 & The Maze

• 1966 You'll Never Stop Me Loving You / Only Time Will Tell (SP, UK)
• 1966 Hello Stranger / Telephone (SP, UK)
• 1967 Aria Del Sud / Non Fatemio Odiare (SP, Italy)
• 1967 Harlem Shuffle / What Now / The Trap / I'm So Glad (EP, France)
• 1967 Catteri, Catteri / Easy Street (SP, UK)

Deep Purple

• 1968 Shades of Deep Purple
• 1968 The Book of Taliesyn
• 1969 Deep Purple
• 1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra
• 1970 Deep Purple in Rock
• 1971 fireball
• 1972 Machine Head
• 1972 Made in Japan
• 1973 Who Do We Think We Are
• 1974 Burn
• 1974 Stormbringer
• 1975 Come Taste the Band
• 1976 Made in Europe
• 1977 Last Concert in Japan
• 1984 Perfect Strangers
• 1987 The House of Blue Light
• 1988 Nobody's Perfect
• 1990 Slaves & Masters
• 1993 The Battle Rages On
• 1994 Come Hell or High Water
• 1996 Purpendicular
• 1997 Live at the Olympia '96
• 1998 Abandon
• 1999 Total Abandon
• 2000 In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
• 2001 Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
• 2003 bananas
• 2005 Rapture of the Deep
• 2007 They All Came Down to Montreux
• 2013 Now What ?!
• 2017 Infinite

Whitesnake

• 1980 Ready an 'Willing
• 1980 Live ... in the Heart of the City
• 1981 Come an 'Get It
• 1982 Saints & Sinners
• 2004 The Early Years (compilation)

Gary Moore Band

• 1982 Corridors of Power
• 1982 Live at the Marquee (EP)
• 1983 Falling in Love with You (EP)
• 1983 Rockin 'Every Night - Live in Japan (released in Europe in 1986)
• 1983 Victims of the Future
• 1984 We Want Moore !

Solo

• 2002 Not for the Pro’s (DVD + CD)
• 2005 Chad Smith & Ian Paice - Live Performances, Interviews, Tech Talk and Soundcheck (DVD)
• 2006 Modern Drummer Festival 2005 (DVD)
• 2007 Ian Paice and Friends Live In Reading 2006 (DVD)
• 2007 Ian Paice and Lee Joe Band - Live In Belgorod 2007, Interview (DVD)

As a session musician

• 1967 Do Your Own Thing / Goodbye Baby Goodbye (Soul Brothers, SP)
• 1968 I Shall Be Released / Down In The Flood ( Boz Burrell , SP)
• 1968 I Feel Fine / Let Me Love You ( Tony Wilson , SP)
• 1971 Natural Magic ( Green Bullfrog )
• 1971 In My Time ( Mike Hurst )
• 1972 Gemini Suite ( Jon Lord )
• 1972 Home is Where You Find It ( Eddie Hardin )
• 1972 The Pete York Percussion Band ( The Pete York Percussion Band )
• 1972 Squeeze ( Velvet Underground )
• 1973 Bump & Grind ( Jackson Heights )
• 1974 EH in the UK - The Eddie Harrin London Sessions ( Eddie Hardin )
• 1974 First of the Big Bands ( Tony Ashton & Jon Lord )
• 1975 Funkist ( Bobby Harrison )
• 1977 You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks ( Eddie Hardin )
• 1978 Composition ( Kirby )
• 1980 And About Time Too ( Bernie Marsden )
• 1981 Look At Me Now ( Bernie Marsden )
• 1981 Free Spirit ( Ken Hensley )
• 1982 Before I Forget ( Jon Lord )
• 1983 Arrested - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Friends Tribute to Police
• 1987 Super Drumming ( Pete York & Friends)
• 1989 Best of Dark Horse 1976-89 ( George Harrison )
• 1990 Jump The Gun ( Pretty Maids )
• 1993 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert '74 ( Tony Ashton & Jon Lord )
• 1994 From Time To Time ( Ken Hensley )
• 1999 Run Devil Run ( Paul McCartney )
• 1999 Live at the Cavern ( Paul McCartney , DVD)
• 2001 Living on the Outside ( Jim Capaldi )
• 2001 Twister ( Max Magagni )
• 2003 E-Thnik ( Mario Fasciano )
• 2003 Dal Vero ( Tolo Marton )
• 2006 Gillan's Inn ( Ian Gillan )
• 2006 Time To Take A Stand ( Moonstone Project , +2008 extended ed.)
• 2007 Little Hard Blues ( Andrea Ranfagni )
• 2007 One Night Jam (Lee Joe Fiafari)
• 2009 Rebel On The Run ( Moonstone Project , song “Halfway To Heaven”)
• 2010 Stay Tuned (Bernhard Welz)

In films and on TV

• 1991 Deep Purple - Heavy Metal Pioneers (Warner, interviewee)
• 1995 Rock Family Trees, ep. 'Deep Purple' (BBC, interviewee)
• 2002 Classic Albums, ep. 'Deep Purple - Machine Head' (ITV, interviewee)
• 2004 Roger Glover - Made in Wales (ITV, interviewee)
• 2005 Hard Rock Treasures (Feature, interviewee)
• 2006 Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life (Feature, interviewee)
• 2006 Brick by Brick - The Building of Gillan's Inn (DVD special)
• 2007 Ian Gillan - Highway Star (interviewee)
• 2010 I'm in a Rock n 'Roll Band, ep. 'The Drummer' (BBC, interviewee)

• www.drumspeech.com - Russian Drummers Forum: Interview with Ian Pace
• Ian Pace in Moscow (2009). An article about the master class of a drummer in the Central House of Artists
• http://www.spblife.info/rock_press/PAICE/