Bonham, Peart, Baker, Powell, Copeland, are really top class drummers, and there are more really great ones. But Ian Paice is a special. His speed, technique, dynamics, feeling, precision, combinactorics and improvisation are such, that they put him on a special level. He is a separate category - a category for himself.

Ian Paice is the most underrated drummer in Rock & Roll. An absolute force of nature. Love your videos, by the way!!!

Late reaction to this. Ian Paice was the link for me from rock to jazz. One of the few drummers that can make rock swing. I think within "rock" in the traditional sense he is simply the greatest.

One of the greatest drummers to ever grace the planet..

Ian is literally the reason why i became a drummer...After i heard Child in time i was hooked!

Ian's speed is outta this world,,,his ease of playing is amazing 2 c

Paicey is such a good drummer and yes he is a great fan of Buddy Rich!

One of the greatest drummers of all time!!

Garey thank you, Paicey was the best technician, just goes to show as my old drum teacher used to say ...LEARN YOU RUDEMENTS!!! met Paicey once at a drum clinic in Birkenhead England what a gentleman they say never meet your heroes but not in his case.

My fav drummer of all time, not even that close. Power, speed, feel, finesse, technicality, and above all else the most musically-correct rock drummer of all time - and in my mind no question at all that this guy could swing the hell out of a big band.

Ian is amazing. I have for 49 years wondered why Bonzo gets all of this glory over Ian. I think Ian is just so much better especially as a soloist

Saw Purple in '17, Paicey sounds as brilliant as in the 70s. Unbelievable talent, the absolute best for me.

One of the best drummers ever

And the amazing thing is, he can still do it.

Paicey has said many times in interviews about his playing style: " It´s basically all just rudiments and lots of paradiddles,- I just kind of mix them up in a big pile and have fun..."

Not only is Ian an awesome soloist, he compose so many great drum parts for Deep Purple

I met Paicey at a music store in Ottawa Ontario, cool guy and one hell of a drum machine.

Still the best drummer I ever see live, being a Deep Purple fan I also got to see Cozy Powell when he was with Rainbow, Ian for me, is still the best drummer around

Great reaction to one of my favorite drummers. Ian Paice is the perfect combination of power and finesse to me. His work with Deep Purple is iconic! Thanks for giving him his due. 👏

And he is a very sweet gentleman. He talks about Gene Krupa and the guy who he says is from another planet Buddy Rich and how much they influenced his playing. Yoyoka Soma 11 year old Japanese drummer just did a blistering cover of Burn as did Sina youtube legend He invited both of them to get together for a virtual percussion collaborative jam. Cant wait to see that!

I am not a drummer, but I love rock music and am constantly fascinated by the drummers in my favourite bands. I've always thought that this was the most phenomenal solo. Even with my total lack of knowledge about the techniques I could see the skill and talent Ian displays here. What really impressed me, as a no nothing, was that he achieved that sound from a very basic kit. I love the likes of Neil Peart, et all, with their 70 piece kits, but with not much more than a 5 piece kit he does this. Mind blown!!

I have seen DP during their heyday of the early 70s and they were all insanely talented. They were the real “Cream” of the British rock scene. Every individual.

Ian is and has been my favorite from the day I heard fireball. Technically awesome

Thank you Ian Paice for the decades of greatness in your playing and humbleness in your spirit. I have always loved the way the band jumps back in at the end of his solo on the Mule. It is very creative and fun. Love Made In Japan. Paice just kicks ass on every bit of the album. Most people love the hard hitting like Bonham and Cozy Powell which should have been Bonham's replacement in Zeppelin. But Paice has a lighter touch and it excelled his speed.

Pace and Bill Ward of Sabbath both had that Jazz background, great drummers,

I always thought Ian had that big band sound in his solo. Glad to hear a teacher confirm it. Deep Purple played with a symphony also

For any drummer´s information and inspiration: I´m a 55 yrs old metal GUITARIST!, not a drummer, was introduced to DP in 1976 at the tender age of twelve and have had Paicey as my main influence for rhythmic punctuation in my chugga-chugga riffing ever since,- which means I often surprise other musicians when riffing as I can vary and subdivide my picking hand patterns ad naesuem... my personal favourite for that would be rolling along at fast eights or mid tempo sixteenths in between my moving chording breaking the rolling freight train up with lots of standard triplets intermixed with quarter note triplet, quarts, fives etc. variations for long extended series at a time,- if not going all out Indian Konnakol on the lot,- all of it as a result of having Ian Paice as my main influence for rhythm guitar playing since 1976,- and having great fun all along the way! Ian is and has always been a monster drummer! Others beside him,- no one above him!

Ian Paice is a monster drummer. He is definitely in the top 10 with some of the greats in both Jazz and Rock.

Saw Ian Paice do a Paradiddle swing beat, and was always blown away. He is Jazz influenced, like Ginger.

I am not a drummer but I've been around music long enough to recognize a true percussionist. No rock drummer does as complex drumming with such a relatively minimalist kit as Paice. Plus be does NOT have a flamboyant style. No flailing around drama-for-drama's-sake. He is and always has been a consummate professional like his band mate, John Lord. Plus he is a super nice and approachable person to his fans. I was very sad when we lost Jon Lord a few years back. Heartbroken when we lost Dio. I can guarantee you when the world loses Ian I will be equally heartbroken. He is just one of the best.

Ian is a machine!!!! It is my personal belief that the reason why he is the most “underrated” drummer of all time is because of the absolute jealousy of every other drummer in rock ‘n roll history!!! What he did with ease, others could only dream of being able to do !!!!! Thank you for doing this video!!!

A humble dude and he was always improving. Plus he is the only drummer for Deep Purple through all their changes. Deep Purple was always my fav over other groups in the 70s and Deep Purple was always better live. Funny story-I was always into the drums and one day I saw The Gene Krupa Story on TV late at night and I was blown away and at that time Carl Palmer, Ginger Baker, Bonham, Copeland, Peart, and others that were my favs I thought to myself that NOW that I know about Krupa I can attempt to be better than the Rock guys. lol. After doing some research (back then there was no internet or google lol) I found out they all knew the jazz drummers, and especially Ian Paice. Child In Time is the greatest song of all time IMHO. Ian and Ritchie on guitar were definitely innovators. Thanks for the tribute to Ian. He has a youtube channel and it is excellent!

Saw Ian do drum rolls with one hand too. His rudiments and snare work is just phenomenal. One of the greatest.

My favorite drummer, since '72-ish.

Ian Paice was always my man. I always thought he was the most exciting and fastest player of the rock drummer of the 70’s and Deep Purple was the most consistent rock band of that time, way rockier and speedier than Zeppelin. The live albums Live in Europe and Live in Japan are monuments. Deep Purple are the only band I thought were live better sounding than in the studio and I always preferred their live versions.

Beautiful solo,clean,enjoyable.Awesome.

I started drumming in 64 at age 10. My early influences were Ringo and Dave Clark. Then when I discovered The Who,Hendrix and Cream in the late 60's,they became my influences along with Don Brewer and Bonzo. Then Deep Purple In Rock came out in 1970. I immediately began trying to learn any and everything Ian Paice was doing on that great album. He became my main influence and to this day is still my favorite drummer of all time. I've been fortunate enough to see him 6 times when he was in his prime,71 thru 76,in 3 different lineups of Deep Purple. IMHO he is The Greatest Rock Drummer of all time!

How could you as a drummer not have known about ian paice. You redeem yourself by putting him at the top of your list. Paice was a genious.

Ian was my “drum god”. He mentions Buddy Rich as an influence. When I first heard “Apples” from Buddy Rich I thought of this solo. According to Ian he received his first drum lesson from his piano player father who taught him the “mama dada” roll.

Lol! Yeah I love Ian. His solo on You Fool No One is one of the reasons I became a drummer. Great reaction.

Nice review, and appreciate your enthusiasm as well as expertise. What I always loved about Ian Paice is with Deep Purple, he would constantly change up through the song, even several times in a verse. Yet, it always sounded right. Check out "Made in Japan" as a reference. From hard (Cobham) to soft, and brilliantly classic (Rich/Krupa/Williams). Ian Paice comes with quite a complete bag of tricks. There are few if not none, like him in this genre. A monster!

I love seeing people excited about their craft

This was an OUTSTANDING solo I'm so glad i got to see it...one of the best Ive ever seen bro

A lot of Buddy Rich in that man's approach but with matched grip! Blistering technique.

Ian Paice, one of the greats! I first was inspired by him in the early 80's and my appreciation for him has stayed. I love his playing and he genuinely seems like a really cool dude.

It's so great to see your reaction to Ian's playing! He is God to all left-handed drummers. Although I don't believe in the idea of a "greatest drummer", I do believe Ian is at the very top of truly phenomenal players. He shines not only as a soloist but also adds so much to every song deep purple made. One area I think he outshines all others is in his absolutely flawless, lightning-fast single stroke roles, like the ones he does in Strange Kind of Woman on Made in Japan. Thanks again!

Your enthusiasm is infectious Garey, and I'm a keyboard player!! Thank You.

I'm 59, and have seen, and heard, a lot of good/great drummers, but, when I heard Ian doing 'The Muel', on Deep Purple's double live album, 'Made in Japan', I was also, blown away! He's been my favourite, ever since!

As a drummer, I’m mostly oriented to the guitar. Never seen an Ian Pace solo, but now my respect for him just skyrocketed!! He was great!!!!

I think Purple found Mr Paice to be a very reliable drummer. Always giving them what they needed. This piece gave Ian a chance to do his thing, whilst the band had a breather! Keep Reacting!

Ian has always been one of my favorite drummers.

Thanks for covering Mr. Paice. I've seen him play several times with D. P. but particularly I remember in the early 2000's, Deep Purple in Toronto, and ELP opened . Carl Palmer had just blown us away with his drum solo. Purple comes on and we knew there was going to be an Ian Paice spectacular. You could feel it in the air. He was playing his white Yamaha kit, with white lights shining up, and cymbals flashing. He was in a glowing cloud. I'll never forget that show.

Love Ian Paice !!! Grew up listening to him starting with Speed King, The Mule, Fireball, Space Trucking, and on and on. My brother brought home a $ 100 drum set from Sears, and I would spend hours trying to learn all his parts correctly. It's amazing what you can do on a Saturday morning when Mom and Dad go food shopping !!

I just love the way you are genuinely amazed by what you see. You're a great guy!

Ian Paice is the best drummer of all time.His drum solo on The Mule from Made In Japan is possibly the greatest ever.

Best rock drummers come from jazz, Ian Paice learned his craft with his dad's jazz band

absolutely love Paice's playing...he's always been "the don" in my book. his performance on "burn", stands head and shoulders above anything anybody else was doing at the time. in fact, i think his playing on the title track may be one of the best drum performances on a rock song ever. love your enthusiasm and your analysis!

Paice is the best rock ever had by a comfortable margin

Ian Paice has been my favorite drummer ever since I first discovered Deep Purple in the early 70s... A true "Living Legend!" Even now at his advanced age, he is still a major force as a drummer! I've had the privilege of meeting Ian twice, and he's absolutely one of the nicest people I've ever met too!!!

The sole reason i play drums to this day. I started in 1977 to the sound of Paice, Powell and Bonham of course ;-)

My first time seeing an Ian Paice solo...LOVED IT!!!...Thanks Teach:)

I used to play this late 70’s to demonstrate Yamaha NS1000’s, amazingly well recorded and awesome playing 🥁🥁

You're right Gary...real drumming artistry can only be gained through good tuition and serious attitude. Ian Paice the intelligent drummer...and you know what ...?... nowadays he can still play like that.

Don’t no why I keep watching these videos. I’m glad I put my drums away forever a couple of yrs ago after 40 yrs of playing. What’s the point most people are never gonna get anywhere near these fellas. From a different planet!!

Ian Paice from Shades of Deep Purple till today has never repeated himself, he has been a great inspiration and thank to him I make a living Drumming from Metal to pop , Hard Rock, Latin and world music.... in general what amazes me is the fact that he always experimented with sounds and grooves if you know Deep Purple Discography a bit of Early Whitesnake and some Gary Moore albums you know what I mean !

I saw them on the Burn tour in Seattle. Ian Pace is my favorite rock soloist!

I am a pianist and long time fan of Ian. What sets him apart from other drummers for me is multifaceted. First, I think from seeing interviews he underwent training on the drums and this can be heard in the huge variety within his playing, such as the Mule solo, Burn etc.. Secondly, he has great feel and this variety in volume, speed and then variety makes his playing very distinctive. Finally, playing in Deep Purple alongside the talents of John Lord, Blackmore and Glover provides a counterpoint to his musicianship, which adds to the wonderful drum work. My favourite exposition of this being the various contribution on ‘Lazy’, what a track to listen to!

AS A DRUMMER : PAICE IS MY FAVORITE DRUMMER OF ALL TIMES ...

Lessons yes...but God gave him that talent....amazingly underrated...Thanks...Great job

"His own nice recipe of excellentness." --Nicely said!! "Ian Paice on the drums...YES!"

Ian Paice a brilliant but very underrated drummer he has been drumming for all these years Phenomenal

Deep Purple in Rock came out when I was about 13. My mate bought the album then and played it to me. I had never heard anything like it. And, I could not comprehend what the guy on the drums was doing, it sounded so creative and in tune with what the band was playing and at times he created the atmosphere of a track all on his own. So very good and, as demonstrated on later songs such as No One Came, so very subtle. I have ever since held Ian as my favourite drummer.

Ian Paice is the favorite drummer of one of my favorite drummers. That being Mikkey Dee.

I'm 61 at 16 in 1976, I saw Deep Purple in St. Louis Keil Auditorium 6th row center. Definitely a influence of mine.

I couldn’t wait for any album with Ian Pace. A brilliant drummer so creative and was ahead of his time.

Blessed to have been able to see Ian with Deep Purple live twice back in the old days. Late 60s. Amazing.

It was an absolute joy watching your reaction to "The Chief". Thank you.

I really appreciate Bonzo, he just sounds so big and right in Zeppelin but I want to go back and listen to Ian Paice time and time again. Saw Ian do a solo when with Paice Ashton Lord. (1977 ?) Just incredible. Tony Ashton had to plead with the audience to “shut up” ... they went nuts for so long after he stopped. He plays so naturally in a big band/ brass set up. He sounds like a different drummer. Even with Purple on the Come taste the band album he sounds/plays with a different feel to previous Purple albums. His drums sound great on the album “Who do we think we are” His solos on Made in Japan 1972 and Concerto for group and Orchestra 1969 are master classes in how to solo and entertain.

Ian Paice is and was one of rocks greatest,overlooked and sinfully underrated . One of my main influences

Grew up in 70's having Deep Purple and Led Zep blasting thru my dads speakers. To my mind Bonham and Paice are in a different class to most other drummers, particularly with both playing the most amazing techniques on the standard 5 piece kits. Highway Star from Made In Japan is still to this day my most favourite songs from a drumming perspective. Absolutely amazing. While ginger baker was a different style of drumner, he could not hold a candle to either Bonham of Paice, despite his own delusions

Great vid. I’ve been listening to that drum solo ever since I bought Made in Japan, the original vinyl. Amazing skills. The other band members weren’t too shabby either.

best rock drummer of all time. He's got it all. a pure joy to listen to

Doesn't get the credit he deserves! Still going strong now.

Truly awesome...Rock on Paicey

Paice & company were one of the first bands I remember hearing, at 8-10 y/o, that inspired me to pick up drumsticks @ 12. LOVED his rudimental base! Unfortunately, was never able to achieve 1/5 of success that DP did but am STILL in love w/their discography, especially Burn, Highway Star, Fireball, among others, & of course, Smoke On The Water!

Ian Paice is one of the big reasons I became a Deep Purple fan, saw them twice. The Deep Purple concert in Springfield Mass in late 70's is the best concert I have ever seen. Paice isn't fully appreciated until you have seen him live in concert. Ultimate in drumming.

I have been listening to Ian since 1968. Had no idea he was this good. Thanks!

Truly incredible drummer, my #1

I’ve seen him a few times, most recently in 2018. He Still has incredibly fast hands and his chops are impeccable. He’s in my top 3 Rock drummers with Bonzo, Michael Derosier of early Heart fame, Roger Taylor of Queen, Joey Kramer of Aerosmith founding out things. But then you also have Alex Van Halen, Steve Smith of Journey (Berklee School of Music graduate), Kenny Aronoff, Simon Kirk’s of Bad Co., Tommy Aldridge (I’d love to see a reaction vid to him; he’s So powerful to this day!, & quite the showman).

GLORIOUS!!! I really enjoyed this video--both Ian Paice's Superlative Drumming, and your Fun and Instructive Reaction... Thank you!

I WAS THERE!! In the now sadly burned to the ground K.B. Hallen in Frederiksberg Copenhagen March 1972. In my teens there were Deep Purple - and then there were all the rest. Due amongst others to the tremenduos skills of Ian Paice. His time keeping and totally fluid playing style was something to aspire to for this 16 year young lad wanting to play the drums. Bonus info: It was THIS VERY CONCERT that led another NINE year young kid who attended this concert by accident wanting to become a drummer. You might probably have heard of HIM? A danish guy named Lars. Aaah you guessed it! Yup! Lars as in LARS ULRICH . An' when DP was included in the Rock Hall Of Fame, Lars U. held the speech to honor the band and particularly IAN PAICE whom he til this day hold in such high esteem - he told that his wife has replaced the photo part of her husband on her table by her bed with none other than Ian Paice👍😃!👌 And to think Ian P. were this accomplished at such a young age is simply mindboggling! Cheers!

Truly one of the best and tasty makes sense as a drummer so fast and hood him and Barlow

Paice is a greatttttt amazing drummer !!! Deep Purple 🤘

Good reaction, young and kindly squire! I believe he’s got a lot of drumming talent

Great video ! I’m a guitarist....one who believes that the great drummers of the world are in fact the BEST musicians of ALL....period ! I saw Ian Paice in 1970 live with Deep Purple....and several times after that, in the which he took his customary solo opportunities.....and to this day, having seen hundreds of concerts (I’m 67) ...I have yet to see a better drum solo than the one I saw that nite ! I was floored then and still am now 😆💥👍🏻

IMHO, Ian Paice is the most criminally underrated drummer ever. Just amazingly smooth and fast.

Yes! Jon, he was Lord, but Ian Paice is God! I've seen Deep Purple live twice and what struck me was how light Ian's touch is. He is definitely one of the greatest and today much under appreciated.

one of my very early drumming heroes. His triplet at the end of Flight of The Rat blew me away as a young kid. And then there's the triplet intro to Pictures of Home. Ian is just badass!!

Deep Purple are my favourite band and I've often thought that Paicey was underrated, kind of living in the shadow of Bonham, but I think he is equally as good. Must've seen Paicey play over a dozen times and met him once (lovely chap). He's never had formal lessons but learnt by listening to the big band drummers. He met Buddy Rich when he was young and Buddy let him have a play on his kit. He recently did a week's residency with the Buddy Rich Band here in London. I've a guitarist friend who has had the honour of playing with Ian Paice on several occasions and he can't speak highly enough about him. Thank you for this, it's lovely to see someone appreciate this fine musician. Greetings from the UK and have a lovely Christmas.

“Dang!” Frickin amazing!” Great vid! Thank you. My sediments as well....