No Deep Purple reunion without Lars Ulrich: Jon Lord

London, Jan 07: Former Deep Purple star Jon Lord rules out the rock group`s reunion without drummer Ian Paice, which means Metallica`s Lars Ulrich will not be able to play with them.Lord wrote on his website that it is too early to talk about a Deep Purple reunion and that Paice would definitely be a part of the band for any possible reunion.

Contactmusic.com quoted Lord as saying: "I like Lars and what he has achieved with Metallica. He`s obviously always been very complimentary in his comments about Deep Purple... but if I was asked to be involved in a `Mark III` reunion, which, by the way, I haven`t... and I indeed considered that offer, I would not be able to even imagine it without the presence of Ian Paice." Lord said this a day after Ulrich said he would like to play with Lord, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. Ulrich said: "If they need a drummer, David Coverdale has my number." IANS