Carmine Appice ( , born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer. He is best known for his associations with

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;

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; the

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Beck, Bogert & Appice;

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;

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; and Blue Murder. He is also

Vinny Appice Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. Of Italian descent, he is the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice. Career Appic ...

's older brother. Appice was inducted into the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2013 and the ''

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'' Hall of Fame in 2014. He is credited with influencing later rock drummers including

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, Roger Taylor of

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, Rush's Neil Peart,

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's Dave Lombardo, Richard Christy, Chris Grainger, David Kinkade, Ray Mehlbaum,

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's Robb Reiner and

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. His best-selling drum instruction book ''The Realistic Rock Drum Method''. was first published in 1972 and has since been revised and republished as ''The Ultimate Realistic Rock Drum Method''. It covers the basic subjects of rock rhythms and polyrhythms,

linear Linearity is the property of a mathematical relationship ('' function'') that can be graphically represented as a straight line. Linearity is closely related to '' proportionality''. Examples in physics include rectilinear motion, the linear ...

rudiments and groupings, shuffle rhythms,

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and double bass drum exercises.

Career

Carmine Appice with Beck Bogert and Appice

Appice received classical music training, and was influenced early on by the work of

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

drummers

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and

Gene Krupa Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973), known as Gene Krupa, was an American jazz drummer, bandleader and composer who performed with energy and showmanship. His drum solo on Benny Goodman's 1937 recording of " Sing, Sing, ...

. Appice first came to prominence as the drummer with the late 1960s

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band

. He contributed distinctive background harmonies with bassist Tim Bogert. After five albums, the pair left Vanilla Fudge to form the

blues rock Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes w ...

quartet

, with vocalist Rusty Day and guitarist

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. Appice and Bogert then left Cactus to join

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a fo ...

in the

Beck, Bogert & Appice. Appice joined

's backing band in 1976 co-writing songs such as " Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and " Young Turks". He also played drums on a track on

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's eponymous solo album (1978). He was a member of KGB, which featured Ray Kennedy, Ric Grech, Mike Bloomfield and Barry Goldberg. Appice has recorded with artists such as Stanley Clarke,

Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock ...

and

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. He has also played with

and (alongside John Sykes) in Blue Murder. On May 23, 1981, Tom Bradley, the then

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, proclaimed that day as Carmine Appice Day in the city, in recognition of the drummer's charitable and educational work. In late 1983 Appice toured with

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

in support of his Gold-selling ''

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'' album, but shortly afterward was fired from the backing group. Though Osbourne had a good relationship with him, the singer's wife and manager Sharon detested Appice, and the decision to fire him was strictly hers. Appice recorded ''Caso Cerrado'' (1995) with the Argentine guitarist

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. They were also joined by bassist Tim Bogert on four songs, including "P. B. A. Boogie". He spent 1999 touring Japan with Bogert and

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in a unit called CB&A, with a live album released the following year. In 2000, Appice formed the power trio DBA with Bogert and Rick Derringer, and was reunited once again with Bogert when they reformed Vanilla Fudge. In 2005, he became an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization which provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in less privileged public schools throughout the USA. He has personally delivered instruments to children in the program and has also performed at benefit concerts for the organization and sits on its Honorary board of directors. In 2006, he formed the drum ensemble SLAMM in which Appice participated on drums playing alongside four young drummers; the resulting show has been described as "Stomp on steroids". The band filmed a promotional video for the Cable Network station

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, using a

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garage as a set and mechanics' hardware as instruments. SLAMM was voted as the runner-up in the ''

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'' magazine poll for Percussion Ensemble (2008) after a special appearance at the magazine's drum festival. The group also appears on the Modern Drummer festival DVD (2008). He recorded ''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus: Conquering Heroes'' (2009). This was the third album in his ''Guitar Zeus'' series. These albums have featured guitarists such as

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and

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. Carmine Appice lives in New York with his longtime girlfriend, radio personality Leslie Gold, The Radiochick. He lent his talents to the

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CD '' I'm Back! Family & Friends'', on which he plays on the Sly classic "

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" It was released on August 16, 2011. 2011–2012 saw Carmine performing Drum Wars shows with his brother

and guitarist Michael Hund, as well a reformation of

with Johnny Rod,

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, and David Henzerling, with

Paul Shortino Paul Shortino (born May 14, 1953) is an American rock singer and musician who has sung for Rough Cutt/The Cutt, Quiet Riot, Bad Boyz, and Shortino. He briefly recorded with J.K. Northrup as the duo, Shortino/Northrup. He has also recorded as a ...

replacing Marcie Free on lead vocals. This lineup released an eponymous album, ''

'', in April 2011 on the

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label, which received critical acclaim. A new King Kobra album was released in 2013, titled ''

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'', featuring the song "Have a Good Time", for which a music video was filmed in the fall of 2012 at Count's Vamp'd in

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. Appice published his memoir, ''Stick It!: My Life of Sex, Drums & Rock 'n' Roll'', in 2016. Appice was set to play with Vinnie Vincent in a mini-reunion show slated originally for December 2018 but moved to February 2019 before ultimately being completely canceled. In 2021, Appice released "Energy Overload". The album is credited to Appice Perdomo Project which is a collaboration with Multi Instrumentalist

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Discography

Albums

Appice (with his brother

) * ''Sinister'' (2017) Carmine Appice *'' Rockers'' (1981) *''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus'' (1995) *''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus 2: Channel Mind Radio'' (1997) *''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus Japan'' (1999) *''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus Korea'' (2002) *''V8'' (2008) *''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus: Conquering Heroes'' (double CD) (2009) *''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus 25th Anniversary'' (2021) Appice Perdomo Project (with

) * ''Energy Overload'' (2021) Beck, Bogert & Appice *'' Beck, Bogert & Appice'' (1973) *''

Live in Japan ''Live in Japan'' can refer to one of the following albums or videos: Albums * ''Live in Japan'' (21st Century Schizoid Band album) * ''Live in Japan'' (22-20s album) * ''Live in Japan'' (B.B. King album) * ''Live in Japan'' (Beck, Bogert & Appice ...

'' (1973) Blue Murder *'' Blue Murder'' (1989) *'' Nothin' But Trouble'' (1993)

*''

'' (1970) *'' One Way...Or Another'' (1971) *'' Restrictions'' (1971) *'' 'Ot 'N' Sweaty'' (1972) *'' Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs'' (2004) *'' Cactus V'' (2006) *''Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs Vol. II'' (2007) *''Black Dawn'' (2016) *''Tightrope'' (2021) Char, Bogert & Appice *''Live in Japan'' (1999) Derringer, Bogert & Appice *''Doin' Business As…'' (2001) DNA *''Party Tested'' (1983)

Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding jazz fusion infl ...

*''Tabernakel'' (1974) KGB *''KGB'' (1976) *''Motion'' (1976)

*''

Ready to Strike ''Ready to Strike'' is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band King Kobra, released in 1985 by Capitol Records. The single "Hunger" was written by members of the Canadian metal band Kick Axe and was released by them in 1986 in '' Th ...

'' (1985) *''

Thrill of a Lifetime ''Thrill of a Lifetime'' is a television reality series (before that term was coined) created by Sidney M. Cohen (who also directed many of the episodes) and Willie Stein. It was telecast from 1981 to 1988 in Canada on the CTV network. ''Thril ...

'' (1986) *''

King Kobra III ''King Kobra III'', released in 1988 on New Renaissance Records, was the first and last album by the Edwards, Michael-Phillips, Northrup, Hart and Appice line-up of King Kobra. After the demise of the original line-up, remaining members Carmine Ap ...

'' (1988) *''Hollywood Trash'' (2001) *''

'' (2011) *''

'' (2013) Marty Friedman *'' True Obsessions'' (1996)

Michael Schenker Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker ...

*''

Temple of Rock ''Temple of Rock'' is the debut album by the German hard rock band Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock. Curiously, Schenker's tour for the record featured a setlist with very few tracks from the album, the setlists being primarily composed of o ...

'' (2011)

Mother's Army Mother's Army was an American hard rock supergroup founded in 1993. Their original line-up consisted of vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, guitarist Jeff Watson, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Carmine Appice. For the last studio album, Aynsley Dunbar to ...

*''Mothers Army'' (1993) *''Planet Earth'' (1997)

's Blues *'' Caso Cerrado'' (1995)

*''

'' (1978) Pearl *''Pearl'' (1997) *''4 Infinity'' (1998)

*"Dogs of War" from ''

A Momentary Lapse of Reason ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia. It was recorded primarily on guitarist ...

'' (1987) Rated X *''Rated X (2014)''

*''

Foot Loose & Fancy Free ''Foot Loose & Fancy Free'' is the eighth studio album by Rod Stewart, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US. The album is the second-to-last album of Stewart's acclaimed 1970s albums, beginning with '' ...

'' (1977) *'' Blondes Have More Fun'' (1978) *''

Foolish Behaviour '' Foolish Behaviour '' is Rod Stewart's tenth studio album, released on 21 November 1980 on the Riva label in the United Kingdom (RVLP 11) and on Warner Bros. Records in both The United States (HS 3485) and Germany (WB 56 865). The tracks wer ...

'' (1980) *''

Tonight I'm Yours ''Tonight I'm Yours'' is the eleventh studio album by Rod Stewart released in 1981. It features hints of classic rock, pop and new wave. The album had three hit singles, with the title track " Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (US ''Billboard' ...

'' (1981)

*'' I'm Back! Family & Friends'' (credited only to "Sly Stone") (2011)

*'' Nugent'' (1982) Travers & Appice (as duo with Pat Travers) *''It Takes A Lot of Balls'' (2004) *''Live at the House of Blues'' (2005) *''Bazooka'' (2006)

*''

'' (1967) *'' The Beat Goes On'' (1968) *''

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'' (1968) *'' Near the Beginning'' (1969) *''

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'' (1969) *'' Mystery'' (1984) *''The Best of Vanilla Fudge Live'' (1991) *''2001/The Return/Then And Now'' (2001) *''The Real Deal – Vanilla Fudge Live'' (2003) *'' Out Through the In Door'' (2007) *''Orchestral Fudge/When Two Worlds Collide'' (2008) *''Box of Fudge'' (2010) *''Spirit Of '67'' (2015) Vargas, Bogert & Appice *''Javier Vargas, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice: Featuring Paul Shortino'' (2011)

With others

* Hear 'n Aid - ''"Stars"'' (1986) * Cozy Powell Tribute – ''

Cozy Powell Forever ''Cozy Powell Forever'' is a tribute album dedicated to the British rock drummer Cozy Powell, who died a few months before the album release. The album was produced by Japanese drummer Munetaka Higuchi, with the contribution of many prominent Jap ...

'' (1998) * Moonstone Project – ''Time to Take a Stand/Hidden in Time'' (2006) * Who Are You – An All-Star Tribute to the Who (2012) * The Rod Experience – Rod Stewart Tribute Band, including original RS band members (2014) * Pat Travers - The Balls (2016) * Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe – '' Truth in Unity'' (2020)

Awards

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*''

'': Best Rock Drummer – Editors' award (lifetime achievement) * Sabian Cymbals: Best Rock Drummer – lifetime achievement *

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: Legends' Award

References

External links

Carmine Appice
official website
Cactus
official website
Official Slamm websiteCarmine Appice Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2019) {{DEFAULTSORT:Appice, Carmine American heavy metal drummers American rock drummers 1946 births Living people Musicians from Brooklyn King Kobra members Blue Murder (band) members The Ozzy Osbourne Band members Vanilla Fudge members Cactus (American band) members American session musicians Beck, Bogert & Appice members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Michael Schenker Group members Mother's Army members 21st-century American drummers