Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice at a Breast Cancer Can Stick It! fundraiser near Dallas, Texas in October 2015
Background information
Birth name Carmine Appice
Born (1946-12-15) December 15, 1946
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Genres Hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
  • vocals
Years active 1966–present
Labels Atlantic, Atco, Epic, Repertoire
Associated acts Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus, Ted Nugent, Rod Stewart, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, King Kobra, Blue Murder, Mother's Army, Travers & Appice, KGB, Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Pappo, Paul Stanley, Marty Friedman, Hear 'n Aid, Michael Hund (Guitarist)
Website carmineappice.net

Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American drummer and percussionist most commonly associated with the rock genre of music. He has received classical music training, and was influenced early-on by the work of jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. Appice is best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart, King Kobra, and Blue Murder, which also featured John Sykes of Thin Lizzy fame, and Tony Franklin of The Firm. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014.[1]

Appice is credited with influencing later rock drummers including Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain; Aerosmith's Joey Kramer; Roger Taylor of Queen; Phil Collins of Genesis; Rush's Neil Peart; Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee; Slayer's Dave Lombardo; Richard Christy; Chris Grainger;[2] David Kinkade; Ray Mehlbaum; Led Zeppelin's John Bonham; Ian Paice of Deep Purple; Robb Reiner; and, Eric Singer of Kiss.

His best-selling drum instruction book The Realistic Rock Drum Method[3] was first published in 1972, and has since been revised and republished as The Ultimate Realistic Rock Drum Method.[4] It covers the basic subjects of rock rhythms and polyrhythms, linear rudiments and groupings, shuffle rhythms, hi-hat, and double bass drum exercises.

Of Italian descent, Appice is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 11 years.

Career

Appice performing with Beck, Bogert, and Appice, 1972

Appice first came to prominence as the drummer with the late 1960s psychedelic band Vanilla Fudge. Appice contributed distinctive background harmonies with bassist Tim Bogert. After five albums, the pair left Vanilla Fudge[5] to form the blues rock quartet Cactus,[6] with vocalist Rusty Day and guitarist Jim McCarty. Appice and Bogert then left Cactus to join Jeff Beck in the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.[7] Appice joined Rod Stewart's backing band in 1977, co-writing songs such as "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks". He also played drums on a track on Paul Stanley's eponymous solo album (1978).[8]

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, and Pink Floyd. He has also played with King Kobra and Blue Murder with John Sykes. On May 23, 1981, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles proclaimed that day as Carmine Appice Day in LA in recognition of Appice's charitable and educational work.[9] Later in 1983 he toured with Ozzy Osbourne to promote Bark at the Moon (1983).[10][11]

Appice recorded Caso Cerrado (1995) with the Argentine guitarist Pappo.[12] They were also joined by bassist Tim Bogert on four songs including "P. B. A. Boogie". In 2000, Appice formed the power trio DBA with Tim 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.[13]

In 2006, he formed the drum ensemble SLAMM[14] in which Appice participates on drums playing alongside four young drummers. The show they put on has been described as "Stomp on steroids". The band filmed a promotional video for the Cable Network station ESPN, using a NASCAR garage as a set and mechanic's hardware as instruments.[15] They were voted as the runner-up in the Drum magazine poll for Percussion Ensemble (2008) after a special appearance at the magazine's drum festival.[16] SLAMM also appears on the Modern Drummer festival DVD (2008).[17]

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 Jennifer Batten, Brian May, Ted Nugent, Richie Sambora, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Carmine Appice lives in New York with his longtime girlfriend, radio personality Leslie Gold, The Radiochick.

He recently lent his talents to the Sly Stone CD I'm Back! Family & Friends, where he plays on the Sly classic "Stand!" It was released August 16, 2011.

2011–2012 saw Carmine performing Drum Wars shows with his brother Vinny Appice and Guitarist Michael Hund, as well a reformation of King Kobra with Johnny Rod, Mick Sweda, and David Henzerling, with Paul Shortino replacing Mark Free on lead vocals. This lineup released an eponymous album, King Kobra, in April 2011 on the Frontiers label which received critical acclaim. A new King Kobra album was released in 2013, titled King Kobra II featuring the song "Have a Good Time", for which a music video was filmed in Fall of 2012 at Count's Vamp'd in Las Vegas.

Appice published his memoir, Stick It!: My Life of Sex, Drums & Rock 'n' Roll , in 2016.[18]

Discography

Albums

Carmine Appice

Vanilla Fudge

Rod Stewart

Cactus

Beck, Bogert & Appice

Derringer, Bogert & Appice

Char, Bogert & Appice

Vargas, Bogert & Appice

Jan Akkerman

KGB

Paul Stanley

Ted Nugent

DNA

King Kobra

Blue Murder

Mothers Army

Pappo's Blues

Marty Friedman

Travers & Appice[21] (as duet with Pat Travers)

Pearl

Sly Stone

Michael Schenker

Rated X

Pink Floyd[22]

With others

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Chris, Grainger. "Chris Grainger Biography". www.chris-grainger.com. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ Appice, Carmine. The Realistic Drum Method. Alfred Publishing Co. Inc 1995.
  4. ↑ Appice, Carmine. The Ultimate Realistic Drum Method. Warner Brothers Publishers 2000.
  5. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Vanilla Fudge". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  6. ↑ Newsom, Jim. "Cactus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  7. ↑ Hjort and Hinman. Jeff's book: A Chronology of Jeff Beck's Career 1965–1980. pp. 77, 80, 101, 103–7, 119–153, 157, 158, 164, 168, 180, 185, 187.
  8. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Paul Stanley album review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  9. ↑ "Gary James' Interview with Carmine Appice". classicbands.com. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  10. ↑ Hit-channel.com
  11. ↑ Vintagerock.com
  12. ↑ Bonacich, Drago. "Pappo's Blues Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  13. ↑ LKR USA. "Little Kids Rock". Little Kids Rock.org. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  14. ↑ "SLAMM". drummerworld.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  15. ↑ "Carmine Appice Joins DDrum". drummerconnection.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  16. ↑ "Drum magazine poll for drum shows (2008)". drummagazine.com. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  17. ↑ "Drum magazine DVD (2008)". tigerbill.com. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  18. ↑ Greenblatt, Mike (June 15, 2016). "Rant 'N' Roll: One-On-One With Carmine Appice". The Aquarian Weekly. Arts Weekly Inc. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  19. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Jan Akkerman, Tabernakel". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  20. ↑ "Party Tested". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  21. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Travers and Appice". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  22. ↑ "Carmine Appice interview". rocknrolluniverse.com. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  23. ↑ Newsom, Jim. "Momentary Lapse of Reason". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-15.

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