Drummers - Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice (b. December 17, 1946, Staten Island, New
York) is a versatile and well-traveled rock drummer, and is brother to
Vinny Appice, who also plays drums. He first came to prominence as the
flamboyant percussionist with the late 1960s psychedelic foursome
Vanilla Fudge. Appice and bassist Tim Bogert contributed distinctive
background harmonies to the group's high-decibel sonic assault. After
five albums, Appice and Bogert left Vanilla Fudge to form the blues-rock
quartet Cactus, with vocalist Rusty Day and guitarist Jim McCarty
(formerly with Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels). Appice and Bogert
then left Cactus to join Jeff Beck in the power-rock trio Beck, Bogert
and Appice.
Appice later joined Rod Stewart's backing band, and played drums on (and
co-wrote) such Stewart hits as "D'Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks."
He was a member of the supergroup KGB, featuring Ray Kennedy, Rick Grech,
Mike Bloomfield, and Barry Goldberg, and has recorded with Stanley
Clarke, Ozzy Osbourne, Ted Nugent, and Pink Floyd. He has also played in
the bands King Kobra and Blue Murder.
Appice counts among his influences the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and
Gene Krupa, combined with an extensive classical training. Besides his
meticulous timekeeping skills, Appice is known for his showmanship,
which includes stick tosses and twirls, power fills, and double-bass
drum bombs.
He is the boyfriend of, and lives with popular New York City radio
personality Leslie Gold, better known as The Radio Chick.
Philanthropy
In 2005, Appice signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock,
a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free
lessons to children in public schools throughout the U.S.A. He has
personally delivered instruments to children in the program, performed
at benefit concerts for the organization and sits on its board of
directors as an honorary member.
Realistic Rock Drum Method
Appice's drum instruction book "The Realistic Rock Drum Method" was
first published in the 1970's. The book covers the classic information
of basic rock rhythms and polyrhythms, linear rudiments and groupings,
hi-hat and double bass drum exercises, and shuffle rhythms. It's one of
the best selling drum instruction books in history, and is still one of
the best selling books today.
Quotes
* (He) "set the foundation for heavy drumming ... before Bonham, before
Ian Paice... before anyone else." - Rick Van Horn, 1999 Modern Drummer
magazine.
Touring
Appice constantly tours the Unites States, for signings and solo shows.
His most recent visit was on April 25, 2007, where he visited the Paul
Green School of Rock, for a clinic.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Appice
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