Carmine Appice
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-12-15 in New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer, best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart, King Kobra, and Blue Murder. He is also Vinny Appice's older brother. Appice was inducted into the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014. He 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, David Kinkade, Ray Mehlbaum, Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Anvil's Robb Reiner and Eric Singer of Kiss. 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 rudiments and groupings, shuffle rhythms, hi-hat and double bass drum exercises. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carmine Appice licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Kiss: Through the Years
as Self
Skum Rocks!
as Self
Ferocious Drummers
Black Roses
as Vinny Apache
Beware of Mr. Baker
as Self
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
as Self [King Kobra]
Runaway Radio
as Self
Bob Welch & Friends: Live from the Roxy
as Self
Rod's Christmas Concert
Something Has Changed: A Quixotic Journey through the Spanish Blues
Ozzy Osborne Live in Dortmund
as Drums
Jorge Salán: No Looking Back
as Self
Vanilla Fudge | Live At Sweden Rock 2016
as Self
1983 Dortmund Pop Rock Festival
as Drums (Ozzy)
Vanilla Fudge | When Two Worlds Collide
as Self
Vanilla Fudge | You Keep Me Hangin' On
as Self