Carmine Appice
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.
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- 2024 · Runaway Radio as Self
- 2022 · Kiss: Through the Years as Self
- 2014 · Jorge Salán: No Looking Back as Self
- 2013 · Skum Rocks! as Self
- 2012 · Beware of Mr. Baker as Self
- 2009 · Vanilla Fudge | You Keep Me Hangin' On as Self
- 1988 · Black Roses as Vinny Apache
- 1986 · The Hear 'n Aid Sessions as Self [King Kobra]
- Future · Ferocious Drummers as
- 1981 · Bob Welch & Friends: Live from the Roxy as Self
- 1976 · Rod's Christmas Concert as
- Future · Vanilla Fudge | When Two Worlds Collide as Self
- Future · Vanilla Fudge | Live At Sweden Rock 2016 as Self