Carmine Appice

Known for ActingBorn 1946-12-15 (age 79)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Beware of Mr. Baker

Jorge Salán: No Looking Back

Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days

Black Roses

Skum Rocks!

Something Has Changed: A Quixotic Journey through the Spanish Blues

Runaway Radio

Kiss: Through the Years

Vanilla Fudge | You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions

Ozzy Osborne Live in Dortmund

1983 Dortmund Pop Rock Festival

Bob Welch & Friends: Live from the Roxy

Rod's Christmas Concert

Vanilla Fudge | Live At Sweden Rock 2016

Vanilla Fudge | When Two Worlds Collide

Ferocious Drummers