Carmine Appice
Born: 1946-12-15 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
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
1988
- Black Roses as Vinny Apache
1986
- The Hear 'n Aid Sessions as Self [King Kobra]
1983
- Ozzy Osborne Live in Dortmund as Drums
- 1983 Dortmund Pop Rock Festival as Drums (Ozzy)
1981
1975
- Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days ... (Musician)