I liked the Carmine sig. heads.
I wonder if they will still make them with a regular logo.
Carmine must just have cut a better deal with Evans and their bigger budget for clinic support and ad promotion.
Both companies have a quality product, so I doubt that it had anything to do with Aquarian's quality.
and Evans found him. Carmine Appice switched to Evans after all these years.Why do you think he switched?
I think Carmine got to the point of money talks the bullshit walks.
Goodbye Aquarian.........Hello Evans!
He's shameless with his ever changing product endorsements. Just curious if anyone has ever read or heard an interview with Carmine where he didn't take credit for Bonham's sound. "I got him the big Ludwig kit, he copped the bass drum triplets from me, blah, blah, blah". Enough already, shut up and play your drums.
The only problem is that Bonhan DID cop a crap load of stuff from Carmine.
The thing at the end of R&R is almost a direct copy of something at the end of a VF song (Shotgun I think) Carmine did.
I'm not saying that pointing it out all the time can't be a bit annoying, but it's true.
And from Earl Palmer and Bernard Purdie, but you don't hear them constantly seeking credit (Yes, I know Earl Palmer is Dead). Bottomline: Bonham did it better and with more style than his contemporaries that's why he is universally accepted as the best rock drummer ever. Even though Carmine is a great drummer he is not in the same class as Bonham and he comes off as arrogant and jealous the more he tries to seek credit for Bonham's style.
And from Earl Palmer and Bernard Purdie, but you don't hear them constantly seeking credit (Yes, I know Earl Palmer is Dead). Bottomline: Bonham did it better and with more style than his contemporaries that's why he is universally accepted as the best rock drummer ever. Even though Carmine is a great drummer he is not in the same class as Bonham and he comes off as arrogant and jealous the more he tries to seek credit for Bonham's style.
Very well put. Also I think it helps Bonham's cause that Zeppelin is just a smidge more bad-ass than Vanilla Fudge. Uh..yeah.
What I want to know is what janitorial supply company Carmine endorses for the plastic buckets and metal garbage cans used by that GOD-awful STOMP rip-off group he put together for that MD Festival....????
I'm surprised to see this turn into a "Let's rip on Carmine" thread. Regardless of who's gear he uses/has used, the guy has made a huge contribution to the drumming community with his Realistic Rock method book alone. Countless drummers (myself included!) started out with this book when we first began playing on the kit.
I'm surprised to see this turn into a "Let's rip on Carmine" thread. Regardless of who's gear he uses/has used, the guy has made a huge contribution to the drumming community with his Realistic Rock method book alone. Countless drummers (myself included!) started out with this book when we first began playing on the kit.
And from Earl Palmer and Bernard Purdie, but you don't hear them constantly seeking credit (Yes, I know Earl Palmer is Dead). Bottomline: Bonham did it better and with more style than his contemporaries that's why he is universally accepted as the best rock drummer ever. Even though Carmine is a great drummer he is not in the same class as Bonham and he comes off as arrogant and jealous the more he tries to seek credit for Bonham's style.
I'm surprised to see this turn into a "Let's rip on Carmine" thread. Regardless of who's gear he uses/has used, the guy has made a huge contribution to the drumming community with his Realistic Rock method book alone. Countless drummers (myself included!) started out with this book when we first began playing on the kit.