Mad About Drums
Pollyanna's Agent
What exactly is the correct way to pronounce his last name?
A - PEACH - CHEY.... if you get the meaning of it...
What exactly is the correct way to pronounce his last name?
Hi Ian
Loved the links you've put there man, awesome...
One of my favourite from Vanilla Fudge/Carmine Appice is Good Good living.
http://www.drummerworld.com/Sound/carmineappicegoodvanille.mp3
Ian I saw Carmine play with The Michael Schenker Group in the summer of 2010 and He is still at the top of his game. I as you do hold Carmine in high reguard as to his importance in the style of heavy drumming He is a true pioneer.
I remember as a kid working through realistic rock in the basement on a second hand raven drumkit with a garbage can lid like cymbal.
The one thing that I hope to determine here which is still a mystery to me after all this time is this:
What exactly is the correct way to pronounce his last name?
A - PEACH - CHEY.... if you get the meaning of it...
I agree that Carmine Appice is an amazing drummer who is very underrated, but he didn't do anything to be remembered by the masses. And he is nowhere near John Bonham, no rock drummer is. So if you really care write Modern Drummer but I'd rather just know hes good instead of following lists.
I agree that Carmine Appice is an amazing drummer who is very underrated, but he didn't do anything to be remembered by the masses. And he is nowhere near John Bonham, no rock drummer is. So if you really care write Modern Drummer but I'd rather just know hes good instead of following lists.
I think that Carmine Appice should be in Modern Drummer magazine's Drum Hall of Fame. He should have been in there ten years ago. He is one of the best rock drummers of all time. He is more talented on drums than Bonham was. Appice was more technical than Bonham and had more chops. Appice is good at double bass. Powerful. Good triplets. Played funky beats. Ghost strokes. Plays in odd time. He seems to be able to play a lot of styles. Very good soloist. He played excellent on the BBA album from 1973. Some of that stuff was proggy and funky. He's basically a legendary drummer and clinician and teacher and goodwill ambassador for the drums. And he claims he came up with the double bass shuffle in '72 and that Cobham and Van Halen took it and made it famous. He didn't seem bitter about it. He's better than his brother, Vinny. Vinny is good at hard hitting rock/metal. Carmine also claims that he used the first gong in rock and he invented the hi-hat anchor to hold the hi-hat onto the bass drum. Interesting.
I knew that none of you guys would take me seriously. Your loss not mine. I know the truth ....... Ian Paice is better than Bonham, but a totally different style. ....... my rant. Appice is a survivor. That's more than you can say of Bonham. Yeah, let's drink 40 shots of vodka in one day. Sounds like a brilliant idea. What a waste. Take care. Later.
......and he's a helluva nice guy!
Just goes to show everyone has their ups & downs...