Carmine Appice was one of the pioneers of hard rock/heavy metal drumming. The luxuriantly moustached sticksman was one of the first to introduce ‘the big kit’ to the genre, was among the first in the pack to utilise double bass drums, and with his constant stick-twirling he brought some showmanship to the art.
Having got his start with Vanilla Fudge, and been one-third of Beck, Bogert And Appice with Jeff Beck and Tim Bogert, he has either recorded or toured with a raft of major rock artists and bands since the 60s, including Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd and Paul Stanley. In 2009, he sat down with Classic Rock to serve up the stories on some of the legends he’s met along the way.
