I went with Nicko (McBrain) from Iron Maiden. Now he sings his ass off too and he’s playing tremendously. He was a monster, and now he’s even better. He would’ve done a tremendous job filling Jeff Beck’s shoes.ĬA: Without a doubt. I don’t know how they did that, but there’s a video on YouTube of Bonamassa, Bogert & Appice doing “Superstition”. His manager said it didn’t fit into their plans. He looked like he was maybe 14.ĬA: We were gonna do a band: Bonamassa, Bogert & Appice. I though he was around 12, but I saw a video of him on the first gig that I met him on. I’ve known him…he might’ve been a little older than 12. He’s been going, what, 25 or 30 years?ĬA: I think he said he did his first gigs with his manager 30 years ago. Actually, I just saw Joe Bonamassa last night. How did those dates go?ĬA: They were good. Speak of shows, I know you Vanilla Fudge just finished a run of shows with Robby Krieger. We’re trying to get it onto a cable TV channel like AXS TV, because we have all these episodes. Which was a godsend when COVID first hit because there was nothing going on.ĬA: We’re now on episode #72. He does that show with me and Vinny ( Hangin’ and Bangin’). I’m actually in Chicago, but yeah, I know Ron all too well *laughs*.ĬA: Me too. You’d be more than welcome at the Arcada!ĬA: Oh yeah! Is that where you are? My buddy Ron (Onesti)! We wanna do it when this album comes out so we have something to promote. We’re talking to an agent to book some gigs, but we don’t know when yet. That’s how you do it.Ĭan the fans expect any touring from King Kobra here in the states next year?ĬA: We’re actually talking about doing some gigs. ![]() He’s the Pro Tools guy that everyone sends the tracks to. He’s producing this whole thing because he’s the center of it. That’s taking more time than I thought, but it sounds great.ĬA: Yep, Paul Shortino is still on vocals. We’re working on getting them to compliment each other, and the rhythms and the leads. Carlos is used to working with one guitar player bands. We got Carlos Cavazo from Quiet Riot and Rowan Robertson from Dio. They’re different guys than the original guys. The main thing now is to get the two guitar players together. We don’t have any bass from Johnny Rod yet. We have a bunch of guitar and vocals on it. How far are you into that record and when can we expect it?ĬA: I’m not sure exactly when to expect it, but I have 11 drum tracks done. Right now I’m working on the new King Kobra record. I did a whole album called Energy Overload with this guy Fernando Perdomo. Once I started learning how to use that, I started doing a lot of projects. My brother Vinny built me a really cool recording system on Cubase. In the beginning of June, end of May, we moved to Florida. I was gonna put new drums on it because the drum track was messed up, but then COVID hit in March, April, May. We got Tim Bogert on it in January and I was working on it as a producer in February. We had a Vanilla Fudge song that we started in December of 2019. I wasn’t busy much other than starting to mix the Cactus record that we had finished. That said, you’ve managed to stay very busy throughout this pandemic, not just with Cactus, but in general.ĬA: Yeah, pretty much. We had an interview set up before Cactus was supposed to play the Arcada Theatre in St. ![]() It’s funny because I started this site nearly two years ago, and you were supposed to be our first interview ever. I kept saying, “Thank you for the greetings, but it’s not till the 15th.” But thank you very much.Īnytime man. After that, people were posting stuff and I was getting birthday greetings on the 4th, 5th, 6th *laughs*. We made it early so people could fly to Florida and not be gouged by the Christmas prices. I’d like to start by wishing you a happy birthday.ĬA: Thank you! It was better last week. Greetings Carmine and welcome to Defenders of the Faith! How are you doing this afternoon?Ĭarmine Appice: I’m good. Despite just turning 75, this is a man who’s far from finished. ![]() What better way to end a gigantic year of interviews than with a giant himself? Over the course of an hour, Appice reflected upon his storied past and gave us a glimpse into his ever-busy future. The drum legend has played with the likes of Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne, King Kobra, and Blue Murder, just to name a few. ![]() If you’ve been listening to rock music at all over the past 55 years, there’s a good chance you own at least one album with the talents of Carmine Appice.
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