Carmine Appice performing at a recent show. Carmine Appice is not a household name in the pop-rock business. But his drumming with Vanilla Fudge and Beck, Bogert & Appice, among others, has ...

Drummer Carmine Appice is one of the most important figures in proto-metal, having been a member of important bands like Cactus and Vanilla Fudge that bridged the gap between blues-rock and what would ...