Drummer Carmine Appice On Guitar Zeus Album & Legendary Career

Carmine Appice on his early days with Cactus, Beck Bogart & Appice, Vanilla Fudge and eventually working with Rod Stewart and co-writing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band‘s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. No rock group, up until that point, had ever so lugubriously s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out well-known pop tunes like the Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” and “Ticket To Ride,” Curtis Mayfield‘s “People Get Ready,” Sonny & Cher‘s “Bang Bang” Rod Argent‘s “She‘s Not There” and, most famously, The Supremes‘ Motown classic “You Keep Me Hangin‘ On” to such hippie heights. With Mark Stein‘s mysterioso wash of Grand Guignol keyboard theatrics, Tim Bogert‘s amazing and trippy bass runs, and guitarist Vince Martell‘s era-happy soloing, Appice boomed like no other drummer in rock history. Their debut album still stands today as a Hard Rock classic. Vanilla Fudge went on to tour with Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and even had Led Zeppelin as an opening act. Source CarmineAppice.netLegendary drummer Carmine Appice's GUITAR ZEUS is a compilation album featuring a who’s who list of the best and world-renowned guitarists on the planet backed by his core band featuring Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder) on bass, Kelly Keeling (T.S.O., M.S.G) on vocals / keys / rhythm guitar, and Appice on drums.Originally released as two separate albums in 1995 & 1997 featuring Brian May (Queen), Slash (Guns N Roses), Neal Schon (Journey), Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) Dweezil Zappa, Mick Mars (Motley Crue), Zakk Wylde (Ozzy) and many more!This new re-mastered album combines both releases as one complete version for the first time. It also features 5 brand new songs with Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Pat Travers, John Norum, and top Japanese guitarists RaiZi and Char.“The Guitar Zeus project was an amazing experience that has never been done before by a drummer, especially with so much talent on one album!” – Carmine AppiceSource CarmineAppice.netThis episode is from an archive from the KPFK program Rock Profiles adapted for podcast. Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994.  Send us Fan MailSupport the show@profileswithmaggielepique@maggielepique