On This Day In METAL History – December 15th… And A METAL Birthday Salute To Carmine Appice!
Happy Birthday Carmine Appice!
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On December 15th, 1973 – Aerosmith made their first appearance on American Bandstand. Aerosmith performed their hit power ballad Dream On.
On this day in 1978 – Heart hits #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles Chart with their song: Straight On. This hit is featured on Heart’s fourth studio album from 1978: Dog & Butterfly.
On December 15th, 1979 – The Who performed a concert at the New Haven Coliseum, in New Haven, Connecticut.
On this day in 1993 – The biographical/war and dramatic film Schindler’s List was released to wide-screen theaters in the United States, via Universal Pictures. Schindler’s List was directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. This film stars Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley.
Schindler’s List was the recipient of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. Altogether, there were twelve Academy Award nominations for Schindler’s List.
CARMINE APPICE
On December 15th, 1946, Carmine Appice was born in New York. Happy Rockin’ birthday, Carmine! Yeah, man! Carmine Appice is a world-class drummer and music educator, with a legendary Rock and Hard Rock resume that is realistically unparalleled and impressively extensive.
I could blab until the wombats rule the Earth, when it comes to the accomplishments and Rock pioneering significance of Carmine Appice. Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Rod Stewart, Cactus, Pat Travers, Rick Derringer, Ozzy Osbourne, Blue Murder, Michael Schenker, King Kobra, Rated X and Drum Wars with Vinny Appice makes for an exceptional list of bands and musicians Carmine Appice has recorded and/0r toured with, among many more.
Long Live Carmine Appice!
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December 16, 2014 at 6:31 am
If I were a drummer that would be one great resume.
December 17, 2014 at 2:10 am
Right? And the shame of it all is… Carmine Appice is NOT in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame! AAHHHH!!
December 17, 2014 at 6:32 am
He isn’t. Wow. Why is there even a Hall of Fame then if so many people aren’t there?
December 17, 2014 at 1:49 pm
Agreed! The list goes on for Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Ted Nugent, Journey, Doobie Brothers and even The Moody Blues are not in the Hall Of Fame. Unreal. Ugh.