Vinny Appice

Vincent "Vinny" Appice (born September 13, 1957 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American hard rock / heavy metal drummer. He has played with many different interpreters, mainly with the singer Ronnie James Dio . B. Black Sabbath , Dio and Heaven and Hell .

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He is the younger brother of the drummer Carmine Appice (including Ozzy Osbourne , Ted Nugent and Rod Stewart ). At the age of 9 he started playing drums with the same teacher as his brother. At the age of 16, Vinny met John Lennon at Record Plant Studios in New York City . He was looking for people to clap for the song Whatever Gets You thru the Night with Elton John on the studio recordings. This was followed by a brief collaboration with John Lennon. Soon after, Appice became the drummer in Rick Derringer's band , with whom he released two albums and one live album. The collaboration ended in 1977 and Appice released the album It's A Circus World in 1978 with a band called Axis. In 1980, he finally replaced Bill Ward at Black Sabbath during the tour to the album Heaven and Hell and recorded the album Mob Rules with the band after he had previously done Ironically, Ozzy Osbourne had already canceled. But when Ronnie James Dio left the band, Appice followed him and founded the band Dio with him . After he left there, he released an album of the same name with the band World War III in 1990. He then went back to Black Sabbath in 1991, which he left shortly afterwards. During this time the album Dehumanizer was released . He then returned to Dio for a few years. After helping out at Black Sabbath again in 1998 (for the first time with Ozzy Osbourne, instead of Ronnie James Dio as singer), he has been involved in many different projects since the turn of the millennium. In 2007 he went on tour with the old Black Sabbath line-up from 1980 under the name Heaven and Hell . In 2009 the band released their debut album The Devil You Know . In 2010, however, Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer, which caused Heaven and Hell to disintegrate. He is currently on a Drum Wars tour with his brother Carmine Appice and since 2013 he has also been on the road as a reunited Dio band of the eighties as Last In Line . From 2009 to 2014 Appice was a member of the band Kill Devil Hill .

Discography (selection)

With Black Sabbath

With Heaven and Hell

Live From Radio City Hall (2007)
The Devil You Know (2009)
30 Years Of Heaven And Hell - Live At Wacken (2010)

With Dio

With Last In Line

Heavy Crown (2016)

With Kill Devil Hill

Kill Devil Hill (2012)

With Martiria

R-evolution (2014)

With Toehider

Mainly Songs About Robots (2015)

Carmine & Vinny Appice

Drum Wars - Live! (2014)

Individual evidence

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Web links

Vinny Appice in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Appice, Vinny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Appice, Vincent (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American hard rock / heavy metal drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn , New York City

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Studio albums	Black Sabbath (1970) • Paranoid (1970) • Master of Reality (1971) • Volume 4 (1972) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabotage (1975) • Technical Ecstasy (1976) • Never Say Die! (1978) • Heaven and Hell (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Born Again (1983) • Seventh Star (1986) • The Eternal Idol (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Tyr (1990) • Dehumanizer (1992 ) • Cross Purposes (1994) • Forbidden (1995) • 13 (2013)
Live albums	Live at Last (1980) • Live Evil (1982) • Cross Purposes Live (1995) • Reunion (1998) • Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)
Compilation albums	We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll (1976) • The Best of Black Sabbath (2000) • Greatest Hits 1970–1978 (2007) • Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007) •
Singles	Black Sabbath (1970) • Evil Woman (1970) • NIB • Paranoid (1970) • The Wizard (1970) • Iron Man (1971) • War Pigs (1971) • Fairies Wear Boots (1971) • Sweat Leaf (1971) • Children of the Grave (1971) • After Forever (1972) • Snowblind (1972) • Tomorrow's Dream (1972) • Supernaut (1973) • Changes (1973) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabbra Cadabra (1974) • Am I Going Insane (1975) • Hole in the Sky (1975) • Symptom of the Universe (1975) • Rock'Roll Doctor (1976) • Never Say Die (1978) • Hard Road (1978) • Dirty Woman (1979) • Neon Knights (1980) • The Young (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Turn Up the Night (1982) • Voodoo (1982) • Trashed (1983) • No Stranger to Love (1986) • The Shining (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Devil and Daughter (1989) • Feels Good to Me (1990) • TV Crimes (1992) • The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1994) • Psycho Man (1998) • Selling My Soul (1999) • The Devil Cried (2007) • God is Dead? (2013) • End of the Beginning (2013) • The Loner (2013)


Studio albums	Holy Diver • The Last in Line • Sacred Heart • Dream Evil • Lock Up the Wolves • Strange Highways • Angry Machines • Magica • Killing the Dragon • Master of the Moon
Extended plays	The Dio EP
Live albums	Intermission • Evil or Divine - Live in New York City • Holy Diver - Live • Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 • Finding the Sacred Heart - Live in Philly 1986 • Live in London-Hammersmith Apollo 1993
Compilation albums	Diamonds - The Best of Dio • Inferno - Last in Live • The Very Beast of Dio • Stand Up and Shout: The Dio Anthology • Collection • 5 Classic Albums • This Is Your Life
Video albums	Special from the Spectrum • Sacred Heart "The Video" • Evil or Divine • We Rock • Holy Diver - Live • Finding the Sacred Heart
Singles	Holy Diver