Vinnie Appice

Intervista a Vinnie Appice

Vinnie Appice ha suonato dal vivo e in studio con le band DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, OZZY OSBURNE, WWIII, AXIS, RICK DERRINGER e, all’età di 16 anni ha suonato con JOHN LENNON “live” sul palco e in studio. Vinny ha registrato e co-scritto canzoni su oltre 25 album e CD, molti dei quali sono divenuti album multi-platinoe continuano a vendere numerose copie e download oggi stesso!

JoJo Ruocco

Joanne Ruocco

Jo Jo Ruocco, who grew up in New Jersey, started as a percussionist at a really early age: 13 to be precise, drumming with Jazz giant Duke Ellington! She went on to provide drummery for Chuck Berry at the age of 16, then went on to play with Bobby Womack, Billy Ocean, Ronnie Wood, The Style Council, amongst many others! We hear about her great career, and her tastes in music across the decades.

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Mauro Gatto & Giulia Lazzarino a Batterika 2012

Nell’ottica di dimostrare i punti di forza del marchio PEACE Mauro Gatto ha deciso di rivisitare alcuni brani del repertorio del GURU del Funk Mr. Herbie Hancock insieme al suo fido bassista Andrea Matteucci (Basso Stick). Le evoluzioni tecniche del duo passeranno anche attraverso l’esecuzione di un brano del caposcuola John Scotfield “Hootentot”.Giulia Lazzarino, endorser Vibedrums si è presentata con il suo progetto Desperate Blues Girls.

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Incontro con Carmine Appice

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.