Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American drummer and percussionist most commonly associated with the rock genre of music. He has received classical music training, and was influenced early-on by the work of
jazz drummers
Buddy Rich and
Gene Krupa. Appice is best known for his associations with
Vanilla Fudge,
Cactus, the
power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice,
Rod Stewart,
King Kobra, and
Blue Murder, which also featured
John Sykes of
Thin Lizzy fame, and
Tony Franklin of
The Firm. He was inducted into the
Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014.