Editing Carmine Appice (section)

{{Short description|American drummer (born 1946)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Carmine Appice
| image             = Carmine Appice in 2015.jpg
| caption           = Appice in 2015
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1946|12|15}}
| birth_place       = New York City, U.S.
| genre             = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| instruments       = {{hlist|Drums|vocals}}
| years_active      = 1966–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* [[Atco Records|Atco]]
* [[Epic records|Epic]]
* [[Repertoire Records|Repertoire]]
}}
| associated_acts   = {{flatlist|
* [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]]
* [[Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder]]
* [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]
* Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
* [[Hear 'n Aid]]
* KGB
* [[King Kobra]]
* [[Marty Friedman (musician)|Marty Friedman]]
* [[Mother's Army]]
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
* [[Pappo]]
* [[Paul Stanley]]
* [[Rod Stewart]]
* [[Ted Nugent]]
* Travers & Appice
* [[Vanilla Fudge]]
}}
| website           = {{url|carmineappice.net}}
}}

'''Carmine Appice''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɑr|m|aɪ|n|_|æ|ˈ|p|iː|s}} {{IPA|it|ˈkarmine ˈappitʃe|lang}}; born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer. He is best known for his associations with [[Vanilla Fudge]]; [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]; the [[power trio]] [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]]; [[Rod Stewart]]; [[King Kobra]]; and [[Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder]]. He is the older brother of [[Vinny Appice]]. Appice was inducted into the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicdrummerhalloffame.com/carmine-appice |title=Carmine Appice Hall of Fame Induction |publisher=Classic Drummer |access-date=18 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118054131/http://www.classicdrummerhalloffame.com/carmine-appice |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the ''[[Modern Drummer]]'' Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummers-readers-poll-archive/#_ |title=Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014 |work=[[Modern Drummer]] |access-date=10 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821222429/http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummers-readers-poll-archive/#_ |archive-date=August 21, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is also a bass player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3631704-Carmine-Appices-Guitar-Zeus-Carmine-Appices-Guitar-Zeus|title=None}}</ref>

His best-selling drum instruction book ''The Realistic Rock Drum Method''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Appice, Carmine |title=The Realistic Drum Method |publisher=Alfred Publishing Co. Inc 1995}}</ref> was first published in 1972 and has since been revised and republished as ''The Ultimate Realistic Rock Drum Method''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Appice, Carmine |title=The Ultimate Realistic Drum Method |publisher=Warner Brothers Publishers 2000}}</ref> It covers the basic subjects of rock rhythms and [[polyrhythm]]s, [[linear]] rudiments and groupings, [[Swung note|shuffle rhythms]], [[Hi-hat (instrument)|hi-hat]] and double bass drum exercises. Appice has claimed that he influenced [[John Bonham]]'s use of bass drum [[Tuplet#Triplet|triplets]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/carmine-appice-repeats-claim-that-john-bonhams-triplet-bass-drum-motif-was-inspired-by-his-work-with-vanilla-fudge|title=Carmine Appice Repeats Claim That John Bonham's Triplet Bass-Drum Motif Was Inspired By His Work With Vanilla Fudge|date=November 27, 2021}}</ref>