Jim Crean – Retro Rock Vocalist Returns With a Pair of Albums!
I first became aware of Jim Crean a few years ago when he was the vocalist for the touring Appice Drum Wars show. Over the last few years, I’ve had…
Appice – Vinny and Carmine Unite With an Ensemble Cast of Musicians for Sinister, a New Album of Original Recordings!
The Appice Brothers have been rocking the world with numerous bands for decades, and have built up a name for themselves in that time, to say the least. In recent…
King Kobra – First Two Albums Reissued by Rock Candy Records!
King Kobra was a criminally underrated band in the 1980s, showing a great deal of potential. Combining drum legend Carmine Appice with the talents of vocalist Mark Free (later Marcie…
Zenon’s Best of 2016 Live Shows!
Best performance of the year by a local original band TailGun I’d heard rumblings about these guys for quite awhile. And I certainly knew that their front man Dru Jaxin…
Cactus – Legendary Hard Blues Rockers Return with Black Dawn!
Black Dawn is the latest release from Cactus. With a current lineup that includes classic members Carmine Appice and Jim McCarty, plus the additions of Randy Pratt, Jimmy Kunes and…
Drum Wars: The Appice Brothers Return to Vamp’d!
Carmine Appice. Vinny Appice. Take those names in. Consider the numerous projects each of the brothers have been involved in over the last few decades. Carmine: Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart,…