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 the luxury of listening to many of this guy’s releases, and his sound keeps classic 80s hard rock/AOR sounds alive. ...

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 years, the two finally united and began doing “Drum Wars” shows together on the live stage. And now, Carmine and ...

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 brought the goods both vocally and stage presence-wise. But it wasn't until he kindly slapped down their debut album on ...

Vocalist Jim Crean has been making a name for himself in a number of acts in recent years, including the tribute band Hair Nation, and as the vocalist for Vinny and Carmine Appice’s “Drum Wars” series of shows. His talents are becoming more recognized, and over the years he has put ...

    For the past several years now, Appice Drum Wars has been an entertaining rock show that there is nothing else quite like. Combining the talents of brothers Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, King Kobra, Blue Murder) and Vinny Appice (Axis, Black Sabbath, Dio, WWIII) ...