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Carmine Appice: Stick It!

My Life of Sex, Drums and Rock 'n' Roll
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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. Appice is credited with influencing later rock drummers including Iron Maidens Nicko McBrain; Aerosmiths Joey Kramer; Roger Taylor of Queen; Phil Collins of Genesis; Rushs Neil Peart; Motley Crues Tommy Lee; Slayers Dave Lombardo; Richard Christy; Chris Grainger; David Kinkade; Ray Mehlbaum; Led Zeppelins John Bonham; Ian Paice of Deep Purple; Robb Reiner; and, Eric Singer.

Ian Gittins is a music writer for the Guardian who has also written for Melody Maker, Q, Time Out, MTV, Daily Telegraph and New York Timesand has penned biographies of Bjork and Talking Heads. He is also the co-author with Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue of the New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star and the co-writer with David Essex of the Sunday Times number one bestseller Over The Moon.

 Carmine Appice has enjoyed a jaw-dropping rock-and-roll life—and here he is telling his scarcely believable story. Cowritten with Ian Gittins, the coauthor with Nikki Sixx of the New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries, Stick It! is one of the most extraordinary and outrageous rock-and-roll biographies of our time.

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