Biography
An Explosive, physical display of Rock and Rhythm led by Rock Drum Icon Carmine Appice.
Legendary Rock Drummer Carmine Appice (Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck to name a few) has enjoyed an amazing 30 year career as a rock star, music educator, and rock pioneer. He is widely considered to be one of the most accomplished showmen in rock. He is the recipient of numerous awards including dozens of gold and platinum selling records. Carmine co-wrote such monster selling hits as ?Do Ya Think I?m Sexy? and ?Young Turks?. He has broken new ground in every aspect of his career; as a performer, as a teacher, and as a writer, and he continues to inspire drummers and listeners throughout the world with his originality and his unwavering dedication to the art of drumming.
Carmine has put together a dynamic, explosive physical drum show called SLAMM. Described as ?Stomp on steroids?, Appice and 4 young drummers rule the stage and make rock music playing buckets, sticks, oil cans, drain pipes, even Dixie cups, as well as drums. The cast of 4 vibrant, young guys and girls have been relentlessly coached and rehearsed by the cool, rock star veteran, creating a flawless, electrifying theatrical show. SLAMM performed 7 packed shows to delighted audiences in NYC, as special preview performances before they expanded the show nationally, to include such venues at the Dunkin Donuts Arena, and the Providence Performing Arts Center.
SLAMM currently stars in a big budget promotional video for ESPN, in which the SLAMM cast ?plays? the NASCAR garage to a custom SLAMM-composed Nascar theme song. This video is played every week on ESPN?s Nascar television broadcasts and is seen by over 3 million people per week. (See SLAMMCAR in the video section on this page)
Check out the movie, and photo samples on this site. The SLAMM Cast will delight, inspire and astonish your audience.
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