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Vinny Appice is an American drummer and musician born in Brooklyn, New York. His birth name is Vincent Samson Appice. He began his work period in 1975 and speaks English. Appice plays the drum kit and performs in the heavy metal music genre.
He is a member of the bands Kill Devil Hill, Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. His sibling is Carmine Appice. Appice is represented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers as his copyright representative. He has also been associated with the acting department.
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American rock and metal drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. Of Italian descent, he is the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice
Known for
- Robot Dracula — Vinny Appice2026
- Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade — Self2025
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die — Self2022
- Rock Camp: The Movie — Self2021
- The Doom Doc — Self2017
- Dio: Live in London - Hammersmith Apollo 19932014
- Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart — Drums2013
- Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights — Drums2010
- Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights - 30 Years of Heaven & Hell — Himself2010
- Heaven & Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall — Drums2007
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Los Angeles
- Active from
- 1957
Member of
- Black Sabbath1980–1982
- Dio1982–1989
- Black Sabbath1991–1993
- Dio1993–1999
- Black Sabbath1998–1998
- Heaven & Hell2006–2010
- Heaven & Hell2006–2010
- Black Sabbath2007–2007
- Last in Linesince 2012
- Resurrection Kingssince 2015
- Rock N' Hull All Stars2017–2017
- 3 Legged Dogg
- Dunsmuir
- Appice
- Last Temptation
- Power Project
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 700
- Total plays
- 1,536
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Vinny Appice (born September 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock drummer, best known for his work with the bands Dio and Black Sabbath. He is the younger brother of rock drummer Carmine Appice, who was in Vanilla Fudge and Cactus. Vinny took up the drums aged 9, taking lessons from the same teacher as Carmine had had. At the tender age of 16, Vinny and his band BOMF met John Lennon at The Record Plant in NYC, which led to Vinny appearing on several Lennon projects. <a href="https://www.l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Sibling
- Carmine Appice
- Occupation
- drummer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- www.vinnyappice.com
- Image
- Vinny Appice - Kill Devil Hill (3) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1959-09-13
- Commons category
- Vinny Appice
- member of
- Heaven & Hell
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- birth name
- Vincent Samson Appice
- name in native language
- Vinny Appice
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- writing language
- English language
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